Violence in Families:

Assessing Prevention and Treatment Programs

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Size: 416 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1998

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Rosemary Chalk and Patricia A. King, Editors; Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
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Violence in Families takes the first hard look at the successes and failures of family violence interventions. It offers recommendations to guide services, programs, policy, and research on victim support and assistance, treatments and penalties for offenders, and law envorcement. ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xx	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-10	(skim)
1 INTRODUCTION	11-30	(skim)
2 FAMILY VIOLENCE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTIONS	31-58	(skim)
3 IMPROVING EVALUATIONS	59-92	(skim)
4 SOCIAL SERVICE INTERVENTIONS	93-157	(skim)
5 LEGAL INTERVENTIONS	158-205	(skim)
6 HEALTH CARE INTERVENTIONS	206-259	(skim)
7 COMPREHENSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE INTERVENTIONS	260-273	(skim)
8 CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES	274-288	(skim)
9 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS	289-318	(skim)
REFERENCES	319-358	(skim)
APPENDIX A Site Visit Resources	359-366	(skim)
APPENDIX B Biographical Sketches	367-374	(skim)
INDEX	375-390	(skim)
OTHER REPORTS FROM THE BOARD ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES	391-392	(skim)

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Violence in Families takes the first hard look at the successes and failures of family violence interventions. It offers recommendations to guide services, programs, policy, and research on victim support and assistance, treatments and penalties for offenders, and law envorcement. This book provides the most comprehensive review on the topic to date.

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Assessing Prevention and Treatment Programs

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