title: Child abuse in the context of domestic violence: prevalence, explanations, and practice implications.
abstract: This article addresses the following questions: (a) How common is child abuse among domestically violent families? (b) Are there specific patterns of child abuse among domestically violent families? (c) What may explain occurrences of child abuse in domestically violent families? (d) How might domestic violence affect treatment for child abuse? We review research on child abuse in the context of domestic violence. We discuss implications of this research for service-delivery programs for domestically violent families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0442, USA. ejourile@smu.edu
authors.forename: Ernest N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Jouriles
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Amy M Smith
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Slep
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Heyman
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garrido
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D002657:Child Development; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology