Includes bibliographical references and index.

Violence in the Black family: what we know, where do we go? / Robert L. Hampton and William Oliver -- Young, wounded, and Black: the maltreatment of African-American children in the early years / Brenda Jones Harden and Sekile Nzinga-Johnson -- Interventions for abused African-American women and their children / Nadine J. Kaslow, Sheridan L. Thorn, and Anuradha Paranjape -- Intimate violence between African-American couples: seeking intimate justice in the midst of social injustice / Brian Jory -- Domestic violence and the Black church: challenging abuse one soul at a time / Tricia B. Bent-Goodley -- The art of healing: an Afrocentric helping guide for practitioners working with African-American families who experience intimate partner violence / Selena T. Anta Rodgers -- Get thee behind me: African-American grandparents raising grandchildren who experienced domestic violence / Karen Bullock -- A practitioners' guide to evaluating domestic violence prevention and treatment programs / Cindy A. Crusto, Ellen B. Ross, Joy S. Kaufman, and the Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County, Inc.