Stopping Family Violence: Research Priorities for the Coming Decade

In order to improve the quality of research on family violence, the authors have conducted extensive surveys of researchers in the field. In Stopping Family Violence they outline research proposals which they consider to be urgent, with an emphasis on physical child abuse, child sexual abuse and spousal violence. Each proposal is presented with sufficient detail to provide researchers with a clear idea of the methodologies involved, cost estimates, degree of difficulty and time requirements.