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The Social Dynamics of Family Violence explores family violence throughout the life course, from child abuse and neglect to intimate partner violence and elder

This book provides a research-based analysis of the dynamics of several types of violence in families and close relationships, as well as a discussion of theori

Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective sometimes applied to viewing the emotional and developmental risks to battered children, this book, offers a view

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