Abuse in the Family - Softcover

Kemp, Alan

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534341985 ISBN 13: 9780534341985

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

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In this practical, eye-opening book, author Alan Kemp uses an ecological approach to examine the widespread social problem of family maltreatment. By examining the complex relationships that exist on a macro, meso, and micro level, students will be better prepared to make a difference in a world confronted by this colossal and disheartening social problem and to answer the following questions: "Why does family maltreatment occur?," "What do its victims experience?," "How do they recover?," "What can we do to help them?," "How can we understand the perpetrators?," and "How might we reduce or prevent family abuse?"

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"�This book� provides an excellent starting point for the study of abuse. The information is current . . . and covers a broad range of topics related to abuse." "�This book� is easy to read and comprehensive. It offers the reader an overview, clear definitions, an opportunity to reflect upon and review the material, and a sense of personal relationship with the author." "[This book] provides an excellent starting point for the study of abuse. The information is current . . . and covers a broad range of topics related to abuse." "[This book] is easy to read and comprehensive. It offers the reader an overview, clear definitions, an opportunity to reflect upon and review the material, and a sense of personal relationship with the author."

From the Author:

A user-friendly text about family maltreatment.
This book is designed to be a user-friendly book about family maltreatment. I try to synthesize the key ideas and material in the field and talk with you, my readers, about it in a way that helps you better understand this disheartening social problem. One reviewer says that you not only learn a lot about family maltreatment but you do so in such a way that you feel you're engaged in a personal conversation with me. I integrate a number of features into the text to help bring the material to life. These include: real-life case vignettes, media reports, boldfaced key terms and concepts, chapter outlines and summaries, suggested activities and readings, a glossary at the end of each chapter, and of course lots of figures and tables. Another reviewer says the book is, "... More complete than any other text I have thus far read on the subject of family violence." Yet antoher says rather simply, "It's a flat-out good book." By the time you finish reading this book you should be able to tackle the following questions. Why does family maltreatment occur? What do its victims experience? How do they recover? What can we do to help them? How can we understand the perpetrators? How might we reduce or prevent family abuse? When you are able to grapple with these questions you will also be in a better position to make a difference in this world of ours.

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