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Since its original publication in 1974, The Violent Home has become a classic in family violence literature. The new edition contains the full text of the original as well as a retrospective preface by the author, reflecting on the impact of the book and on its importance for current studies of family violence. Gelles reveals where and when violence in the home is likeliest to occur. He also gives reasons why - such as sex, money and job stress. He also reports actual cases of physical violence between husbands and wives, who relate how they feel and think about these incidents and their relationships with one another.

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• Foreword
• A Study of Conjugal Violence
• Incidence, Methods and Meanings of Intrafamily Violence
• No Place to Go
• The Violent Situation
• The Rose Garden
• Social and Family Structure
• 'It Takes Two'
• The Roles of Victim and Offender
• Basic Training for Violence
• A Social Structure of Violence

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Richard J. Gelles received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of New Hampshire. He is the Dean of The School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania and holds The Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Children's Policy, Practice, and Research. His book, The Violent Home was the first systematic empirical investigation of family violence and continues to be highly influential. He is the author or coauthor of 23 books and more than 100 articles and chapters on family violence. His latest books are, The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children′s Lives (Basic Books, 1996) and Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition (Sage Publications, 1997).