CHILD ABUSE - FAMILY VIOLENCE - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• NCJ Number: 49763
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 41 pages
• Contract Number(s): HEW-105-76-1136
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Corporate Author: Herner and Co
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CITATIONS, ABSTRACTS, AND RESEARCH PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ARE PROVIDED, INDICATING THE MANY ASPECTS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE BEING STUDIED.

Abstract

THIS INFORMATION WAS SELECTED FROM THE DATA BASES OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS: THE NATIONAL CENTER ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION, AND SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, INC. ABSTRACTS FROM A BIBLIOGRAPHY PRODUCED BY THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN HUMAN SERVICES, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, WERE ALSO USED. THE MATERIALS COVER THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF INTRAFAMILY VIOLENCE, INCLUDING WIFEBEATING, SPOUSE ABUSE AND NEGLECT, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, INCEST, AND VIOLENCE AND PREGNANCY. THE MATERIALS DATE FROM 1971 TO 1978. PUBLICATION DATA (I.E., TITLE, AUTHORSHIP, SOURCE, AVAILABILITY, AND PRICE) ARE PROVIDED, ALONG WITH STANDARD ANNOTATIONS. AN EXCERPT IS APPENDED OF TESTIMONY BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CENTER ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.