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Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction 3rd Edition
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The most comprehensive research-based text on family violence – now more accessible and visually inviting than ever before
Streamlined and updated throughout with state-of-the-art information, this Third Edition of the authors′ bestselling book gives readers an accessible introduction to the methodology, etiology, prevalence, treatment, and prevention of family violence. Research from experts in the fields of psychology, sociology, criminology, and social welfare informs the book′s broad coverage of current viewpoints and debates within the field. Organized chronologically, chapters cover child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; abused and abusive adolescents; courtship violence and date rape; spouse abuse, battered women, and batterers; and elder abuse.
- ISBN-101412981786
- ISBN-13978-1412981781
- Edition3rd
- PublisherSAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication dateDecember 14, 2010
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions8 x 1.7 x 9.9 inches
- Print length896 pages
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Robin D. Perrin is currently Professor of Sociology at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. His research interests and publications are in the areas of interpersonal violence, deviance theory, the social construction of social problems, and the sociology of religion. He is the coauthor of three books: Social Deviance: Being, Behaving, and Branding (with D. Ward & T. Carter, 1991), Child Maltreatment: An Introduction (with C. Miller-Perrin, Sage, 1999; 2007), and Family Violence Across the Lifespan (with O. Barnett & C. Miller-Perrin, Sage, 1997, 2005; 2011). He is the author or coauthor of numerous articles on a variety of topics related to religion, deviance, and interpersonal violence. He is the recipient of the 2004 Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence. He received his doctorate in sociology from Washington State University in 1989. Following his doctoral studies he was Assistant Professor of Sociology at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington.
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- Publisher : SAGE Publications, Inc; 3rd edition (December 14, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 896 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1412981786
- ISBN-13 : 978-1412981781
- Item Weight : 4.14 pounds
- Dimensions : 8 x 1.7 x 9.9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #209,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #100 in Sociology (Books)
- #163 in Sociology of Marriage & Family (Books)
- #266 in Violence in Society (Books)
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