Assessment of Family Violence: A Clinical and Legal Sourcebook (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)

Examines issues faced by clinicians in the assessment of the varied forms of family violence and establishes current standards of practice in the field. Covers general issues (clinical and legal) , epidemiology (children and adults) , types of family violence (a wide range including child abuse and neglect, incest, wife battering, elder abuse and neglect, psychological abuse of women) , and special issues (child witnesses of marital violence and adult survivors of incest) .