The Violence and Addiction Equation

Christine Wekerle, PhD, is Scientific Leader of the Aggression Initiative in the Child Psychiatry Program at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario. She is also and Associate of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution at York University. She has published in the areas of violence and its prevention, including child maltreatment and adolescent dating violence, and had most recently conducted collaborative research projects on the overlap between substance use and abuse and relationship violence. Anne-Marie Wall, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Clinical Program, at York University in Toronto, Ontario. At York, she is also an Associate of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. Dr. Wall had published in the area of addiction, with a focus on environmental and cognitive determinants of alcohol use and abuse. Her current collaborative research endeavors span the areas of substance use/abuse and risk-taking behaviors, as well as cognitive mechanisms involved in the mediation of intimate violence among adolescents and adults.

Contributors
Preface

Chapter1. Christine Wekerle and Anne-Marie Wall
Introduction: The Overlapbetween Relationship Violence and Substance Abuse

I. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS

Chapter 2. Robert O. Pihl and Peter N.S. Hoaken
Biological Bases ofAddiction and Aggression in Close Relationships
Chapter 3. Patricia McKinsey Crittenden and Angelika Hartl Claussen
Developmental PsychopathologyPerspectives on Substance Abuse and RelationshipViolence
Chapter 4. Gordon L. Flett and Paul L. Hewitt
Personality Factors and Substance Abuse inRelationship Violence and Child Abuse: A Review andTheoretical Analysis
Chapter 5. Sherry H. Stewart and Anne L. Israeli
Substance Abuse and Co-OccurringPsychiatric Disorders in Victims of Intimate Violence
Chapter 6. Anne-Marie Wall and Sherry McKee
Cognitive Social Learning Models of Substance Use andIntimate Relationships

II. RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCEAND ADDICTION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Chapter 7. Debra J. Pepler, Wendy M. Craig, Jennifer Connolly, and Kathryn Henderson
Bullying, Sexual Harassment, DatingViolence and Substance Use among Adolescents
Chapter 8. Mark D. Wood and Kenneth J. Sher
Sexual Assaultand Relationship Violence among College Students:Examining the Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs
Chapter9. Kenneth E. Leonard
Alcohol and Substance Abuse inMarital Violence and Child Maltreatment
Chapter 10. Mandra L. Rasmussen Hall and Victoria M. Follette
Substance Abuse and Interpersonal Violence in OlderAdults
III. CLINICAL ISSUES IN INTERVENTION FORINTIMATE VIOLENCE AND ADDICTION PROBLEMS

Chapter11. John Schafer and Raul Caetano
Violence andAlcohol: Cultural Issues and Barriers to Treatment
Chapter 12. William R. Downs and Brenda A. Miller
Treating Dual Problems of Partner Violence and SubstanceAbuse
Chapter 13. Caroline Easton and Rajita Sinha
Treating the Addicted Male Batterer: PromisingDirections for Dual-Focused Programming
Chapter 14. Timothy J. O'Farrell and Christopher M. Murphy
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse:Encountering the Problem of Domestic Violence
Chapter 15. Anna-Lee Pittman and David A. Wolfe
Bridging theGap: Prevention of Adolescent Risk Behaviors andDevelopment of Healthy Nonviolent DatingRelationships
Chapter 16. Christine Wekerle and Anne-Marie Wall
Conclusion: Clinical and ResearchIssues in Relationship Violence and SubstanceAbuse

Index