Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family
, by Straus,Murray A.- ISBN: 9781412805919 | 1412805910
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 4/30/2006
The marriage license as a hitting license, child abuse, sibling war –Behind Closed Doors is the unprecedented national survey of the extent, patterns, and causes of violence in the American family. Based on a seven-year study of over 2,000 families, the authors provide landmark insights into this phenomenon of violence and what causes Americans to inflict it on their family members.