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Interpersonal Violence in the African-American Community Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Practices Issuesin Children'sand Families'Lives Series Editors: Thomas P.Gullotta,ChildandFamilyAgencyofSoutheastern Connecticut, NewLondon, Connecticut HerbertJ.Walberg,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago, Chicago, Illinois Roger P.Weissberg, University ofIllinoisatChicago, Chicago, Illinois INTERPERSONALVIOLENCE IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY Evidence-BasedPreventionandTreatmentPractices Editedby RobertL.HamptonandThomasP.Gullotta HANDBOOKOFADOLESCENT BEHAVIORALPROBLEMS Evidence-BasedApproaches to PreventionandTreatment Editedby ThomasP.GullottaandGeraldR.Adams NURTURINGMORALITY Editedby Theresa A.ThorkildsenandHerbertJ. Walberg ABLUEPRINTFORTHE PROMOTIONOFPRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN EARLYCHILDHOOD Editedby Elda Chesebrough,PatriciaKing, MartinBloom,and ThomasP.Gullotta ASPERGERSYNDROME AGuidefor Professionalsand Families Editedby RaymondW.DuCharmeandThomasP.Gullotta CHANGINGWELFARE Editedby Rachel A.GordonandHerbertJ.Walberg PREVENTINGYOUTH PROBLEMS Editedby AnthonyBiglan,MargaretC.Wang, and HerbertJ. Walberg AContinuationOrderPlanisavailableforthisseries.Acontinuationorderwillbring deliveryofeachnew volumeimmediatelyuponpublication.Volumesarebilledonly uponactualshipment. Forfurtherinformationpleasecontactthepublisher. Interpersonal Violence in the African-American Communi ty Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Practices Edited by Robert L. Hampton YorkUniversity,City UniversityofNewYork Douglaston,NY and Thomas P. Gullotta Child& FamilyAgencyofSoutheasternConnecticut NewLondon,CT & EasternConnecticutStateUniversity Willimantic,CT ResearchAssistant Jessica M.Ramos Child& FamilyAgencyofSoutheasternConnecticut NewLondon,CT ~ Springer RobertL.Hampton ThomasP.Gullotta YorkCollegeDepartment ofSocialSciences Child& FamilyAgencyof YorkUniversity,CityUniversityofNewYork, SoutheasternConnecticut Douglaston,NY,U.S.A. 255HempsteadSt. 265ParkLane NewLondon,CT06320 Douglaston11363 & EasternConnecticutState University, 83WindhamSt. Willimantic,CT06226 LibraryofCongressControlNumber: 2005937516 ISBN0-387-29597-6 e-ISBN0-387-29598-4 ISBN-13:978-0387-29597-8 Printedonacid-freepaper. ©2006SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC Allrights reserved.Thiswork maynot betranslatedorcopied inwhole orinpart without thewrittenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScience-t-BusinessMedia, Inc.,233Spring Street, New York,NY10013,USA),except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews orscholarlyanalysis.Useinconnection with anyformofinformationstorage and retrieval, electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknow orhereafterdevelopedisforbidden. Theuseinthispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemarksandsimilarterms,even iftheyarenotidentifiedassuch,isnot tobetakenasanexpressionofopinion astowhether ornottheyaresubjecttoproprietaryrights. Printed intheUnitedStatesofAmerica. (TB/EB) 9 8 765 4 3 2 1 springer.com Preface Interpersonal Violence and the African-American Family This latestHartmanScholars volumeisdevoted toexaminingthe state of knowledgeasitappliestoviolencewithintheAfrican-Americanfamily.As inpreviousvolumesundertakenin the Hartmanscholarsprogram,we se- lected aninterdisciplinarygroup ofscholarsand practitionersfrom across the United States.The Hartman scholars program has been in existence formore thanadecade.Duringthattime,wehaveselectedsocialissuesof pressingconcernandexploredinalearningcommunityformathowthese issues mightbebestaddressed. The issue ofinterpersonal violence isnot uniquetotheAfrican-Americanfamily.Whatisuniqueistheir experience withslavery,withpersistentracism,andintheir overrepresentationin the child welfare system and in the criminal justice system. The individuals chosen for this learning community operated shelters and taught. They were individuals whosescholarly interestwere children, couples,grand- parents,the church,or African-rootedspirituality. Not surprisingly,our