Case Studies in Family Violence
The past 20 years have seen the emergence of family violence as one of the most critical problems facing society. The alarming incidence figures of abuse and neglect directed toward family members justify this atten tion. For example, over 1 million chil
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Case Studies in Family Violence Edited by
Robert T. Ammerman
Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and
Michel Hersen
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Llbrary of Congress Catalogfng-ln-Publlcatlon Data
Case studles in family violence I edited by Robert T. Ammerman and Michel Hersen. p. cm. Includes bibllographlcal references and Index. ISBN 978-0-306-43649-9 I. Ammerman, 1. Family violence--United States--Case studies. Robert T. II. Hersen, Mlchel. H0809.3.U5C37 1990 90-49558 362.82'92--dc20 CIP
ISBN 978-0-306-43649-9
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-9582-0
ISBN 978-1-4757-9582-0 (eBook)
10987654 © 1991 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1991
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From Robert to his father From Michel to Victoria
Contributors Robert T. Ammerman, Department of Research and Clinical Psychology, Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Susan M. Andersen, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003 Teresa Ramirez Boulette, Santa Barbara County Mental Health Care Services, Santa Barbara, California 93110 Marla R. Brassard, Office for the Study of the Psychological Rights of the Child, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01030 Susan E. Briggs, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Angela Browne, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655 Robert L. Burgess, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Naomi R. Cahn, Sex Discrimination Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. 20001 Barbara A. Carson, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306 vii
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Contributors
Judith A. Cohen, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Paul Cohen, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Syracuse, New York 13210 Karen F. Drudy, John Merck Program, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Ellen R. Fisher, La Casa de las Madres, San Francisco, California 94103 Barbara Forsstrom-Cohen, Syracuse Public Schools, Syracuse, New York 13210 Ronita S. Giberson, Graham B. Dimmick Child Guidance Service, Comprehensive Care Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40507 Edward W. Gondolf, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213; and Department of S
