Child Abuse And Domestic Violence (Information Plus Reference Series)

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
ISBN 1414407459......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 6
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE......Page 8
Historical Recognition of the Problem......Page 9
Social and Legal Recognition of Domestic Violence......Page 10
Verbal Aggression......Page 11
ABUSE OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN......Page 12
How Abusive Are Women in Same-Sex Relationships?......Page 14
CAPTA Defines Four Main Types of Child Maltreatment......Page 15
A DESCRIPTION OF MALTREATED CHILDREN......Page 16
Victims of Emotional Abuse and Neglect......Page 17
FEDERAL CHILD ABUSE LEGISLATION......Page 18
Federal Legislation Dealing with the Prosecution of Child Abusers......Page 19
ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN RELIGIOUS SETTINGS......Page 20
COLLECTING CHILD MALTREATMENT DATA......Page 22
VICTIMS OF MALTREATMENT Rates of Victimization......Page 23
Age of Victims......Page 25
Race and Ethnicity of Victims......Page 27
Children with Disabilities Particularly at Risk......Page 29
Family Characteristics of Victims......Page 30
PERPETRATORS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT CPS Data......Page 32
NIS Data......Page 34
REPORTING CHILD ABUSE Mandatory Reporting......Page 35
Failure to Report Child Maltreatment......Page 41
What Happens after a Child Maltreatment Report?......Page 43
Heavy Caseloads......Page 46
States Should Use the Adoption and Safe Families Act......Page 47
Lives Saved......Page 48
FAMILIES AT RISK FOR CHILD MALTREATMENT......Page 50
The Problem of Substance Abuse......Page 51
Violent Families......Page 54
Maltreatment by Mothers......Page 56
CONSEQUENCES OF CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT Cycle of Violence......Page 57
The Consequences of Neglect......Page 59
Maltreated Girls Who Become Offenders......Page 60
Problems in Early Brain Development......Page 61
WHEN CHILDREN DIE FROM MALTREATMENT......Page 62
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: ABUSE OR NOT? Corporal Punishment by Parents......Page 63
Prevalence and Chronicity of Corporal Punishment......Page 64
Effects of Corporal Punishment......Page 65
Corporal Punishment as Effective Discipline......Page 66
HOW FREQUENT IS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE?......Page 68
Determining the Extent of Child Sexual Abuse through Retrospective Studies......Page 73
Are Child Sexual Abuse Cases Declining?......Page 74
WHAT MAKES A VICTIM DISCLOSE?......Page 76
Is Sexual Abuse of Boys Underreported?......Page 77
Start and Duration of Abuse......Page 78
Women Who Abuse......Page 79
Educators......Page 80
Sexual Abusers of Boys......Page 81
Priests......Page 82
National Survey on the Online Victimization of Children......Page 83
EFFECTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE......Page 84
Substance Abuse......Page 85
Effects of Sexual Abuse by Women......Page 86
A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse......Page 87
Betrayal Trauma Theory......Page 88
FALSE MEMORIES......Page 89
Is a Child’s Account Reliable?......Page 92
Anatomically Detailed Dolls......Page 93
Videotaped Testimony and Closed-Circuit Television Testimony: Does It Violate the Confrontation Clause?......Page 94
Hearsay Evidence......Page 95
Expert Witnesses......Page 97
Are Children Competent Witnesses?......Page 98
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND RECOVERED MEMORY Suing Alleged Abusers......Page 99
Protecting Children on the Internet......Page 100
Protecting Fetuses and Infants......Page 101
Child Abuse Laws Relating to Domestic Violence......Page 102
Women as Abusers......Page 104
ESTIMATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE......Page 106
National Violence against Women Survey......Page 108
National Crime Victimization Surveys......Page 112
National Family Violence Survey......Page 113
ABUSED TO DEATH......Page 115
Resource Theory......Page 118
Feminist Theory......Page 119
DOES SUBSTANCE ABUSE CAUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?......Page 120
DOES PREGNANCY EXACERBATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?......Page 122
AGE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Intimate Partner Violence Declines with Increasing Age......Page 123
SIGNS OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE......Page 124
WHY DOES SHE STAY?......Page 125
Women’s Reasons to Stay......Page 126
The Battered Woman Syndrome......Page 127
Women Are Not Helpless......Page 128
WHAT CAN A WOMAN DO?......Page 129
Hospitalization of Battered Women......Page 130
Factors That Influence the Murder of Husbands by Wives......Page 131
Legal Defense......Page 132
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Empowerment of Battered Women......Page 133
Interventions to Help Battered Women......Page 134
MARITAL RAPE......Page 136
Effects of Marital Rape......Page 139
Attitudes about Marital Rape......Page 140
College Rape......Page 141
Influence of Alcohol on Sexual Assault......Page 144
Fraternities and Athletics......Page 145
Rohypnol—The Date Rape......Page 146
RAPE AMONG LESBIANS AND GAY MEN......Page 147
Stalkers: Who Are They?......Page 148
When the Violence Occurs......Page 149
Legal Response to Stalking......Page 150
Cyberstalking......Page 151
Law Enforcement and Cyberstalking......Page 152
REPORTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO THE POLICE......Page 154
OUTCOME OF POLICE INTERVENTION......Page 156
Mandatory Arrests......Page 160
NOT ALL VICTIMS WHO SEEK POLICE ATTENTION ARE THE SAME......Page 162
Effects of Protection Orders......Page 163
LANDMARK LEGAL DECISIONS......Page 164
Equal Protection......Page 165
Violence against Women Act......Page 166
Other Federal Laws and Public Policies......Page 167
DIFFICULTIES IN THE COURT SYSTEM......Page 168
Willingness of Victims to Prosecute......Page 169
Program Dropout Rates......Page 170
Recidivism Rates......Page 171
IMPORTANT NAMES AND ADDRESSES......Page 174
RESOURCES......Page 176
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W......Page 185