Sources: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence

Abstract

The general editors are both respected scholars in the field and the several hundred authors, many of whom contributed multiple entries, are an impressive group of expert scholars, practitioners, and activists who represent the many academic specialties that address interpersonal violence (criminologists, historians, legal, medical and social work scholars, psychologists, sociologists) as well as community-based organizations and agencies. A Reader's Guide that is published at the beginning of both volumes organizes the encyclopedia into 12 subject areas addressing particular substantive areas (such as Children and Youth, Racial/Euinic and Cross-Cultural Issues, Sexual Violence and Abuse), as well as theoretical approaches, methodological issues and instruments, mental health and other intervention programs, and criminal justice and legislative system concerns.