This collection is a study of family violence, based on papers from the 4th International Family Violence Research Conference. The contributors call for a collaborative approach to the study of family violence and examine theory, methodology, assessment, interventions and ethical concerns related to both child and wife abuse. The issues that emerge include: the need for change in both victim and batterer behaviour and in the support provided; the existence of wide variations in the forms, types and consequences of abuse; the need for greater sensitivity to those affected as a widening array of expertise is brought to bear.
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 - David Finkelhor A Developmental Perspective 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 - Evvie Becker-Lausen and Sharon Mallon-Kraft The Intimacy Variable Pornography and the Organization of Intra- and Extra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse - Catherine Itzin A Conceptual Model Black Mothers' Emotional and Behavioral Responses to the Sexual Abuse of Their Children - Claudia Bernard Children's Exposure to Marital Aggression - Gayla Margolin and Richard S John Direct and Mediated Effects The Effects of Neglect on Academic Achievement and Disciplinary Problems - Kathleen A Kendall-Tackett and John Eckenrode A Developmental Perspective The Traumatic Events Screening Inventory - Jason H Edwards and Karen C Rogers Assessing Trauma in Children Measuring Physical and Psychological Maltreatment of Children with the Conflict Tactics Scales - Murray A Straus and Sherry L Hamby Methodological Issues in Classifying Maltreatment - Heather N Taussig and Alan J Litrownik An Examination of `Protective Issue' Children PART THREE: WIFE ABUSE Attitudes as Explanations for Aggression against Family Members - Sharon D Herzberger and Quentin H Rueckert Woman Battering - Janice Joseph A Comparative Analysis of Black and White Women Surviving Abusive Dating Relationships - Karen H Rosen and Sandra M Stith Processes of Leaving, Healing and Moving On Social Predictors of Wife Assault Cessation - Etiony Aldarondo and Glenda Kaufman Kantor Wife Abuse in Intact Couples - Pamela D Brown and K Daniel O'Leary A Review of Couples Treatment Programs Expanding Batterer Program Evaluation - Edward W Gondolf Feminist Therapy for Battered Women - Maryse Rinfret-Raynor and Solange Cantin An Assessment Controlling Domestic Violence - JoAnn L Miller and Amy C Krull Victim Resources and Police Intervention Collaboration between Researchers and Advocates - Edward W Gondolf, Kerstie Ylloe and Jacquelyn Campbell PART FOUR: ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN FAMILY VIOLENCE Ethical Issues in Trauma Research - Elana Newman et al The Evolution of an Empirical Model for Decision Making Ethical Dimensions of Intervention with Violent Partners - Gilles Rondeau et al Priorities in the Values and Beliefs of Practitioners Conducting Ethical Cross-Cultural Research on Family Violence - Lisa Aronson Fontes
