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Written by members of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence (NPEIV), this book aims to foster appreciation of the interconnections among all forms of violence. Also describes emerging initiatives designed to address these interconnections.

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There is an increasing appreciation of the interconnections among all forms of violence. These interconnections have critical implications for conducting research that can produce valid conclusions about the causes and consequences of abuse, maltreatment, and trauma. The accumulated data on co-occurrence also provide strong evidence that prevention and intervention should be organized around the full context of individuals´ experiences, not narrowly defined subtypes of violence. Managing the flood of new research and practice innovations is a challenge, however. New means of communication and integration are needed to meet this challenge, and the Web of Violence is intended to contribute to this process by serving as a concise overview of the conceptual and empirical work that form a basis for understanding the interconnections across forms of violence throughout the lifespan. It also offers ideas and directions for prevention, intervention, and public policy.

A number of initiatives are emerging to integrate the findings on co-occurrence into research and action. The American Psychological Association established a new journal, Psychology of Violence, which is a forum for research on all types of violence. Sherry Hamby is the founding editor and John Grych is associate editor and co-editor of a special issue on the co-occurrence of violence in 2012. Dr. Hamby also is a co-investigator of the National Survey of Children´s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), which has drawn attention to polyvictimization. Polyvictimization is a focus of the U.S. Department of Justice´s Defending Childhood Initiative and has recently been featured in calls for grant proposals by the Office of Victims of Crime and National Institutes for Justice.

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Chapter 1: The Case for Studying Co-Occurrence.- Chapter 2: Tracing the Threads of the Web: The Epidemiology of Interconnections among Forms of Violence & Victimization.- Chapter 3: The Causes of Interconnection.- Chapter 4: A Developmental Perspective on Interconnection.- Chapter 5: Implications for Research: Toward a more comprehensive understanding of interpersonal violence.- Chapter 6 Implications for Prevention & Intervention: A More Person-Centered Approach.- Chapter 7 Conclusion: Toppling the Silos.

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From the reviews:
"The Web of Violence provides an introduction to the need for a more integrated approach to dealing with all aspects of violence. Health care and criminal justice professionals new to the field of violence can learn to think beyond discrete incidents and attend to patterns using the overview of co-occurrence provided in this book. The authors have extensive experience in this area." (Martha E. Banks, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (35), August, 2013)

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