family violence

Contains essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to family violence, and discusses child victims, alternative lifestyle relationship violence, contributing factors to family violence, gender, ways to reduce incidents of family violence, and more.

Challenges the reader to question his or her preconceived opinions and assumptions about domestic violence and maintains that only through a careful examination of opposing views can the individual understand the inconsistencies in their own convictions.

Examines various aspects of violence in families.

"When eighteen-year-old Hunter Jackson and his half sister, Ashlin, return to their dad's for the first winter in years, they expect everything to be just like the warmer months they'd spent there as kids. And it is -- at first. But Chance, the charismatic and adventurous boy who made their summers epic, is harboring deep secrets. Secrets that are quickly spiraling into something else entirely. The reason they've never met Chance's parents or seen his home is becoming clearer. And what the siblings used to think of as Chance's quirks -- the outrageous stories, his clinginess, his dangerous impulsiveness -- are now warning signs that something is seriously off. Then someone turns up with a bullet to the head, and all eyes shift to Chance's family. Hunter and Ashlin know Chance is innocent ... they just have to prove it. But how can they protect the boy they both love when they can't trust a word Chance says?"--Page 4 of cover.

To help her deal with her separation from her family, worry about her mother's serious operation, and suspicions about a new friend's abusive father, twelve-year-old Dawn creates an imaginary world while spending the summer of 1958 with her great-aunt and uncle in rural North Carolina.

Henry's parents fight often and his father sometimes hits his mother, causing Henry to feel frightened and ashamed. Includes a list of things children can do in situations of family violence.

Provides facts and real-life stories that explain what family violence is, why it happens, what can be done about it, and where to go for help. Includes a glossary, and resources for additional information.

Explains what domestic violence is, how these situations develop, how domestic violence affects the victim and family, and what a child should do if he or she is the victim of domestic violence.