Understanding Abusive Families An Ecological Approach to Theory and Practice [Hardcover]

An up-to-date analysis of the factors contributing to abuse

This newly revised edition of a classic in the field of child abuseand neglect presents effective guidelines for prevention,protection, and rehabilitation.

Compelling and compassionate, this book explores why and howfamilies become abusive. It then offers both the wisdom andspecific clinical interventions that will aid in the understandingof abuser and victim.

Understanding Abusive Families offers cutting-edge information andprescriptions for change reagrding:

* the patterns of incidence and prevalence
* the community context of child abuse and the issue of socialsupport
* psychological and sexual maltreatment
* child abuse in institutional families
* the special issues involved in adolescent maltreatmentPart One: An Introduction to Basic Concepts .

1. The Meaning of Maltreatment (James Garbarino, JohnEckenrode).

2. The Scope and History of Child Abuse and Neglect (Frank Barry,Patrick Collins).

3. The Community Context of Child Abuse and Neglect (JamesGarbarino, Frank Barry).

4. Disturbances in Relationships: Parenting, Family Development,and Child Maltreatment (Kerry Bolger, Marney Thomas, JohnEckenrode).

Part Two: Special Issues.

5. The Elusive Crime of Psychological Maltreatment (JamesGarbarino, John Eckenrode, Kerry Bolger).

6. Family Sexual Abuse (Marney Thomas, John Eckenrode, JamesGarbarino).

7. Child Maltreatment in Loco Parentis (Michael Nunno, MarthaHolden, Brian Leidy).

Part Three: Adolescent Maltreatment.

8. The Maltreatment of Youth (James Garbarino, John Eckenrode, JaneLevine Powers).

9. Youth in Trouble Are Youth Who Have Been Hurt (John EckenrlÃÀ