Gendered Violence in Families

Raquel Kennedy Bergen is Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph's University. She is the author/co-author of numerous scholarly publications and nine books on violence against women, including Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers and Issues in Intimate Violence. She is the faculty moderator for the Rape Education Prevention Program at Saint Joseph's. Claire M. Renzetti is the Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women and Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky. She is editor of the journal Violence Against Women, co-editor of the Interpersonal Violence book series, editor of the Gender & Justice book series, and editor of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence.

• PrefaceChapter 1. Introduction to a Gendered Perspective of Violence in Families - Sarah Jane BrubakerChapter 2. Methods and Measurement Considerations in Studying Gender-Based Violence in Families - Claire M. Renzetti and Diane R. FollingstadChapter 3. An Intersectional Perspective on Child Maltreatment - Anne Blumenthal, Sunghyun Hong, Todd I. Herrenkohl, and Kathryn Maguire-JackChapter 4. Sexual Violence Against Children - Katherine IrwinChapter 5. Physical and Emotional Sibling Violence - Nathan H. Perkins, Jennifer A. Shadik, and Johanna E. ReiterChapter 6. Discriminatory Violence against LGBTQ+ Youth in Families, Schools, and the State: Causes, Effects, and Solutions - Madelaine Adelman and Lindsay SemprevivoChapter 7. Housing as a Multigenerational Prevention Approach: Considering Comprehensive Intimate Partner Violence Housing Approaches - Bethany L. Backes, Leila G. Wood, Maggy McGiffert, and Shelleta LadoniceChapter 8. Teen Dating Violence: Current Research, Gaps, and Controversies - Deinera Exner-Cortens, Nikita Kalwani, and Claire V. CrooksChapter 9. Intimate Partner Violence: Risk Factors, Policy Recommendations, and Future Research - Chunrye KimChapter 10. Abusive Intimate Partners: Power and Control in Gendered, Ecological Context - Eric S. Mankowski, Maureen T. Lowell, and Adrian Luis ManriquezChapter 11. Intimate Partner Sexual Violence - Raquel Kennedy Bergen and Devon N. BergenChapter 12. Disability, Gender, and Intimate Partner Violence: Patterns and Challenges - Robyn Lewis Brown and Claire McCormick ReardonChapter 13. A Gendered Look at Elder Mistreatment - Georgia J. AnetzbergerEpilogue - Raquel Kennedy Bergen and Claire M. RenzettiIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors