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Family Violence—Child

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Aggressive and destructive behaviors are daily realities in our global community and on our city streets. We spend massive amounts of revenue on national defense, local law enforcement, and personal security to cope with these threats. Nevertheless, the most ruinous outbreak of violence is violence in the home. Outbreaks of violence in families weaken the very structure of our society by disrupting the stability of the family and undermining the well-being of our children.

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  1. Department of Psychology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, 63103, USA

    Honore M. Hughes

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Hughes, H.M., Fantuzzo, J.W. (1994). Family Violence—Child. In: Hersen, M., Ammerman, R.T., Sisson, L.A. (eds) Handbook of Aggressive and Destructive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2403-8_27

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