Out of the darkness : contemporary perspectives on family violence / Glenda Kaufman Kantor, Jana L. Jasinski, editors.

A collection of 23 articles, a majority of which were first presented at the 4th International Family Violence Research Conference, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Glenda Kaufman Kantor and Jana L Jasinski -- Part One. The Prevalence of Family Violence -- Change in Cultural Norms Approving Marital Violence from 1968 to 1994 / Murray A Straus, Glenda Kaufman Kantor and David W Moore -- The Homicides of Children and Youth: A Developmental Perspective / David Finkelhor -- An Examination of Physical Assault and Childhood Victimization:Histories within a National Probability Sample of Women / Terri L Weaver et al -- Part Two. Child Abuse and Neglect -- Pandemic Outcomes: The Intimacy Variable / Evvie Becker-Lausen and Sharon Mallon-Kraft -- Black Mothers' Emotional and Behavioral Responses to the Sexual Abuse of Their Children / Claudia Bernard -- Children's Exposure to Marital Aggression: Direct and Mediated Effects / Gayla Margolin and Richard S John -- The Effects of Neglect on Academic Achievement and Disciplinary Problems: A Developmental Perspective / Kathleen A Kendall-Tackett and John Eckenrode -- The Traumatic Events Screening Inventory: Assessing Trauma in Children / Jason H Edwards and Karen C Rogers -- Measuring Physical and Psychological Maltreatment of Children with the Conflict Tactics Scales / Murray A Straus and Sherry L Hamby -- Methodological Issues in Classifying Maltreatment: An Examination of 'Protective Issue' Children / Heather N Taussig and Alan J Litrownik -- Part Three. Wife Abuse -- Attitudes as Explanations for Aggression against Family Members / Sharon D Herzberger and Quentin H Rueckert -- Woman Battering: A Comparative Analysis of Black and White Women / Janice Joseph -- Surviving Abusive Dating Relationships: Processes of Leaving, Healing and Moving On / Karen H Rosen and Sandra M Stith -- Social Predictors of Wife Assault Cessation / Etiony Aldarondo and Glenda Kaufman Kantor -- Wife Abuse in Intact Couples: A Review of Couples Treatment Programs / Pamela D Brown and K Daniel O'Leary -- Expanding Batterer Program Evaluation / Edward W Gondolf -- Feminist Therapy for Battered Women: An Assessment / Maryse Rinfret-Raynor and Solange Cantin -- Controlling Domestic Violence: Victim Resources and Police Intervention / JoAnn L Miller and Amy C Krull -- Collaboration between Researchers and Advocates / Edward W Gondolf, Kerstie Yllo and Jacquelyn Campbell -- Part Four. Ethical and Cultural Issues in Family Violence -- Ethical Issues in Trauma Research: The Evolution of an Empirical Model for Decision Making / Elana Newman et al -- Ethical Dimensions of Intervention with Violent Partners: Priorities in the Values and Beliefs of Practitioners / Gilles Rondeau et al -- Conducting Ethical Cross-Cultural Research on Family Violence / Lisa Aronson Fontes.

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