Violence in Families: Assessing Prevention and Treatment Programs Hardcover - 1998 - 1st Edition
by National Research Council and Institute; Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc; Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie
"Violence in Families" takes the first hard look at the successes and failures of family violence interventions. It offers recommendations to guide services, programs, policy, and research on victim support and assistance, treatments and penalties for offenders, and law enforcement. This book provides the most comprehensive review on the topic to date.
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Violence in Families takes the first hard look at the successes and failures of family violence interventions. It offers recommendations to guide services, programs, policy, and research on victim support and assistance, treatments and penalties for offenders, and law enforcement. Included is an analysis of 114 evaluation studies on the outcomes of different kinds of programs and services. Violence in Families provides the most comprehensive review on the topic to date. It explores the scope and complexity of family violence, including identification of the multiple types of victims and offenders, who require different approaches to intervention. The book outlines new strategies for collaborations between researchers and practitioners that can improve the design and evaluation of prevention and treatment services for family violence. Violence in Families discusses issues that underlie all types of family violence, such as the tension between family support and the protection of children, risk factors that contribute to violent behavior in families, and the balance between punitive sanctions and individual support.
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- Title Violence in Families: Assessing Prevention and Treatment Programs
- Author National Research Council and Institute; Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc; Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher National Academies Press, Washington, D. C
- Date February 13, 1998
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780309054966 / 0309054966
- Weight 1.82 lbs (0.83 kg)
- Dimensions 9.23 x 6.22 x 1.22 in (23.44 x 15.80 x 3.10 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Evaluation research (Social action programs), Family violence - United States - Prevention
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97045375
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.829
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- Ingram PTR, 07/01/1999, Page 52
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