PART I. OVERVIEW 3
1. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Crime and the Family 5
2. Crime and Victims 24
3. Criminological Theory and Family Crime 46
PART II. CRIME WITHIN THE FAMILY 65
Introduction 65
4. Non-violent Crime Within the Family 71
5. Violence in the American Family 88
6. Characteristics of Parental Child Stealing 111
7. Rape in Marriage: A Sociological View 121
8. Legislative Trends in the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence 134
PART III. CRIME BY THE FAMILY 149
Introduction 149
9. The Family as a Criminal Group 153
10. Family Training in Crime and Violence 164
11. Criminal Tribes of India 186
12. The Familial Transmission of Criminality 193
PART IV. CRIME AGAINST THE FAMILY 207
Introduction 207
13. Households Touched by Crime 213
14. Psychiatric Effects of Political Persecution and Torture in Children and Families of Victims 223
15. Burglary: Reactions of Victims 231
Index 247