TWELVE ARTICLES IN THE SECTION ON VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY FOCUS ON FORCE AND VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, PARENTAL MISTREATMENT (PERPETRATORS AND VICTIMS), SOCIAL ANTECEDENTS OF PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT FROM A LINKAGE THEORY PERSPECTIVE, PARENT OCCUPATION AND PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN, HOMICIDE, THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE POTENTIAL IN EXTRAMARITAL SEXUAL RESPONSES, VIOLENCE IN DIVORCE-PRONE FAMILIES, SOCIALIZATION INTO NATIONAL VIOLENCE (FAMILY CORRELATES OF HAWKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD WAR), AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THE VIETNAM WAR, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT IN FAMILIES. THE SECTION ON SEXISM IN FAMILIES CONTAINS SIX ARTICLES THAT DEAL WITH SEXISM AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, WOMEN AS PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PATIENTS, THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, OBSERVATIONS ON SEX ROLE RESEARCH, A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FEMINIZATION OF THE BANK TELLER'S JOB, AND AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SEXISM. REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING DATA ACCOMPANY MOST OF THE ARTICLES. AN INDEX TO THE SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE IS INCLUDED. (DEP)