Purpose: Elder mistreatment is now recognized internationally as a pervasive and growing
problem, urgently requiring the attention of health care systems, social welfare agencies …

Age is the only social category identifying subgroups that everyone may eventually join.
Despite this and despite the well-known growth of the older population, age-based prejudice …

SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR presents a theoretical and empirical overview of the
nature and meaning of deviance, examining in detail a number of forms of behavior …

The purpose of this chapter is to review and discuss the contributions cross-cultural studies
have made or might make to our understanding of family violence. To cover as much territory …

Family violence research has focused on spouse and child abuse and largely ignored the
third major type of family violence: parent abuse. This study uses data from a national …

Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives examines the entire spectrum of
family violence, focusing on social processes and social relationships. The Ninth Edition of …

How gender and sexuality can be life threatening Though violence against women has
received increasing attention from scholars and the general public alike, much of the …

The recent explosion in population ageing across the globe represents one of the most
remarkable demographic changes in human history. Population ageing will profoundly affect …

Along with health care providers, social workers are the professionals most likely to be
responsible for detecting signs of elder maltreatment and providing interventions and …

The question of communication and understanding between different generations is
emerging as a key issue for the twenty-first century. The advent of ageing populations may …