Harway (Antioch U., Santa Barbara; Fielding Graduate Institute) and Hansen's (psychology, Pennsylvania State U.) text provides hands-on training for clinicians at a variety of levels about how to assess and intervene with individuals and families experiencing spouse abuse. The second edition reports the latest information since publication of the first edition 11 years ago about the prevalence and seriousness of the problem, and provides additional guidelines on how to conduct an assessment and work with batterers, and greatly expanded information on assessing and treating children. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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