Citation

Jouriles EN, McDonald R, Slep AM, Heyman RE, Garrido E. Violence Vict. 2008; 23(2): 221-235.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0442, USA. ejourile@smu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18624091

Abstract

This article addresses the following questions: (a) How common is child abuse among domestically violent families? (b) Are there specific patterns of child abuse among domestically violent families? (c) What may explain occurrences of child abuse in domestically violent families? (d) How might domestic violence affect treatment for child abuse? We review research on child abuse in the context of domestic violence. We discuss implications of this research for service-delivery programs for domestically violent families.

Language: en