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Direct linkPerry, Lee R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In response to the diverse requirements of 21st-century police work and the increasing emphasis on community-policing philosophy, the Los Angeles Police Department has implemented changes within its academy curricula and methods of instruction, including the use of adult-learning concepts, a community policing problem-solving model known as…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Law Enforcement, Police Education, Training Methods
Peer reviewedPostmus, Judy L.; Plummer, Sara-Beth; McMahon, Sarah; Murshid, N. Shaanta; Kim, Mi Sung – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Intimate partner violence (IPV) often includes economic abuse as one tactic commonly used by an abuser; unfortunately, there is a lack of empirical understanding of economic abuse. Additionally, research is limited on the predictors of economic self-sufficiency in the lives of women experiencing IPV. This paper furthers our knowledge about…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Economic Impact, Antisocial Behavior, Quality of Life
Esqueda, Cynthia Willis; Hack, Lori; Tehee, Melissa – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2010
Few studies have focused on the unique issues surrounding American Indian violence. Yet American Indian women are at high risk for domestic abuse, and domestic violence has been identified as the most important issue for American Indians now and in the future by the National Congress of American Indians. American Indian women suffer from domestic…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, American Indians, Drinking
Sharp, Shane – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2010
Many individuals use prayer to manage negative emotions, but scholars know little about how prayer accomplishes this task. Using in-depth interview data from victims of intimate partner violence, I argue that prayer is an imaginary social support interaction that provides individuals with resources they use to perform individual emotion management…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Religious Factors, Negative Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
DiLillo, David; Hayes-Skelton, Sarah A.; Fortier, Michelle A.; Perry, Andrea R.; Evans, Sarah E.; Messman Moore, Terri L.; Walsh, Kate; Nash, Cindy; Fauchier, Angele – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: The present study reports on the development and initial psychometric properties of the Computer Assisted Maltreatment Inventory (CAMI), a web-based self-report measure of child maltreatment history, including sexual and physical abuse, exposure to interparental violence, psychological abuse, and neglect. Methods: The CAMI was…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Social Desirability, Test Validity, Questionnaires
Miller, Shari; Malone, Patrick S.; Dodge, Kenneth A. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
This study examined gender differences in trajectories of delinquent behaviors over a 6-year period in adolescence and differential outcomes of these diverse developmental pathways. Participants were 754 children who were part of a longitudinal study of the development of early starting conduct problems. Four trajectory patterns were identified…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Adolescents, Sexuality, Adolescent Development
Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Lan-Ping; Lin, Pei-Ying; Wu, Jia-Lin; Li, Chien-De; Kuo, Fang-Yu – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The present study analyzed national data from "Domestic Violence Report System" derived primarily from the Council of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assaults Prevention, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan, to describe the reported prevalence of domestic violence in people with disabilities and to examine the time-effect on the prevalence…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Incidence, Mental Retardation, Psychosis
Becker, Kimberly D.; Stuewig, Jeffrey; McCloskey, Laura A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Interviews of women with (n = 193) and without (n = 170) recent exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) were used to examine how IPV and past exposure to child abuse influence self-reports of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The measurement of IPV included assessing psychological, physical, escalated physical, and sexual abuse.…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Females
Catani, Claudia; Gewirtz, Abigail H.; Wieling, Elizabeth; Schauer, Elizabeth; Elbert, Thomas; Neuner, Frank – Child Development, 2010
This study examines the impact of children's exposure to natural disaster against the backdrop of exposure to other traumatic events and psychosocial risks. One thousand three hundred ninety-eight Sri Lankan children aged 9-15 years were interviewed in 4 cross-sectional studies about exposure to traumatic life events related to the war, the…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Family Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Foreign Countries
Shamai, Michal; Buchbinder, Eli – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study explores the experience of men who participated in programs for partner-violent men by understanding their perceptions of the treatment process, the treatment outcomes, and the meaning they attached to it. The sample included 25 men who completed these programs in agencies that specialized in treating domestic violence in Israel. A…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Outcomes of Treatment, Foreign Countries, Therapy
Samuelson, Kristin W.; Krueger, Casey E.; Wilson, Christina – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Recently researchers have begun to explore the extent to which children's cognitive development is influenced by experiences in the family environment. Assessing mother-child dyads exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV), a population at risk for emotional and neurocognitive problems, we examined relationships between maternal emotional…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Males, Family Environment, Parenting Styles
Dennis, Tracy A.; Buss, Kristin A.; Hastings, Paul D.; Bell, Martha Ann; Diaz, Anjolii; Adam, Emma K.; Miskovic, Vladimir; Schmidt, Louis A.; Feldman, Ruth; Katz, Lynn Fainsilber; Rigterink, Tami; Strang, Nicole M.; Hanson, Jamie L.; Pollak, Seth D.; Dahl, Ronald E.; Silk, Jennifer S.; Siegle, Greg J.; Beauchaine, Theodore P.; Cicchetti, Dante; Rogosch, Fred A.; Fox, Nathan A.; Kirwan, Michael; Reeb-Sutherland, Bethany; Gunnar, Megan R.; Obradovic, Jelena; Boyce, W. Thomas; Molenaar, Peter C. M.; Gates, Kathleen M. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2012
In the past decade, there has been a dramatic growth in research examining the development of emotion from a physiological perspective. However, this widespread use of physiological measures to study emotional development coexists with relatively few guiding principles, thus reducing opportunities to move the field forward in innovative ways. The…
Descriptors: Physiology, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Development, Measurement
von Eye, Alexander; Mun, Eun Young; Bogat, G. Anne – Developmental Psychology, 2008
This article reviews the premises of configural frequency analysis (CFA), including methods of choosing significance tests and base models, as well as protecting [alpha], and discusses why CFA is a useful approach when conducting longitudinal person-oriented research. CFA operates at the manifest variable level. Longitudinal CFA seeks to identify…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Time Perspective
Busby, Dean M.; Holman, Thomas B.; Walker, Eric – Family Relations, 2008
In this study, the pathways to adult aggression beginning in the family of origin (FOO) and continuing through adult relationships were investigated. With a sample of 30,600 individuals, a comprehensive model was evaluated that included the unique influences of violent victimization in the family, witnessing parental violence, perpetrating…
Descriptors: Aggression, Personality, Family Environment, Gender Differences
Shahane, Amit – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The most common approach to treating male perpetrators of domestic violence has been batterer intervention programs (BIPs) (Aldarondo & Mederos, 2002). In particular, the use of group treatment modalities is due to theoretically-based assumptions that the group treatment context is best for male resocialization, and the most cost effective (Dutton…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Recidivism, Intervention, Males
