NCJ Number
56223
Editor(s)
J PETHICK
Date Published
1979
Length
114 pages
Annotation
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BATTERED WIVES INCLUDES REFERENCES TO AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH, AND CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS OF THE 1970'S DEALING WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE.
Abstract
THE SUBJECTS DEALT WITH IN THE CITED LITERATURE RANGE FROM ASSAULT TO MURDER WITHIN THE FAMILY AND COVER SOCIAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM, STUDIES AND RESEARCH ON ABUSERS AND ABUSED, POLICE INTERVENTION IN FAMILY CRISES, AND SOME SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF BATTERED WOMEN, PROVIDED BY VARIOUS AGENCIES OR SELF-HELP GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE LITERATURE IS MAINLY FROM SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, PERIODICALS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CONFERENCES AND OTHER REPORTS), ALTHOUGH SOME POPULAR PRESS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED. THE SELECTIONS ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR WITHIN FORMAT CATEGORIES (E.G., BOOKS, ARTICLES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES). AN INDEX IS PROVIDED. (DAG)