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"Mildred Pagelow's Family Violence ... is a liberal rather than
radical book. Pagelow believes that experts on family violence must
have an underlying faith in the goodness of people' since there
will always be a majority of people who struggle against
violence.'... Her book is encyclopedic in its coverage, presenting
the data on the extent of the problem of family violence, various
perspectives and explanations for family violence, child abuse and
neglect, spouse abuse, other kinds of abuse, including children
abusing other childrena and abuse of elderly parents.... The book
contains good critiques of the cycle of violenc' theory and of the
alleged problem of the battered husband. It shows a rare
understanding of the structural conditions leading to child negelct
and abuse.... [It] is invaluable for practitioners in the fields of
the family and of violence."-Women's Review of Books
?Mildred Pagelow's Family Violence ... is a liberal rather than
radical book. Pagelow believes that experts on family violence must
have an underlying faith in the goodness of people' since there
will always be a majority of people who struggle against
violence.'... Her book is encyclopedic in its coverage, presenting
the data on the extent of the problem of family violence, various
perspectives and explanations for family violence, child abuse and
neglect, spouse abuse, other kinds of abuse, including children
abusing other childrena and abuse of elderly parents.... The book
contains good critiques of the cycle of violenc' theory and of the
alleged problem of the battered husband. It shows a rare
understanding of the structural conditions leading to child negelct
and abuse.... [It] is invaluable for practitioners in the fields of
the family and of violence.?-Women's Review of Books
?Pagelow covers this topic with a thoroughness and competency
unequaled in the existing literature. She has managed to organize
massive interdisciplinary research, filled with contradictory
findings, into a readable, sensible text.?-Contemporary
Sociology
"Pagelow covers this topic with a thoroughness and competency
unequaled in the existing literature. She has managed to organize
massive interdisciplinary research, filled with contradictory
findings, into a readable, sensible text."-Contemporary Sociology
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