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the making of American social policy against family violence from colonial times to the present
[Pt.] I. Reform of the moral code. Wicked carriage ; Parental tyranny ; The drunkard's wife -- [pt.] II. Reform of the criminal law. Protecting the innocents ; The pure woman and the brutish man ; Bringing back the whipping post -- [pt.] III. Reform, the psyche, and the state. The socialized courts ; Psychiatry takes control ; The pediatric awakening ; Assault at home ; Epilogue -- Appendix A: patterns of childhood punishment -- Appendix B: changes in the incidence of family murder.
Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. With new introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.