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International perspectives on family violence and abuse : a cognitive ecological approach edited by Kathleen Malley-Morrison

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mahwah, N.J Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. c2004Description: xii, 548 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0805842462
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.8292 INT
Summary: This compilation brings together authors with diverse international origins to discuss what is known about family violence and abuse from 24 countries around the world. Also looks at the differences across cultures in assumptions about appropriate roles for men, women, children, and older family members and variations in the extent to which governments are seen as having any sort of regulatory function towards abuse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

This compilation brings together authors with diverse international origins to discuss what is known about family violence and abuse from 24 countries around the world. Also looks at the differences across cultures in assumptions about appropriate roles for men, women, children, and older family members and variations in the extent to which governments are seen as having any sort of regulatory function towards abuse.