Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships

by Cindy L. Miller-Perrin

Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships  provides current and complete coverage of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse that occurs within intimate relationships. Authors Cindy L. Miller-Perrin and Robin D. Perrin, co-authors of SAGE’s best-selling  Family Violence Across the Life, Third Edition , have created a streamlined organizational framework in Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships which presents information to students in an accessible manner. In this new book, Miller-Perrin and Perrin have teamed up with renowned researcher Claire M. Renzetti, who draws on her extensive work on violence against women. The book offers both a sociological and psychological focus, examining traditional areas of interpersonal violence as well as forms of intimate abuse outside the family, and concludes with a call for appropriate social, legal, policy, and personal responses to address the problem of abuse in intimate relationships.

Genres: Textbooks

408 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 28, 2017

Reviews

[Nex Juice · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this textbook as part of my Psychology of Abuse in the Family class. I enjoy learning about this subject since it's directly related to my field, but I got the impression that this book was a bit biased. I would recommend the Human Development textbook I read during this semester over this one. There are plenty of resources available that talk about abuse and the psychology behind it. All in all, this class was an easy A and reminded me to count my blessings and be grateful that I haven't had to suffer too much abuse in my life.

One interesting takeaway is that because of the evolving nature and definition of "family" in present times, they now refer to this as "Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships," as in the title, rather than "Abuse in the Family." There are definitely some interesting statistics in here, but again, a pretty niche subject that I would suggest learning about elsewhere.