Title:
The role of the helping professions in treating the victims and perpetrators of violence / Morley D. Glicken, Dale K. Sechrest.
Author:
Glicken, Morley D.
Sechrest, Dale K.
Publication Information:
Boston : Allyn and Bacon, ©2003.
Call Number:
HV6250.3.U5 G54 2003
ISBN:
9780205326860
Physical Description:
xix, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Reasons for Violence in America -- History of Violence -- Human Service Approaches -- Violent Crime Victimization -- Factors in Increasing Violence -- A Violent Popular Culture -- Greater Tolerance for Violence -- Extent of Violence in America -- Historical Trends -- Recent Trends in Violent Crime Rates -- Violent Crime -- Juvenile Crime -- Predicting the Offenders -- High-Risk Juveniles -- Recent Reductions in Youth Violence and Crime -- Youth Delinquency and Crime -- Undocumented Juvenile Delinquency -- Youth Crime Statistics Problems in Criminal Justice -- Female Crime -- Extent and Types of Violent Behavior -- The Social and Economic Cost of Violence -- Monetary Costs -- Injuries from Violent Crime -- Monetary and Nonmonetary Cost Analysis -- Actual Costs -- Total Aggregate Costs of Violence -- The Cost of Diversion of Resources from More Socially Useful Functions -- Victimization of the Elderly -- A Study of Crime against the Elderly -- Prison Costs -- Prison Costs in California -- Categories of Violent Acts and the Helping Strategies for Victims and Perpetrators: The Danger of Panaceas -- Family Violence Involving Adults -- The Amount of Domestic Violence -- The Dynamics of Abuse -- Case Study of an Abuser -- Predicting Potential for Abuse -- The Impact of Abuse on Victims -- Treating Abusive Behavior: The Perpetrator -- Reasons Treatment May Not Work with Some Perpetrators -- Ethnicity and Treatment -- Case Study of a Perpetrator in Treatment -- Treating the Victims of Adult Violence.
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