Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family - Softcover

Straus, Murray A.; Gelles, Richard J.; Steinmetz, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803932928 ISBN 13: 9780803932920

Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1988

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Book by Straus Murray A Gelles Richard J Steinmetz Suzanne

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Reseña del editor:

Based on a seven-year study of over 2,000 families, Behind Closed Doors is an unprecedented national survey on the extent, patterns and causes of violence in American families. The authors, all leading sholars in the field, focus on violence in the family as a whole, including child and spouse abuse, sibling and elder abuse, as well as verbal abuse. Discussions on their relatinships provide landmark insights into this phenomenon and indicate just how closely physical violence is woven in the fabric of family life.

Comprehensive, yet clear and readable, Behind Closed Doors is of interest to both the professional and the student in the area of family studies.

Biografía del autor:

Richard J. Gelles received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of New Hampshire.  He is the Dean of The School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania and holds The Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania.  He is the Director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Children’s Policy, Practice, and Research. His book, The Violent Home was the first systematic empirical investigation of family violence and continues to be highly influential.  He is the author or coauthor of 23 books and more than 100 articles and chapters on family violence.  His latest books are, The Book of David:  How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's Lives (Basic Books, 1996) and Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition (Sage Publications, 1997).

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• Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0803932928
• ISBN 13: 9780803932920
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312