This text covers three separate but related areas of family violence and abuse. It enables comparisons and contrasts to be made between child, adult and elderly abuse. This book bridges the practice-theory gap with integration a cornerstone of the text. Good established practice and innovative methods are detailed. A multidisciplinary approach has been used to make this book required reading for all those who work with the problems of family violence.
Foreword; O. Stevenson.- Acknowledgements .- List of Contributors.- Introduction: Family Violence: Framing the Issues; P. Kingston & B. Penhale.- PART 1: CHILD ABUSE Child.- Abuse: An Academic .- Overview; C. Hallett.- Child Abuse: The Health Perspective; S. Wheeler.- Social Perspectives in Child Abuse; J. Ogg & J. Dickens.- PART II: ADULT ABUSE.- Domestic Violence: An Overview; N. Johnson.- Health Professionals and Violence against Women;J. Pahl.- Social Work and Domestic Violence; S. Lloyd.- PART III: ELDER ABUSE.- Elder Abuse: A Critical Overview; C. Phillipson & Simon Biggs.- Health Perspectives and Elder Abuse; G.C.H. Bennett.- Social Perspectives on Elder Abuse; P. Kingston & B. Penhale.- Conclusion: Similarities, Differences and Synthesis; B. Penhale & P. Kingston.- Bibliography Index.
