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- Title
Child abuse in the context of domestic violence: prevalence, explanations, and practice implications.
- Authors
Jouriles, Ernest N; McDonald, Renee; Slep, Amy M Smith; Heyman, Richard E; Garrido, Edward
- 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.
- Publication
Violence and victims, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 2, p221
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.23.2.221