Violence in Families: Integrating Research into Practice
Peter Sturmey
Jul 2023 · Springer Nature
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466
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About this ebook
This book examines the nature, prevention, and treatment of violence within families. It reviews the definition of contemporary families, emphasizing various structures, including nuclear families, reconstituted families, gay and lesbian families, and recent immigrant families. In addition, the volume describes the nature of and risk factors for family violence from the perspectives of both victims (e.g., infants, children, seniors) and perpetrators (e.g., adolescent family members, women). It identifies the implications and explores strategies for prevention, treatment, and services. In addition, the volume directly addresses practice and evidence-based interventions for individual perpetrators, family interventions, interventions for victims and systemwide interventions (e.g., those involving the courts, police, and national policy). Chapters review the best available quality evidence from randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, research syntheses, and evidence-based recommendations from expert panels and government agencies. Case studies illustrate the application of evidence-based practice to violence within the family to demonstrate the effectiveness of the intervention.
Topics featured in this book include:
- Definition and conceptualization of family.
- Definition and measurement of as well as risk factors for family violence.
- Family violence in various traditional and nontraditional families.
- Prevention strategies as well as Individual and family treatments for perpetrators and victims of family violence.
- Social policy and legal interventions for family violence.
About the author
Peter Sturmey is professor of psychology and The Graduate Center and the Department of Psychology, City University of New York. He specializes in applied behavior analysis in neurodevelopmental disorders, behavioral approaches to clinical psychology, and violence and aggression. His research has focused on staff and parent training. He has published over 30 authored and edited volumes, over 200 journal articles, over 80 book chapters and is the series editor for Springer’s Advances in Prevention and Treatment of Violence and Aggression.
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