Working with Violent Families

PART ONE: THE VIOLENT FAMILY - AN INTRODUCTION Unkept Promises of Family Violence Research and Practice Getting To Know You Fundamentals About the Family PART TWO: CAPTURING THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTS Critical Issues in the Violent Family's Social Environment The Psychological Environment of the Violent Family PART THREE: VIOLENT FAMILY PERSONALITIES AND PROCESSES The Family Violence Victim Common Points of Practitioner Study and Intervention The Perpetrator in the Violent Family `Special People' in the Violent Family The Family Violence Process PART FOUR: CAPTURING THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PRACTITIONERS' ENVIRONMENT I: LEGAL WORK AND THE VIOLENT FAMILY The Legal Environment of Physical Child Maltreatment The Legal Environment of the Child Sexual Abuse Situation The Legal Environment of Conjugal Violence Mistreatment of the Elderly Disproportion in Knowledge and Response PART FIVE: CAPTURING THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PRACTITIONERS' ENVIRONMENT II: CLINICAL WORK AND THE VIOLENT FAMILY The Clinician and the Violent Family Basic Skills Therapies and the Violent Family Professional Assessment of the Violent Family PART SIX: CAPTURING THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PRACTITIONERS' ENVIRONMENT III: SPECIAL ISSUES IN WORKING WITH THE VIOLENT FAMILY: ATTORNEY AND CLINICIAN Special Issues in Working with the Violent Family