Domestic tyranny : the making of American social policy against family violence from colonial times to the present /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pleck, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Hafkin), 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2004]
Edition:	1st Illinois ed.
Subjects:	Family violence > United States > History. Family violence > Law and legislation > United States > History.

Table of Contents:

[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.