Bookedited by Robert Geffner, Jacquelyn W. White, L. Kevin Hamberger, Alan Rosenbaum, Viola Vaughan-Eden, Victor Vieth.
Summary: Handbook of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan is a comprehensive state-of-the-science reference work for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. It is written from a trauma-informed perspective, and utilizes adverse childhood experiences research as its basic developmental framework along with the traumatic effects all forms of interpersonal violence tend to produce. With public health and social justice in mind, this human-rights based handbook also focuses on the overlap and continuum of the various types of interpersonal violence. It integrates all forms of interpersonal violence while dealing with key issues of intersectionality and systems responses. This two-volume handbook is published in collaboration with the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan, which aims to: Acknowledge and understand the impact interpersonal violence has on individuals and society Recognize the mental, physical, legal, social, and economic burden of interpersonal violence Respect an individual's basic right to live without violence; value human dignity Promote consensus-based practices while maintaining cultural sensitivity Consider and address the unique needs of vulnerable populations.
Contents:
Introduction
Fundamentals of Understanding Interpersonal Violence
Human Rights Framework
Adverse Childhood Experience
Trauma-informed Issues
Systems Responses to Interpersonal Violence
and Abuse
National Plan
Integration of the Types of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan
Introduction
Vulnerable Populations, Multicultural Issues, Immigration
Historical Trauma
Intergenerational Transmission of Abuse and Trauma
Polyvictimization and Intersectionality
Risk Assessment, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse
Connections to Other Types of Maltreatment
Child Maltreatment: Victimization and Perpetration
Introduction
Physical Abuse
Abusive Head Trauma
Neglect and Failure to Thrive
Corporal Punishment
Sexual Abuse in Childhood
Missing and Exploited Children
Emotional Abuse
Sibling Abuse in Early Childhood
Exposure to Violence in the Family during Childhood
Neuropsychological Effects
Policies & Laws
Child Protective Services, Child Welfare, and Foster Care
System Responses to Child Maltreatment
Abuse in Institutional Settings
Child Abuse Offenders
Youth/Adolescent Maltreatment: Victimization and Perpetration
Introduction
Bullying
Technology Facilitated
Teen Dating Violence and Stalking
Sexual Abuse in Adolescence (familial, stranger, etc.)
Compliant Victims (legal issues associated with consent/statutory rape)
Missing and Exploited Youth
Emotional Abuse During Adolescence
Corporal Punishment in Youth & Adolescence
Youth & Adolescent Sibling Abuse
Exposure to Family Violence During Adolescence
Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, and Cultural Violence
Date/Acquaintance Sexual Assault
Youth with Sexual Behavioral Problems
Abuse in Institutional Settings
Outcomes
Substance Abuse/Addictions
System Responses to Maltreatment of Adolescents
Community Violence and Abuse
Introduction
Gangs
Organized Crime
Schoo l Violence
Mass Violence
Homicide and Home Invasions
Sex and Labor Trafficking
Long-term Missing Youth
Hate Crimes
System Response to Community Violence
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Abuse
Introduction
Overview of Types of Abuse
Theories of IPV Causation
Intersectionality
System Responses
IPV Offenders
Dynamics of Victimization
IPV Victim Interventions
Adult Sexual Harassment and Assault
Introduction
Identification and Continuum
Betrayal Trauma
Institutional Betrayal Trauma
Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault
Technology Facilitated
Pornography
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Sex Offenders
Institutional Settings
Outcomes/Long-term Effects
System Responses to Sexual Assault
Older Adult/Elder Abuse
Introduction
IPV of Older Adults
Sexual Assault of Older Adults
Parent Abuse
Financial Abuse
Abandonment & Neglect
Older Adult/elder Abuse in Institutional and Care Settings
Mandated Reporting
Polyvictimization in Later Life
Outcomes and Long-term Effects
Perpetrators of Older Adults
System Responses to Older Adults
International Perspectives
Adult Survivors of Abuse.-Introduction
Betrayal trauma
Institutional betrayal trauma
Legal issues and statute of limitations
Outcomes
Repressed/Recovered Memories
Neuropsychological/Neurobiological Effects
Head Traumas
Treatment of Adult Survivors
System Responses of Adult Survivors of Abuse
Next Steps: Summary and Interconnections
Introduction
National Plan
Future Directions in Research
Future Directions in Interventions
Future Directions in Policies
Future Directions in Advocacy
Future Directions in Prevention.