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Completely rewritten to reflect recent research into family and intimate violence this Second Edition of Family Violence explores the subject from its origins to assessment and treatment. The revision offers a summary of some of the best current scholarship conducted by family researchers.
Double Exposure: Children Affected by Family and Community Violence
Double Exposure: Children Affected by Family and Community Violence
Fourteen-year-old Tony is expelled from school for hiding a knife in his locker and threatening his peers with it after school. Tony, a boy of slight build, has been bullied by larger youth and is frightened by the gang activity on the street. He once witnessed two male teenagers gunned down in a drive-by shooting. When the school social worker visited Tony's home to discuss the school's action, his angry father declared that Tony must fight to gain “respect.” Tony's mother attempted to ask the social worker if her son could return to school, but his father demanded that she “shut up” and pushed her out ...
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