Encyclopedia of domestic violence / Nicky Ali Jackson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Nicky Ali.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family violence--Encyclopedias.

Family violence.

Domestic Violence.

Medical Subjects:

Domestic Violence.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 789 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2007]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2007]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction

List of entries A-Z

Thematic list of entries

Victims of domestic violence

Theoretical perspectives and correlates of domestic violence

Cross-cultural and religious perspectives

Understanding areas within domestic violence research

Domestic violence and the Law

Child abuse and elder abuse

Special topics in domestic violence

Entries A-Z: Africa: domestic violence and the law

Africa: the criminal justice system and the problem of domestic violence in West Africa

African American community, Domestic violence in

Analyzing incidents of domestic violence: the National Incident-Based Reporting System

Animal abuse: the link to family violence

Asian Americans and domestic violence: cultural dimensions

Attachment theory and domestic violence

Battered husbands

Battered wives

Battered woman syndrome

Battered woman syndrome as a legal defense in cases of spousal homicide

Battered women, Clemency for

Battered women, Held in captivity

Battered women who kill: an examination

Batterer intervention programs

Batterer typology

Bullying and the family

Caregiver violence against people with disabilities

Child abuse: a global perspective

Child abuse and juvenile delinquency

Child abuse and neglect in the United States: an overview

Child maltreatment, Interviewing suspected victims of

Child neglect

Child sexual abuse

Children witnessing parental violence

Christianity and domestic violence

Coercive control

Cohabiting violence

Community response to domestic violence

Community response to Gay and Lesbian domestic violence

Compassionate homicide and spousal violence

Conflict Tactics Scales

Control balance theory and domestic violence

Corporal punishment, Religious attitudes toward

Cross-cultural examination of domestic violence in China and Pakistan

Cross-cultural examination of domestic violence in Latin America

Cross-cultural perspectives on domestic violence

Cross-cultural perspectives on how to deal with batterers

Cycle of violence

Date rape

Dating violence

Dating violence among African American couples

Depression and domestic violence

Disassociation in domestic violence, The role of

Divorce, child custody, and domestic violence

Domestic homicide in urban centers: New York City

Domestic violence by law enforcement officers

Domestic violence courts

Education as a risk factor for domestic violence

Elder abuse, Assessing the risks of

Elder abuse, Consequences of

Elder abuse and neglect: training issues for professionals

Elder abuse by intimate partners

Elder abuse perpetrated by adult children

Electronic monitoring of abusers

Exchange theory

Expert testimony in domestic violence cases

Factors influencing reporting behavior by male domestic violence victims

Fatality reviews in cases of adult domestic homicide and suicide

Female suicide and domestic violence

Feminist theory

Filicide and children with disabilities

Gay and bisexual male domestic violence

Gay domestic violence, Police attitudes and behaviors toward

Gender socialization and gay male domestic violence

Greece, Domestic violence in

Healthcare professionals' roles in identifying and responding to domestic violence

Homelessness, The impact of family violence on

Human rights, refugee laws, and asylum protection for people fleeing domestic violence

Identity theft and domestic violence

Incest

Inmate mothers: treatment and policy implications

Intergenerational transfer of intimate partner violence

Intimate partner homicide

Intimate partner violence and mental retardation

Intimate partner violence, Forms of

Intimate partner violence in queer, transgender, and bisexual communities

Jewish community, Domestic violence within the

Judicial perspectives on domestic violence

Lautenberg Law

Legal issues for battered women

Lesbian battering

Male victims of domestic violence and reasons they stay with their abusers

Mandatory arrest policies

Marital rape

Measuring domestic violence

Mediation in domestic violence

Medical neglect related to religion and culture

Medicalization of domestic violence

Military families, Domestic violence within

Minorities and families in America, Introduction to

Mothers who kill

Multicultural programs for domestic batterers

Munchausen by proxy syndrome

Mutual battering

Native Americans, Domestic violence among

Neurological and physiological impact of abuse

Parental abduction

Parricide

Police civil liability in domestic violence incidents

Police decision-making factors in domestic violence cases

Police response to domestic violence incidents

Popular culture and domestic violence

Post-incest syndrome

Postpartum depression, psychosis, and infanticide

Pregnancy-related violence

Prosecution of child abuse and neglect

Protective and restraining orders

Pseudo-family abuse

Qur'anic perspectives on wife abuse

Ritual abuse: torture in families

Rule of thumb

Rural communities, Domestic violence in

Same-sex domestic violence: comparing Venezuela and the United States

Sexual aggression perpetrated by females

Sexual orientation and gender identity: the need for education in servicing victims of trauma

Shaken baby syndrome

Shelter movement

Sibling abuse

Social class and domestic violence

Social, economic, and psychological costs of violence

Social learning theory and family violence

South Africa, Domestic violence in

Spain, Domestic violence in

Spousal abuse, The physical and psychological impact of

Spousal prostitution

Stages of learning abusive relationships

Stalking

Stockholm Syndrome in battered women

Substance use/abuse and intimate partner violence

Training practices for law enforcement in domestic violence cases

Trinidad and Tobago, Domestic violence in

Victim-blaming theory

Violence against Women Act

Women with disabilities, Domestic violence against

Workplace, Domestic violence in

Worldwide sociolegal precedents supporting domestic violence from ancient to modern times.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780203942215

0203942213

Publisher Number:

99990107538

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