Among the topics covered:

• Causal factors in aggression and violence
• Theories of survivor coping and reactions to victimization
• Interventions for abused women and children
• Other forms of family violence: elder abuse, sibling abuse, and animal cruelty
• Societal responses to abuse in the family

Dynamics of Family and Intimate Partner Violence is a crucial resource for practitioners and students in the fields of psychology and social work, vividly tying together theory and real-life case studies.

Preface.- Chapter 1.  Introduction:  Explaining family and relationship violence in U.S. society.- Chapter 2.  Causal factors in aggression and violence:  Examining social and biological perspectives.- Chapter 3.  Survivor coping:  Theories and research about reactions to all types of victimization.- Chapter 4.    Violence and abuse in intimate partner relationships:  Battered women and their batterers.- Chapter 5. Expanding our thinking about intimate partner violence:  Examinations of partner violence using non-shelter samples.- Chapter 6. Child Maltreatment:  Physical, Emotional and Sexual Abuse of Children and Child Neglect.- Chapter 7.  Other forms of family violence: Elder abuse, sibling abuse, and animal cruelty.- Chapter 8.  Interventions with family violence survivors:  Assistance for abused women and children.- Chapter 9.  Societal responses to abusein the family:  Programs to prevent future violence.- Chapter 10. Examining the caregiver:  Challenges (and successes) in assisting victims of violence and the need for self-care.- Appendix.  Case vignettes from our files.