Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family.
Published in Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews • Jul 1, 1982
Authors:,,
James Boudouris
Murray A. Straus
Richard J. Gelles
Abstract
The marriage license as a hitting license, child abuse, sibling war is the powerful message of Behind Closed Doors. The book is grounded in 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, th...
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