Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships

Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships describes the magnitude, risk factors, and consequences of intimate violence. The text offers a multidisciplinary focus that examines traditional areas of interpersonal violence as well as forms of intimate abuse outside the family. Addressing intimate relationship violence across the developmental lifespan, the Second Edition offers a mix of historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as personal stories and high-profile cases to provide readers with ample opportunity for application of the explanations, research, and data. The authors discuss the professional and social response to violence and maltreatment in intimate relationships (VMIR) to further the understanding of how to treat victims and how to prevent future intimate violence. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.

Table of Contents:
List of Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1 • History and Definitions of Intimate Violence and Maltreatment Introduction Estimating the Scope of the Problem Intimate Violence and Maltreatment as a Social Construction The Discovery of Childhood and the  Recognition of Child Abuse The Women’s Rights Movement, the Rise of Feminism, and the Recognition of Intimate Partner Violence Other Sometimes Forgotten Victims Defining “Violence” and “Maltreatment” and “Intimate Relationships” Social Policy: Prevention and Intervention Chapter 2 • Methods and Perspectives in Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate  Relationships An Explanatory Context Measurement Issues: The Funnel Metaphor Important Data Sets and Self-Report Survey Instruments Methodological Issues: Conducting Better Research Chapter 3 • Child Physical Abuse Case History: Kevin Fell Off His Razor Scope of the Problem Risk Factors Associated With Child  Physical Abuse Consequences Associated With Child  Physical Abuse Intervention and Prevention of Child  Physical Abuse Chapter 4 • Child Sexual Abuse Case History: Sashim’s Secret Scope of the Problem Risk Factors Associated With Child Sexual Abuse Consequences Associated With Child Sexual Abuse Intervention and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse Chapter 5 • Child Neglect Case History: Will and Mark: “Where  Are the Parents?” Scope of the Problem Risk Factors Associated With Child Neglect Consequences Associated With Child  Neglect Intervention and Prevention of Child Neglect Chapter 6 • Child Psychological Maltreatment Case History: Tough Love or Child Psychological Maltreatment? Scope of the Problem Risk Factors Associated With Child Psychological Maltreatment Consequences Associated With Child Psychological Maltreatment Intervention and Prevention of Child Psychological Maltreatment Chapter 7 • Abuse in Adolescent and Emerging Adult Relationships: Peer Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking Case History: Troy “Likes” Tonya Peer Sexual Harassment Rape and Sexual Assault Teen Dating Violence and Stalking Chapter 8 • Intimate Partner Violence in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Victims Case History: Shelby and Marcus: A  Deadly Outcome Scope of the Problem Risk Factors Associated With IPV Victimization Consequences of IPV for Victims Interventions and Prevention of IPV Focusing on Victims Chapter 9 • Intimate Partner Violence in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Perpetrators Case History: Maria and Victor: “I Am Not a Batterer!” Scope of the Problem Risk Factors Associated With IPV Perpetration Intervention and Prevention of IPV Perpetration Chapter 10 • Intimate Abuse of People  With Disabilities and  the Elderly Intimate Abuse of People With  Disabilities Case History: Julie’s Dilemma Intimate Abuse of the Elderly Case History: Marjorie Becomes a Parent Again at Age 68 Chapter 11 • Societal Responses to Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships: Some Concluding Thoughts VMIR Rates Are Declining! What Do We Value? What Can We Do? Glossary References

About the Author :
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. Claire M. Renzetti, PhD, is the Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair in the Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Kentucky. She is editor of the international, interdisciplinary journal, Violence Against Women; co-editor with Jeffrey Edleson of the Interpersonal Violence book series for Oxford University Press; and editor of the Gender and Justice book series for University of California Press. She has authored or edited 25 books as well as numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals. Much of her research has focused on the violent victimization experiences of socially and economically marginalized women. Her current research includes studies examining the relationship between religiosity and intimate partner violence perpetration, an evaluation of a horticultural therapy program at a shelter for battered women, and a study of potential jurors’ prototypes of sex trafficking victims and perpetrators. She has held elected and appointed leadership positions in national and regional professional organizations, and has been honored with awards for her work to improve the quality of life and the health and safety of women.  

Review :
"This textbook takes an ecological view of family violence, and the cultural, structural, micro-level, and other macro-level phenomena related to intimate partner violence are discussed in depth. A real strength of this book is that it begins with history, moves into theory and research, and then discusses family violence developmentally. The last chapter focuses on summing up the content and looking ahead, which is perfect." "I particularly find this book compelling because it deals with in-utero all the way through geriatric victims of IPV; it’s not simply domestic violence as our course title might imply. To the contrary, we have all too many incidents of intimate partner violence at all ages, especially increasingly against geriatrics in our culture. So I’ve been extremely pleased and able to generate extraordinary results in conversations, sharing and even requests for help from students whom I realize, as I stand before them, are often victims. So it’s a small text but it packs a big punch as a tool to use with my and the students’ life experiences…frankly, it’s one of my two favorite texts in our program."  Organized, insightful, and broad in coverage, this is outstanding beyond other available readers. Student reader-friendly: concise, descriptive, and diversely sensitive. Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships uses recent statistics, refers to and analyzes real-life violent stories such as the NFL players.