Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

According to the foreword by Murray A. Strauss, the first published research on domestic violence appeared in a special issue of the Journal of Marriage and the Family in 1971. Since then, as Strauss points out, research in this area has expanded to such an extent that there are several journals that focus exclusively on both general and specific areas of domestic violence from interpersonal violence to elder abuse and child neglect. Strauss also includes a list of important social changes, which acts as a brief overview of how domestic violence became a recognisable and valid area of research and...