"This timely volume shows how abuse impacts every segment of society-- and how society is seeking effective ways to respond"-- "This timely volume shows how abuse impacts every segment of society-- and how society is seeking effective ways to respond"-- Provided by publisher. Provided by publisher.

Abduction, adult -- Abduction, capture and imprisonment -- Abduction, child -- Action against abuse -- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act -- Adina's Deck -- Adopted children -- Adopted children, international -- Adoption agencies, abuse in -- Adult sexual attraction to adolescents -- AMBER alert -- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Anger -- Anger management -- Animal abuse -- Antigay Lobby -- Battered person syndrome -- Battered women shelters -- Boy Scouts, homosexual policies of -- Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act -- Brainwashing and mind control -- BULLY project -- Bullying, adult -- Bullying, child and adolescent -- Burning Bed, The -- Byrd, James, Jr. -- Capital punishment -- Center for Elders and the Courts -- Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and Neglect -- Child abandonment and neglect -- Child abuse, physical and emotional -- Child abuse, poverty and -- Child abuse, psychological and behavioral effects of -- Child abuse, sexual -- Child abuse, treatment for -- Child abuse, verbal -- Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Acts -- Child Abuse Prevention Association -- Child abuse reporting laws -- Child and Family Services Improvement Acts -- Child pornography -- Child protective services -- Child trafficking -- Community Action Stops Abuse -- Corporal punishment -- Cyberbullying, adult -- Cyberbullying, child and adolescent -- Cyberstalking -- Cycle of abuse -- Debbie Smith Act -- Demi and Ashton foundation -- Disabled adults -- Disabled children -- Domestic abuse -- Domestic abuse, immigrants and -- Domestic abuse, poverty and -- Domestic abuse, psychological effects of -- Duluth Model -- Eating disorders -- Elder abandonment -- Elder abuse-- Elder abuse, sexual -- Elder abuse, verbal -- Elder Abuse Victims Act -- Elder Justice Act -- Elder neglect -- Elder self-neglect -- Family Preservation and Support Services Program Act -- Feral children -- Foster Care Acts -- Foster children -- Gun violence -- Hate crimes -- Hate speech -- Hazing -- Hirsch, Lee -- Homosexuals -- Homosexuals in the military, abuse of -- Human rights -- Human trafficking -- Identity theft -- Immigrants -- Incest -- Indian Child Welfare Act -- Intercountry Adoption Act -- Interethnic Provisions of 1996 -- Intermittent Explosive Disorder -- International Cultic Studies Association -- International Justice Mission -- Internet abuse -- Internet fraud -- Internet victimization, child -- i-SAFE Foundation -- Keeping Children and Families Safe Act -- Klaas, Polly -- MaleSurvivor -- Mandatory Arrest Laws -- Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- Megan's Law -- Men as victims of abuse -- National Association of Social Workers -- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children -- National Center on Elder Abuse -- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence -- National Domestic Violence Hotline -- National Missing and Unidentified Persons System -- Nursing homes, abuse in -- Online dating -- Pandora's Project -- Pedophilia -- Pizzey, Erin -- Police, abuse by -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Priests, sexual abuse by -- Prisoner abuse, adult -- Prisoner abuse, juvenile -- Racism -- Rape -- Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network -- Rape, date -- Rape, gender stereotypes and -- Rape, marital -- Rape, statutory -- Reproductive coercion -- Road rage -- Safe Haven Laws -- Safe House -- Same-sex relationships, violence in -- Sandusky, Jerry -- Satanic rituals, abuse in -- Sex addiction -- Sex offender -- Sex trafficking -- Sexting -- Sexual harassment -- Sexual harassment, legal ramifications of -- Sexual harassment in education -- Sexual harassment in employment -- Sexual slavery -- Shepard, Matthew -- Sibling violence and abuse -- Slavery, modern-day -- Southern Poverty Law Center -- Stalking -- Stand Your Ground Law -- Stop the Silence -- Substance abuse -- Suicide -- Tara Teng Initiative -- Telephone harassment -- Torture -- Transgender individuals -- U.S.C. Titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act -- Victim blaming -- Victim Empowerment Models -- Violence Against Women Act -- Walsh, John Edward -- Women in the military, Abuse of -- Workplace violence -- YWCA Abuse Services.