The marriage license as a hitting license, child abuse, sibling war is the powerful message of "Behind Closed Doors". The book is grounded in the unprecedented national survey of the extent, patterns, and causes of violence in the American family. Based on a seven-year study of over 2,000 families, the authors provide landmark insights into this ...
Women are in greater danger of being raped in some American states than in others. The authors examine the evidence in support of four seemingly contradictory theories and integrate them into one sociocultural theory that accounts for these differences in the incidence of rape.
In this important book, the authors use a widely accepted index to compare the stressfulness of life in different states, present new data on various kinds of violence, and make a compelling case that stress leads to widespread and often lethal aggression. They also examine how the norms of the various subcultural groups within states relate to ...
This volume takes a comprehensive look at the social responses to violence, making an important contribution to the literature on family violence research and policy. It first considers the meaning of family violence and the reasons why some victims do not accept help. The chapters then focus on social responses to the problems of family violence, ...
Spanking has long been a standard method of punishment in homes around the world. Also while there has always been some concern raises about whether or not it is an acceptable form of discipline, until now, no-one has made a scientific link between spanking and violent behaviour in adults who were spanked as children. The work of Murray Straus ...
Americans are more likely to be hit, beaten, sexually assaulted, or killed by relatives at home than by anyone else or anyplace else. The most comprehensive examination to date of the shockingly widespread problem of family violence, this book focuses on cures as well as causes.
Family Abuse and its Consequences contains some of the most advanced research on the prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of family violence and abuse. The volume is divided into three major areas: physical child abuse; violence toward women; sexual and elder abuse. Methods of determining the extent of abuse are evaluated, and the long and ...
This is a re-issue of a classic study first published in 1990, of techniques for family measurement and assessment. It is published to coincide with two new volumes, which take forward many of the original techniques and procedures.
Despite being commonplace in households a generation ago, corporal punishment of children has been subjected to criticism and shifting attitudes in recent years. Many American school districts have banned it, and many child advocates recommend that parents no longer smack or strike their children. In this book, social theorist Michael Donnelly and ...
In this pioneering study, sociologists develop a State Stress Index that provides a quantitative measure of stress for each state and region in the United States.
This three-volume handbook represents a significant and indispensable reference tool for those studying the family. Vol. 1 contains full abstracts of 504 instruments plus abbreviated descriptions of another 472. Basic scale construction issues can be examined through the combined use of Vol. 2 & 3. An excellent reference tool that will fulfil ...
A study written by researcher on family violence, Murray A. Straus. He describes the extent to which parents in the United States use corporal punishment (such as spanking and slapping) and its effects on their children, linking corporal punishment with subsequent violence and other problems.
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