Understanding Family Violence: Treating and Preventing Partner, Child, Sibling and Elder Abuse [Paperback]

Vernon R. Wiehe (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761916458 | ISBN-13: 978-0761916451 | Publication Date: July 16, 1998

This thorough exploration of the major types of family violence details the range of abusive behaviors perpetrated within family systems. Case vignettes effectively illustrate these events, and the victims' experiences and perceptions of the abuse. Chapters delineate: the reasons why various types of abuse continue to occur; how different types of violent behavior may be treated; and suggestions for prevention. In addition, the author provides definitions of terms, summaries, valuable references and additional suggested readings.

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About the Author

Vernon R. Wiehe, College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (July 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761916458
• ISBN-13: 978-0761916451
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Understanding male violence, December 5, 2005

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Lonny Redden "Lonny" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Family Violence: Treating and Preventing Partner, Child, Sibling and Elder Abuse (Paperback)

This would have been a more appropriate title. If you are in anyway concerned about "genderized racism" then be concerned no longer. Here it is in paper back. Men shall forever grovel at the intellectual superiority of feminism and their strange bed partners, if I may say that, of academia as represented by this Kentuckyin. Many of the references are of value once you read beyond the liberties the author takes to expound his misconceptions of the male gender. He castigates the male species and intimates, pardon the pun, that men are the instigators of most if not all family violence. Reviewing this book was like a trip down the old Cahulawassee River. Except the mountain men are Pee ach Dees. In chapter three he points out that in homosexual relationships, withholding sex is a form of abuse. The book spews with similar assertions bringing it to a climax in chapter 6 with marital rape. He makes the statement that the male assumes it is his right and priviledge to have sex whenever or where ever he wishes regardless of the womans "feelings". Rape is not about assumptions of right and priviledge it is about violence, control, intimidation and power. His definition is more like that in the Arab world along cultural lines not criminal anti-social behavior. I don't recommend this book to students or anyone seriously interested in family violence.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rampant Elder Abuse and Fraud Colored by Law: Guardianship, September 4, 2004

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dropSoul "Christina" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Family Violence: Treating and Preventing Partner, Child, Sibling and Elder Abuse (Paperback)

Reports of guardians stealing from their wards' bank accounts and other wise abusing guardianship powers are surfacing with disturbing regularity. 'This problem is going to get bigger and bigger,' says E. Bentley Lipscomb, AARP's Florida state director and a former state secretary of elder affairs. - GUARDIANS DRAWING INCREASED SCRUTINY, AARP Bulletin. Read also "The Retirement Nightmare" by Diane Armstrong. Get the real truth about the fraud and abuse of the elderly and not so elderly by corrupt probate system and guardians. To avoid a guardianship in the State of Florida, and other states, should be of paramount importance. Find out how to protect yourself and your loved ones with alternatives: health care surrogate, durable power of attorney, mediation and more. Consider that if you leave your parents to fend for themselves, and ignore the deterioration associated with aging, a guardian can gain a guardianship over them and their assets, without informing you. That guardianship will nullify the most meticulous of plans.