meetings during the past year were lively and those discussions added enormously to the chapters that are before you. This volume speaks both to what is known and what is not known. As the readerwill soondiscover, contrarytopopularbelief,ethnic and racial research is the exception rather than the norm. Evidence-based practice derivedfromthatresearchisvirtuallynonexistent.Todevelopeffectivein- terventionstotreatand, betteryet,preventfamilyviolencerequiresamore comprehensivegraspofthe culturalcomplexityoffamilies thancurrently exists. This volume is a starting point in the creation of that knowledge base, with Bob Hampton and William Oliver, in the first Chapter, pro- vidinganoverviewofviolenceintheblack family,identifying gapsinthat knowledge, and offering an agenda to closing the breaks in that knowl- edge base. The next two Chapters blend treatment with prevention to v vi Preface examine child abuse and couple abuse.After detailing the circumstances of African-American children in the child welfare system, Harden and Nzinga-Iohnsonsuggestseveraleffortsworthyofevaluation.InChapter3, Kaslow andher associatesbuildonthis effort,examiningindetail the cur- rent state ofevidence-basedresearchand separatingchild abuseprogram evaluationsinto whatworks, whatmightwork,and whatdoesnot work. From this review, specificrecommendationsare offered. The next Chapter by Brian [ory provides a transition from child to couple-focused and extended-familyissues.Jory examinesthe mostcom- monly used family violence assessment instruments for appropriateness, the shortcomings offamily violence treatment, and the potentialvalueof intimatejustice. In Chapter5,Bent-Goodleyaddresses the sensitive issue that violence rarely occurs in a vacuum. Her chapter examines the role of the African-American church in addressing or not addressing family violence. This is followed by Rodger's discussion of her use of African- Americannonreligiousspiritualitytoachievenonviolence;and inChapter 7,Bullockshares with the reader the experiences ofgrandparents raising theirgrandchildren.ThisvolumeconcludeswithCrustoandherassociates examiningthechallengesoffieldresearchandofferingsuggestionsonun- dertakingthose efforts. Thisvolumeservesas abase forpractitioners,scholars, and students to develop evidence-based practices that originate within the African- American experience and encourage the healthy development of child, woman,and man. ROBERTL.HAMPTON THOMASP.GULLOTTA Contents 1. Violence inthe Black Family: WhatWeKnow, Where Do WeGo? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Robert L. Hampton andWilliam Oliver 2. Young, Wounded, and Black: The Maltreatmentof African-American Children inthe EarlyYears . . . . . . . . 17 BrendaJones Harden andSekile Nzinga-Johnson 3. Interventions for Abused African-American Women andTheirChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 47 NadineJ. Kaslow, Sheridan L. Thorn, andAnuradha Paranjape 4. IntimateViolence Between African-American Couples: Seeking IntimateJustice in the Midstof Social Injustice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 81 Brian Jory 5. Domestic Violence and the BlackChurch: Challenging Abuse One Soul at aTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Tricia B. Bent-Goodley 6. The Art of Healing: An AfrocentricHelping Guide for Practitioners Working with African-American Families Who Experience Intimate PartnerViolence. . . . . . . . . . . 121 Selena T. Anta Rodgers vii viii Contents 7. GetTheeBehindMe:African-AmericanGrandparents Raising Grandchildren Who Experienced Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Karen Bullock 8. A Practitioners' Guide to EvaluatingDomestic Violence Prevention and TreatmentPrograms. . . . . .. 165 CindyA. Crusta,Ellen B. Ross,Joy S.Kaufman,and The CenterforWomen andFamiliesofEastern Fairfield County, Inc. About the Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 205 About the Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Index , 211 Interpersonal Violence in the African-American Community Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Practices
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