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Evidence suggests that some forms of domestic crimes are growing at an alarming rate. An epidemic of violence and maltreatment within the home and between intimates exists, often as part of an interrelated cycle: abuse victim becomes violent abuser. This book will be of interest to educators, students and professionals in the fields of child health and welfare, criminal justice, women's studies, gerontology, sociology and related areas. Part I is an introduction on domestic criminality that includes an historical review, demographic studies, and a discussion of medical treatments for victims. Issues such as domestic fatalities, battered women and men, conjugal rape, and abuse of elders are covered in Part II. An examination of child maltreatment by neglect and sexual abuse is discussed in Part III and symptoms of domestic criminality are covered in Part IV. Part V addresses theories, causes, and explanations of domestic violence, attempting to bridge gaps between existing studies. The characteristics of incarcerated domestic criminals are reviewed in Part VI; a discussion of efforts to help victims and decrease the level of domestic violence is provided in Part VII. Notes, suggested additional readings, and a bibliography are included.
About the Author
R. Barri Flowers, of Beaverton, Oregon, is a literary criminologist and novelist. He is also the author of Drugs, Alcohol and Criminality in American Society (1999, $32.50), The Prostitution of Women and Girls (1998, $38.50), Female Crime, Criminals and Cellmates (1995, $35), The Victimization and Exploitation of Women and Children (1994, $36.50), and The Adolescent Criminal (1990, $36.50).
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- Male Crime and Deviance: Exploring Its Causes, Dynamics and Nature by R. Barri Flowers on 10 pages
- Murder, at the End of the Day and Night: A Study of Criminal Homicide Offenders, Victims, and Circumstances by R. Barri Flowers on 6 pages
- Runaway Kids and Teenage Prostitution: America's Lost, Abandoned, and Sexually Exploited Children by R. Barri Flowers on 4 pages
- Sex Crimes, Predators, Perpetrators, Prostitutes, and Victims: An Examination of Sexual Criminality and Victimization by R. Barri Flowers on page 49, and Back Matter
- Ageing in Singapore: Service Needs and the State (Routledgecurzon Contemporary Southeast Asia Series) by Et Al. Teo in Back Matter
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