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1 J. Fam. Violence 1 (1986)

handle is hein.journals/jfamv1 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Family Violence, Vol. I, No. I, 1986 Introductory Statement The past decade has witnessed a dramatic upsurge of clinical and in- vestigative interest in the assessment and remediation of family violence. This work has encompassed a wide range of problems, including wife-battering, child abuse, sexual abuse of children, marital rape, incest, and domestic homicide. Most recently, elder abuse and husband-battering have been recognized as warranting intervention as well. The increased attention directed toward family violence is reflected by the geometric increase in published journal articles, chapters, and books devoted to these topics. The rapid expansion of the field of family violence can be attributed to a number of factors. First, there is now a heightened general awareness of the magnitude of the problem. For example, Straus (1978) reports that nearly 30% of married women in the United States are victims of physical abuse at some point in their marriage. According to Federal Bureau of In- vestigation statistics, as many as 13% of all homicides in the United States are husband-wife killings. In 1981, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect estimated an annual incest incidence of over 100,000 cases per year, although some surveys (e.g., Giarretto, 1982) indicate that the incidence ac- tually may be considerably higher. Realization that family violence is reaching epidemic proportions has been a major impetus for the large public outcry, governmental hearings and investigations, and resultant legislation at both state and federal levels. State legislation aims to provide protection and needed service for victims of family violence as well as to develop programs to ameliorate the problem. In par- ticular, funding of family violence research by federal and private agencies has increased. For example, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Na- tional Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, and the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention are but a few of the federal agencies that have provided support for work in this area. Despite the high levels of activity, the field of family violence is in the nascent stage with respect to empirical study. Nonetheless, recent publica- tion trends portend a rapid acceleration of research endeavors in the near 0885-7482/86/0300-0001$05.00/0 © 1986 Plenum Publishing Corporation

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