Family Violence in a Cultural Perspective: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse

Writing primarily for those who may be facing intervention decisions about family violence in the United States, Malley-Morrison (Boston U.) and Hines (U. of New Hampshire) place the causes of family violence in a cognitive-affective-ecological framework that sees wider cultural mores and social forces as being just as significant as cognitions about behavior. They profile the prevalence of abusive behavior in the United States and among selected ethnic minority communities (Native American Ind…