Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan

Robert Geffner, PhD, ABN, ABPP, is President and Founder of a nonprofit international resource and training center (the Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute in Texas and now in California), and the Founding President of the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. He is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Alliant International University in San Diego, and editor of five professional journals (including the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, Journal of Family Violence, Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, Journal of Child Custody, and Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma). He has a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology from the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology, and is Board Certified in Couple & Family Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a licensed clinician (Psychologist in CA and in TX, and Marriage & Family Therapist in CA) and directed a full-service private practice mental health clinic in East Texas for over 15 years prior to relocating to California over18 years ago. He has lectured and trained extensively nationally and internationally for over 35 years on the subjects of child abuse, domestic violence, trauma, forensic psychology, child custody, expert witness, human aggression, sexual assault and abuse, long term effects of adverse childhood experiences, the effects of abuse and victimization on the brain, prosecution of interpersonal violence and abuse cases, issues of child abuse and sexual offending for the defense of criminal cases, and diagnostic assessment. He has presented over 450 keynote addresses, plenaries, workshops, and seminars at international, national, regional, and state conferences. Dr. Geffner is a founding member and past president of the American Psychological Association Division of Trauma Psychology, and he is currently President of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV) and immediate past president of the American Academy of Couple & Family Psychology. He has been a researcher, trainer, practitioner, and consultant for more than 35 years. Victor Vieth, J.D., is Senior Director and Founder of the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center. He is also the Founder and Director of the Child Advocacy Studies Training (CAST) Programs. As a prosecutor in rural Minnesota, Victor gained national recognition for his work addressing child abuse in small communities. Victor has trained thousands of child-protection professionals from all 50 states and 17 countries on numerous topics pertaining to child abuse investigations, prosecutions and prevention, and has been instrumental in implementing 22 state and international forensic interview training programs plus many undergraduate and graduate programs on child maltreatment. Victor has published countless articles regarding the investigation, prosecution and prevention of child abuse and neglect, and authored Unto the Third Generation, a bold initiative that outlines the necessary steps we must all take to eliminate child abuse in America in three generations. Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, MJ, MSW, is Associate Professor and PhD Program Director with The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University in Southeastern Virginia. As a clinical and forensic social worker, she also serves as a consultant and expert witness in child maltreatment cases - principally sexual abuse. Dr. Vaughan-Eden is President of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work, Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services' CASA/CJA Programs, and President Emerita of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. She lectures nationally and internationally on child and family welfare to multidisciplinary groups of professionals. Dr. Vaughan-Eden serves as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Forensic Social Work and

Introduction.- Fundamentals of Understanding Interpersonal Violence.- Human Rights Framework.-  Adverse Childhood Experience.- Trauma-informed Issues.- Systems Responses to Interpersonal Violence.-  and Abuse.- National Plan.- Integration of the Types of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan.- Introduction.- Vulnerable Populations, Multicultural Issues, Immigration.- Historical Trauma.- Intergenerational Transmission of Abuse and Trauma.- Polyvictimization and Intersectionality.- Risk Assessment, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse.- Connections to Other Types of Maltreatment.- Child Maltreatment: Victimization and Perpetration.- Introduction.- Physical Abuse.- Abusive Head Trauma.- Neglect and Failure to Thrive.- Corporal Punishment.- Sexual Abuse in Childhood.- Missing and Exploited Children.- Emotional Abuse.- Sibling Abuse in Early Childhood.- Exposure to Violence in the Family during Childhood.- Neuropsychological Effects.- Policies & Laws.- Child Protective Services, Child Welfare, and Foster Care.- System Responses to Child Maltreatment.- Abuse in Institutional Settings.- Child Abuse Offenders.- Youth/Adolescent Maltreatment: Victimization and Perpetration.- Introduction.- Bullying.- Technology Facilitated.- Teen Dating Violence and Stalking.- Sexual Abuse in Adolescence (familial, stranger, etc.).- Compliant Victims (legal issues associated with consent/statutory rape).- Missing and Exploited Youth.- Emotional Abuse During Adolescence.- Corporal Punishment in Youth & Adolescence.- Youth & Adolescent Sibling Abuse.- Exposure to Family Violence During Adolescence.- Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, and Cultural Violence.- Date/Acquaintance Sexual Assault.- Youth with Sexual Behavioral Problems.- Abuse in Institutional Settings.- Outcomes.- Substance Abuse/Addictions.- System Responses to Maltreatment of Adolescents.- Community Violence and Abuse.- Introduction.- Gangs.- Organized Crime.- School Violence.- Mass Violence.- Homicide and Home Invasions.- Sex and Labor Trafficking.- Long-term Missing Youth.- Hate Crimes.- System Response to Community Violence.- Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Abuse.- Introduction.- Overview of Types of Abuse.- Theories of IPV Causation.- Intersectionality.- System Responses.-  IPV Offenders.- Dynamics of Victimization.- IPV Victim Interventions.- Adult Sexual Harassment and Assault.- Introduction.- Identification and Continuum.- Betrayal Trauma.- Institutional Betrayal Trauma.- Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault.- Technology Facilitated.- Pornography.- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.- Sex Offenders.- Institutional Settings.- Outcomes/Long-term Effects.- System Responses to Sexual Assault.- Older Adult/Elder Abuse.- Introduction.- IPV of Older Adults.- Sexual Assault of Older Adults.-  Parent Abuse.- Financial Abuse.- Abandonment & Neglect.- Older Adult/elder Abuse in Institutional and Care Settings.- Mandated Reporting.- Polyvictimization in Later Life.- Outcomes and Long-term Effects.- Perpetrators of Older Adults.- System Responses to Older Adults.- International Perspectives.- Adult Survivors of Abuse.-Introduction.- Betrayal trauma.- Institutional betrayal trauma.- Legal issues and statute of limitations.- Outcomes.- Repressed/Recovered Memories.- Neuropsychological/Neurobiological Effects.- Head Traumas.- Treatment of Adult Survivors.- System Responses of Adult Survivors of Abuse.- Next Steps: Summary and Interconnections.- Introduction.- National Plan.- Future Directions in Research.- Future Directions in Interventions.- Future Directions in Policies.- Future Directions in Advocacy.- Future Directions in Prevention.