Coping with family violence : research and policy perspectives

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PART ONE: PERSONAL RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING Applying the Label of Physical Abuse - Sharon Herzberger and Howard Tennen The Effects of Personal Experiences with Couple Violence - Andrea J Sedlak On Calling it 'Battering' and Allocating Blame How Battered Women and Abusive Men Account for Domestic Violence - Michele Bograd Excuses, Justifications or Explanations? PART TWO: TAKING ACTION: DECISIONS TO DEAL WITH VIOLENCE The Effect of Methodology on Subjective Estimates of the Differential Effectiveness of Personal Strategies and Help-Sources Used by Battered Women - Lee H Bowker The Decision to Leave an Abusive Relationship - Michael J Strube Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Issues Termination or Resumption of Cohabitation in Women Battering Relationships - Lewis Okun A Statistical Study PART THREE: SEEKING HELP: THE USE OF SHELTERS AND PROGRAMS FOR MEN WHO BATTER The Use and Psychosocial Impact of a Battered Women's Shelter - Andrea J Sedlak How Some Men Stop Their Abuse - Edward W Gondolf An Exploratory Program Evaluation Issues in Conducting Treatment Research with Men Who Batter - Daniel G Saunders PART FOUR: THE RESPONSE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM An Empirical Analysis of Police Responses to Incidents of Wife Battery - Richard Berk, Sarah Fenstermaker and Phillis J Newton Explaining Variations in Police Response to Domestic Violence - Eve Buzawa Case Study in Detroit and New England Victims Who Know Their Assailants - Barbara E Smith Their Satisfaction with the Criminal Court's Response Coordinated Police, Judicial and Social Service Response to Woman Battering - Denise J Gamache, Jeffrey L Edleson and Michael D Schock A Multiple-Baseline Evaluation Across Three Communities PART FIVE: THE RESPONSE OF MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Child Abuse Incidence and Reporting by Hospitals - Robert L Hampton and Eli H Newberger Significance of Severity, Class and Race PART SIX: THE RESPONSE OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES Foster Care for Child Maltreatment - Desmond K Runyan and Carolyn L Gould Impact on Delinquent Behavior Factors Influencing the Response of Child Protective Service Workers to Reports of Abuse and Neglect - Susan J Wells Intervention, Outcome, and Elder Abuse - Rosalie S Wolf and Karl A Pillemer Child Maltreatment Evaluation Efforts - Deborah Daro and Ann H Cohn What Have We Learned? Methodological Considerations in Treatment Outcome Research in Child Maltreatment - Sandra T Azar PART SEVEN: PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND ABUSE Research on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children - Jon R Conte Child Homicide in the United States - Katherine K Christoffel The Road to Prevention

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