Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Praise -- Table of Contents -- Expanded Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Third Edition -- CHAPTER 1: Setting the Stage -- Objectives -- Key Terms -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Theoretical Approaches -- Social Structures -- Social Status Variation -- A Note About Data Sources -- Organization of the Book -- Summary of Our Approach in This Book -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 2: Historical Perspectives on Family Violence -- Objectives -- Key Terms -- Introduction -- Child Abuse -- Medical Neglect and the Anti-Immunization Movement -- Child Sexual Abuse -- Definitions of Family -- Changing Definitions of the Age of Consent -- Elder Abuse -- Intimate Partner Violence -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 3: Theories for Studying Family Violence -- Objectives -- Key Terms -- Introduction -- Theoretical Approaches to Family Violence -- Grand Theories -- Theories of the Middle Range -- Criminology Theories -- Theories Specific to the Study of Family Violence -- Theories of Elder Abuse and Child Abuse -- Conclusions -- Resources -- Note -- References -- CHAPTER 4: Methods for Studying Family Violence -- Objectives -- Key Terms -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Sociological Methods -- Interviews and Qualitative Research -- Survey Research and Quantitative Methods -- Surveys and Family Violence -- Conflict Tactics Scale -- Conclusions -- Resources -- References -- CHAPTER 5: Abuse Across the Life Course: Elder Abuse -- Objectives -- Key Terms -- Introduction -- Changing Demographics -- Changing Life Expectancy -- Race and Gender as Predictors of Elder Abuse -- Indirect and Direct Causes of Elder Abuse -- Sandwich Generation -- Prevalence of Elder Abuse -- Types of Elder Abuse -- Theoretical Explanations -- Conclusions -- Resources -- References.