Families at risk / edited by Nicola Madge.

London : Heinemann Educational Books, 1983.

viii, 227 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and indexes

An introduction to families at risk / Nicola Madge -- "Like father, like son" / Frank Coffield -- Generations of "Problem families" in Sheffield / W.L. Tonge ... [et al.] -- Parenting in two generations / Michael Rutter, David Quinton and Christine Liddle -- Sisters and their children / Alex McGlaughlin and Janet M. Empson -- A longitudinal study of single mothers and their children / Sue Kruk and Stephen Wolkind -- One thousand families over three generations / I. Kolvin ... [et al.] -- The effects of family deprivation on pre-school children / J.E. Stevenson and P.J. Graham -- The health behaviour of mothers and daughters / Mildred Blaxter and Elizabeth Paterson -- Identifying families at risk / Nicola Madge.