Violence in America: A Public Health ApproachMark L. Rosenberg, Mary Ann Fenley Oxford University Press, 1 авг. 1991 г. - Всего страниц: 216 Injury is the leading cause of years of potential life lost in the United States, and one third of all fatal injuries are a result of intentional injuries or violence. Today, public health officials have identified violence as comparable in importance and impact to such previous epidemics as smallpox, tuberculosis, and syphilis. This volume offers a landmark assessment of the problem of violence from a public health perspective. Its aims is both to describe what is known about violence in our society, and to lead the way towards involving health professionals in both analysis and action. The authors, all internationally known experts in their fields, examine child, spouse, and elder abuse; sexual assault and rape; suicide; assaultive violence; and homicide. To each topic they bring an analysis of key issues in epidemiology, causal and risk factors, outcomes, and interventions. This timely work will be a valuable resource for public health professionals, criminologists, sociologists, social workers, educators, and all those concerned with violence in our communities. |
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Assaultive Violence | 14 |
Child Abuse | 51 |
Child Sexual Abuse | 79 |
Rape and Sexual Assault | 95 |
Spouse Abuse | 123 |
Violence Against the Elderly | 158 |
Suicide | 184 |
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Стр. 8 - Act, defines child abuse and neglect as: [t]he physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child under the age of eighteen by a person who is responsible for the child's welfare under circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby...
Стр. 99 - Forcible rape is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Assaults or attempts to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded;.
Стр. 18 - Aggravated assault — Attack with a weapon resulting in any injury and attack without a weapon resulting either in serious injury (eg, broken bones, loss of teeth, internal injuries, loss of consciousness) or in undetermined injury requiring 2 or more days of hospitalization.
Стр. 60 - ... known about their effectiveness. Consequently, it is important that States and local entities initiating comprehensive programs collect rigorous evaluation evidence to document effectiveness. The Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control (Centers for Disease Control) will collaborate with the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse to establish baseline data and track this objective by 1993.
Стр. v - Over the years we've tacitly and, I believe, mistakenly agreed that violence was the exclusive province of the police, the courts, and the penal system. To be sure, those agents of public safety and justice have served us well. But when we ask them to concentrate more on the prevention of violence and to provide additional services for victims, we may begin to burden the criminal justice system beyond reason. At that point, the...
Стр. 11 - Increase to at least 50 percent the proportion of elementary and secondary schools that teach nonviolent conflict resolution skills, preferably as a part of quality school health education.
Стр. 70 - Anna Karenina: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Стр. 18 - Simple assault — Attack without a weapon resulting either in minor injury (eg, bruises, black eyes, cuts, scratches, swelling) or in undetermined injury requiring less than 2 days of hospitalization. Also includes attempted assault without a weapon.
Стр. 62 - One of the consistent conclusions of research on child abuse and domestic violence is that individuals who have experienced violent and abusive childhoods are more likely to grow up to become child and spouse abusers than individuals who experienced little or no violence in their childhood years.
Стр. 18 - Victimization rate," below. Robbery — Completed or attempted theft, directly from a person, of property or cash by force or threat of force, with or without a weapon.