| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models | p. 4 |
| Force and violence in the family | p. 16 |
| Applying research on family violence to clinical practice | p. 33 |
| The Mary Ellen Myth | p. 46 |
| Mandatory reporting laws: child protective case finding gone awry | p. 54 |
| Child protection: with liberty and justice for all | p. 66 |
| How reliable are children's statements?... It depends | p. 76 |
| Satanism as a response to abuse: the dynamics and treatment of satanic involvement in male youths | p. 82 |
| The battered child syndrome | p. 96 |
| The human ecology of child maltreatment | p. 106 |
| Child, maternal, and family characteristics associated with spanking | p. 124 |
| The role of crisis centers in defining and reporting child abuse | p. 134 |
| Casework is dead... | p. 140 |
| Families in poverty and chronic neglect of children | p. 145 |
| Father-infant interactions: a review of empirical research | p. 152 |
| Neglected victims of murder: children's witness to parental homocide | p. 162 |
| Avengers, conquerors, playmates, and lovers: roles played by child sexual abuse perpetrators | p. 171 |
| Play and animal assisted therapy: group treatment model for sexually abused girls ages 9-13 | p. 186 |
| Romance and violence in dating relationships | p. 192 |
| Gender differences in courtship violence victimization | p. 202 |
| Social factor and victim-offender differences in courtship violence | p. 209 |
| The dark side of courtship: violence and sexual exploitation | p. 218 |
| Sex differences in the accuracy of recall of witnesses of portrayed dyadic violence | p. 231 |
| Battered women and learned helplessness | p. 243 |
| The battered husband syndrome | p. 252 |
| The mysterious disappearance of battered women in family therapists' offices | p. 261 |
| Values in conflict: challenges to family therapists' thinking | p. 273 |
| Feminist fundamentalism: reactions to Avis, Kaufman, and Bograd | p. 286 |
| Rewards and dangers in researching domestic violence | p. 292 |
| Research and advocacy: can one wear two hats? | p. 298 |
| Patriarchal terrorism and common couple violence: two forms of violence against women | p. 301 |
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