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CYCLE ABUSE [2 records]

Record 1 2022-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Other studies have identified conditions under which the intergenerational cycle of abuse is broken. Distinguishing families in which the cycle of abuse is perpetuated from families in which it is not has identified implications for the prevention of maltreatment.

Key term(s)
  • inter-generational cycle of abuse
  • inter-generational cycle of maltreatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

cycle intergénérationnel de la maltraitance; cycle de la maltraitance : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Key term(s)
  • cycle inter-générationnel de la maltraitance

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
DEF

A three-stage cycle ... that includes a period of building tension, the battering episode itself, and then a "honeymoon" phase, during ... [which] the man tries to make up with the woman, showers her with affection, and acts repentant (and may sincerely feel that way).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
CONT

Cette séquence d'événements «tension-éclatement-lune de miel» constitue une sorte de mouvement perpétuel formant le cycle de la violence.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Problemas sociales
  • Sociología de la familia
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