Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives [Paperback]

Harvey Wallace (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0205276962 | ISBN-13: 978-0205276967 | Publication Date: July 30, 1998 | Edition: 2 Sub

Provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of family violence. Includes special topics such as gay and lesbian abuse, ritualistic abuse, and victim's abuse. The only text to cover stalking of women and sexual violence in the workplace. Pedagogy includes learning objectives, in-chapter exercises, end-of-chapter problems, case studies, and vignettes. New current topics include Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the au pair murder trial, parricide, and false memory syndrome.

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From the Back Cover

Recent nationally broadcast trials have brought family violence into our front rooms. The William Smith and Mike Tyson rape trials forced us to confront date rape. The Bobbitt trial raised the issue of spousal assault. The Menendez brothers incited a discussion of sexual child abuse. The O.J. Simpson trial put the topics of spousal abuse and stalking into our national consciousness. And the most recent Au Pair murder trial made us wonder who really killed baby Matthew. As we are forced to become more aware of the extent and nature of family violence, this book becomes essential. This book introduces the complicated area of family violence, while providing the reader with sufficient knowledge to understand the various dynamics involved in family abuse. The more commonly discussed topics of family violence are presented from a medical, social, and legal perspective. Also covered are specialized topics not typically found in many family violence books, including sexual harassment, victim's rights, and stalking. Social workers, law enforcement professionals, health care professionals, and educators.

About the Author

Harvey Wallace was a Professor in the Criminology Department, California State University, Fresno.  He served as chair of the department of criminology.  During his tenure as Chair, the departments embarked on a number of innovative programs.  He was the Interim Associate Dean for the College of Social Sciences at California State University, Fresno from 2003 to 2005. 

Professor Wallace received a Jurist Doctorate Degree from California Western School of Law, an MPA from Golden Gate University and a BS in Criminology from California State University, Fresno. 

He was considered a subject matter expert by the U.S. Department of Justice in Family Violence and Victimology.  He is the author or co-author of nine college tests and has published in a number of referred and scholarly journals as well as presented his research at a variety of international and national conferences.  Professor Wallace is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and his professional experience includes appointment as the City Attorney of the City of Fresno, service as the County Counsel for the County of Butte, private practice in a media law firm and experience as a Deputy District Attorney in San Diego, California.

In 2008, the Northern California Mock Trial Regional were renamed the Harvey Wallace Northern California Mock Trial Regional in memory of Harvey Wallace..

 

Cliff Roberson LLM, Ph.D is Editor-in-Chief, Professional Issues in Criminal Justice Journal and is academic chair for the Master of Science in Criminal Justice Program, Kaplan University. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas.

In 2009, a research study conducted by a group of Professors from Sam Houston State University determined that Cliff Roberson was the leading criminal justice author in the United States based on his publications and their relevance to the profession [See Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 6, issue 1, 2009]. He has authored or co-authored over 50 books and texts on legal subjects. His books include:

Cliff Roberson, Harvey Wallace, and Gilbert Stuckey (2009) Procedures in the Justice System, 9^th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson).

Cliff Roberson (2009) Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice (Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis).

Harvey Wallace and Cliff Roberson (2008) Principles of Criminal Law 4^th ed. (Boston: Allyn & Bacon).

Michael Birzer and Cliff Roberson (2008) Police Field Operations: Theory meets Practice (Boston: Pearson)

Cliff Roberson and Dilip Das (2008) An Introduction to Comparative Legal Models of Criminal Justice (Baca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis)

Cliff Roberson and Scott Mire (2010, at printer) Ethics and Criminal Justice (Baco Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis)

Harvey Wallace and Cliff Roberson (in publication)  Family Violence (Boston: Pearson).

 

His previous academic experiences include Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Arkansas Tech University; Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston, Victoria; Director of Programs, National College of District Attorneys; Professor of Criminology and Director of Justice Center, California State University, Fresno; and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, St. Edwards University.

Dr. Roberson’s non-academic experience includes U.S. Marine Corps service as an infantry officer, trial and defense counsel and military judge as a marine judge advocate; and Director of the Military Law Branch, U.S. Marine Corps. Other legal employment experiences include Trial Supervisor, Office of State Counsel for Offenders, Texas Board of Criminal Justice and judge pro-tem in the California courts. Cliff is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Tax Court, Federal Courts in California and Texas, Supreme Court of Texas and Supreme Court of California.

Educational background includes: Ph.D. in Human Behavior, U.S. International University; L.L.M., in Criminal Law, Criminology, and Psychiatry, George Washington University; J.D. American University; B.A. in Political Science, University of Missouri; and one year of post-graduate study at the University of Virginia School of Law.

 

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 390 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 2 Sub edition (July 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205276962
• ISBN-13: 978-0205276967
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,041,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!!!, November 20, 1998

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This review is from: Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives (Paperback)

Harvey Wallace's text book, which is being used in my Seminar:Domestic Violence Course, is a wonderful source of information about all types of domestic abuse. The extensive coverage on the many forms of child abuse is an excellent source of information for all careers, especially social workers, teachers, school psychologists, and future or current parents. I am also very glad to see that Wallace includes Elder Abuse and Gay and Lesbian Abuse in his book, types of domestic violence which often go overlooked.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Family Violence, August 4, 2007

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This review is from: Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives (4th Edition) (Paperback)

I really found this book helpful and full of information. I used it for a class that I was taking called family violence and abuse. Wallace does an excellent job outlining indicators of child abuse and he also provides different catergories of abuse such as elder abuse and alternative life style abuse. I often find myself struggling to use books assigned to each class because sometimes they are just not useful. I have spent lots of money on class texts that I have not opened once. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE WITH THIS BOOK. IT WAS VERY USEFUL.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is utterly idiotic., July 22, 2010

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This review is from: Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives (5th Edition) (Paperback)

There is an apparent dearth of recent textbooks dealing with family/intimate violence, because my professor's selection of this book was appaling. By turns dumbed-down, full of tautologies, facile, and jargon-laden. A professor who isn't lazy would better serve her students by collecting the publicly-available reports (or summaries) and statistics that are all this book has to offer.