%0 Journal Article %J Violence Vict %D 2008 %T Child abuse in the context of domestic violence: prevalence, explanations, and practice implications. %A Jouriles, E. N. %A McDonald, R. %A Slep, A. M. S. %A Heyman, R. E. %A Garrido, E. %K Child %K Child abuse %K Child Behavior %K Child Behavior Disorders %K Child Development %K Child Health Services %K Child welfare %K Domestic Violence %K Family Therapy %K Humans %K Parent-Child Relations %K Prevalence %K Risk Factors %K Social Environment %K United States %X

This article addresses the following questions: (a) How common is child abuse among domestically violent families? (b) Are there specific patterns of child abuse among domestically violent families? (c) What may explain occurrences of child abuse in domestically violent families? (d) How might domestic violence affect treatment for child abuse? We review research on child abuse in the context of domestic violence. We discuss implications of this research for service-delivery programs for domestically violent families.

%B Violence Vict %V 23 %P 221-35 %G eng %N 2 %1

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18624091?dopt=Abstract