Autor/-in: Gelles Richard J.

Richard J. Gelles, PhD, is the Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence as well as Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. His book, The Violent Home. was the first systematic empirical investigation of family violence and continues to be highly influential. He has authored or coauthored 26 books and more than 200 articles and chapters on family violence.