Heavy Hands: An Introduction to the Crimes of Family Violence, Fourth Edition

For courses in Victimology and Family Violence.

Significantly updated in this edition, this book discusses many family violence issues in a comprehensive and easy to understand format. Chapters begin with scenarios and include case studies, in-depth feature boxes and current events that connect difficult topics to real life situations. This edition features new chapters on global violence against women, adolescent perpetrators and gay and lesbian partner abuse. It contains a robust supplement package, new internet-based chapter exercises and end-of-chapter questions that address the changes in family violence, practice, policy and research.