The overlap between child maltreatment and woman abuse

Edleson, Jeffrey L.

The overlap between child maltreatment and woman abuse Jeffrey Edleson - Harrisburg, PA. : VAWnet: a project of the National Resorce Center on Domestic Violence, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1999 - electronic document; HTML

First published 1997, revised April 1999

A great deal of attention is now being paid to both violence against women and to the effects of such violence on their children. One question that commonly arises is: How often does child maltreatment and woman battering occur in the same families? This document briefly summarizes what is known about the overlap between these two forms of abuse in the same families. (from the document)




CHILDREN
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CHILD ABUSE


UNITED STATES