Dynamics of Family and Intimate Partner Violence

Chapter 1 Introduction: Examining Family and Relationship Violence in U.S. Society

Chapter 3 Survivor Coping: Theories and Research About Reactions to All Types of Victimization

Chapter 4 Violence and Abuse in Intimate Partner Relationships: Battered Women and Their Batterers

Chapter 5 Expanding Our Thinking About Intimate Partner Violence: Examinations of Partner Violence Using Non-Shelter Samples

Chapter 6 Child Maltreatment: Physical, Emotional and Sexual Abuse of Children and Child Neglect

Chapter 7 Other Forms of Family Violence: Elder Abuse, Sibling Abuse, and Animal Cruelty

Chapter 8 Interventions with Family Violence Survivors: Assistance for Abused Women and Children

Chapter 9 Societal Responses to Abuse in the Family: Programs to Prevent Future Violence

Chapter 10 Examining the Service Provider: Challenges (and Successes) in Assisting Victims of Violence and the Need for Self-Care