RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Violence in Our Society JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 97 OP 99 VO 16 IS 2 A1 Frazier, Shervert H. YR 1988 UL http://jaapl.org/content/16/2/97.abstract AB Violent interactions between parent and child, and between spouses, occur at a high rate in the United States. In response to this situation, several federal agencies are involved in various research projects whose goal is a better understanding of the roots of violence. Among these agencies are the Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control (Centers for Disease Control), the Office of Minority Health (Department of Health and Human Servicesh and the Antisocial and Violent Behavior Branch (National Institute of Mental Heaith).