Richard Gelles
 Richard Gelles Writer and Sociologist |
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Richard James Gelles is an American writer and sociologist. He is a former dean at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rhode Island and holds the Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence in the School of Social Policy & Practice. He is the director for the Center for Research on Youth & Social Policy and co-director of the Field Center for Children’s Policy Practice & Research.
Gelles is an internationally acclaimed expert in domestic violence and child welfare. He was influential in the passage of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
Gelles is the author of the book, The Violent Home, which was the first systematic investigation to provide empirical data on domestic violence. His more recent books, The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children’s Lives and Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition, have also made a significant impact in the study of child welfare and family violence. He is the author of 24 books and more than 100 articles, chapters and papers.