Explodes many of the conventional myths and controversies hindering understanding of family violence. This book discusses theories of intimate violence and contributing social factors, and explores major controversies in the study and treatment of family and intimate violence.
Changes in the thinking of science are usually accompanied by lively intellectual conflicts between opposing or divergent points of view
Richard Gelles explains why government programs designed to cure social ills don’t work in sector after sector and why they should be replaced with a universal entitlement at lower cost.