This book provides a concise-yet-comprehensive overview and critique of leading theories of family violence. It addresses various forms of violence, including elder abuse, sibling abuse, child abuse, and intimate partner violence. The book provides several frameworks to examine the prevalence of family violence and offers prevention and intervention strategies.

Key areas of coverage include:
Macro-level theories, such family violence theory, feminist theory, psychological theories, public health approaches, and criminological theories. Specialized approaches that include black feminist criminology and behavior analytic theories. Situational analysis that includes special focus on special populations, including children and the elderly. Concrete applications of and policy recommendations for each approach.
Theories of Family Violence is a must-have resource for is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in forensic psychology, public health, criminology/criminal justice, developmental psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry, social work, educational policy and politics, health psychology, nursing, behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, and all related disciplines.p>