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Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships

First Edition


April 2017 | 408 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships provides current and complete coverage of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse that occurs within intimate relationships. Authors Cindy L. Miller-Perrin and Robin D. Perrin, co-authors of SAGE’s best-selling Family Violence Across the Life, Third Edition, have created a streamlined organizational framework in Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships which presents information to students in an accessible manner. In this new book, Miller-Perrin and Perrin have teamed up with renowned researcher Claire M. Renzetti, who draws on her extensive work on violence against women. The book offers both a sociological and psychological focus, examining traditional areas of interpersonal violence as well as forms of intimate abuse outside the family, and concludes with a call for appropriate social, legal, policy, and personal responses to address the problem of abuse in intimate relationships.

 
List of Abbreviations
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Chapter 1 History and Definitions of Intimate Violence and Maltreatment
Introduction

 
Estimating the Scope of the Problem

 
Intimate Violence and Maltreatment as a Social Construction

 
The Discovery of Childhood and the Recognition of Child Abuse

 
The Women’s Rights Movement, the Rise of Feminism, and the Recognition of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

 
Other Sometimes Forgotten Victims

 
Defining Intimate Violence and Maltreatment

 
Social Policy: Prevention and Intervention

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 2 Methods and Perspectives in VMIR
An Explanatory Context

 
Measurement Issues: The Funnel Metaphor

 
Important Data Sets and Self-Report Survey Instruments

 
Methodological Issues: Conducting Better Research

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 3 Child Physical Abuse
Case History: Kevin Fell Off His Razor

 
Scope of the Problem

 
Risk Factors Associated With Child Physical Abuse

 
Consequences Associated With Child Physical Abuse

 
Intervention and Prevention of Child Physical Abuse

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 4 Child Sexual Abuse
Case History: Sashim’s Secret

 
Scope of the Problem

 
Risk Factors Associated With Child Sexual Abuse

 
Consequences Associated With Child Sexual Abuse

 
Intervention and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 5 Child Neglect
Case History: Will and Mark: “Where Are the Parents?”

 
Scope of the Problem

 
Risk Factors Associated With Child Neglect

 
Consequences Associated With Child Neglect

 
Intervention and Prevention of Child Neglect

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 6 Child Psychological Maltreatment
Case History: Tough Love or Child Psychological Maltreatment?

 
Scope of the Problem

 
Risk Factors Associated With Child Psychological Maltreatment

 
Consequences Associated With Child Psychological Maltreatment

 
Intervention and Prevention of Child Psychological Maltreatment

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 7 Abuse in Adolescent and Emerging Adult Relationships: Peer Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking
Case History: Troy “Likes” Tonya

 
Peer Sexual Harassment

 
Rape and Sexual Assault

 
Teen Dating Violence and Stalking

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 8 Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Victims
Case History: Shelby and Marcus: A Deadly Outcome

 
Scope of the Problem

 
Risk Factors Associated With IPV Victimization

 
Consequences of IPV for Victims

 
Interventions and Prevention of IPV Focusing on Victims

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 9 Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Perpetrators
Case History: Maria and Victor: “I Am Not a Batterer!”

 
Scope of the Problem

 
Risk Factors Associated With IPV Perpetration

 
Intervention and Prevention of IPV Perpetration

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 10 Intimate Abuse of People With Disabilities and the Elderly
Intimate Abuse of People With Disabilities

 
Case History: Julie’s Dilemma

 
Intimate Abuse of the Elderly

 
Case History: Marjorie Becomes a Parent Again at Age 68

 
Chapter Summary

 
Recommended Resources

 
 
Chapter 11 Societal Responses to VMIR: Some Concluding Thoughts
VMIR Rates Are Declining!

 
What Do We Value?

 
What Can We Do?

 
Chapter Summary

 
 
Glossary
 
References
 
Index

Supplements

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Excellent book, however, it could be improved by using darker ink. The ink used makes it difficult to read.

Dr Martin H. Olivares
Psychology Dept, California Lutheran University
October 7, 2020

Excellent details, supported findings and easy reading for students.

Mrs Teresa Gonzalez
Sociology Dept, Cuny Queens College
March 15, 2019

Cindy L. Miller-Perrin

Robin Dale Perrin

Robin D. Perrin is currently Professor of Sociology at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. His research interests and publications are in the areas of interpersonal violence, deviance theory, the social construction of social problems, and the sociology of religion. He is the coauthor of three books: Social Deviance: Being, Behaving, and Branding (with D. Ward & T. Carter, 1991), Child Maltreatment: An Introduction (with C. Miller-Perrin, Sage, 1999; 2007), and Family Violence Across the Lifespan (with O. Barnett & C. Miller-Perrin, Sage, 1997, 2005; 2011). He is the author or coauthor of numerous articles on a variety of... More About Author

Claire M. Renzetti

Claire M. Renzetti, PhD, is the Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair in the Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Kentucky. She is editor of the international, interdisciplinary journal, Violence Against Women; co-editor with Jeffrey Edleson of the Interpersonal Violence book series for Oxford University Press; and editor of the Gender and Justice book series for University of California Press. She has authored or edited 25 books as well as numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals. Much of her research has focused on the violent victimization... More About Author

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