Points out warning signs and patterns that can predict violence in a relationship, and explains how to deal with potential or actual abusers (view table of contents)

Criticizes the practices of police and the judicial system with regard to domestic violence and charges that advocates for battered women hinder efforts to prevent abuse

With reference to the tragic case of David, an infant murdered by his mother after falling through the vast cracks in the child welfare system, this book contains convincing evidence that the child welfare system must undergo a dramatic change in priority. Tour. (view table of contents)

Offers a guide for parents, friends, families, and acquaintances as to what they can do to help a battered woman and presents a checklist that describes what a battered woman can do to help herself. Original. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

Product Description: A guide to aid victims of domestic violence to change their situation. This guide identifies different types of abuse, and helps readers to understand how the abuse cycle works in their relationship. It explores the meaning of taking charge, and escaping from an abusive relationship...read more

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Product Description: What can be done to address the problem of violence in society? The contributors to this volume, both scholars and practitioners, examine this question by exploring the history of violence together with theoretical explanations. The book discusses such issues as: the disproportionate presence of violence within North American minority populations; the concept of psychological resiliency; how spirituality may serve as a protective factor; and the role of television in promoting violence...read more

Product Description: Book by Hawker, Lynn, Ph.D., Bicehouse, Terry

Product Description: Every 3 minutes a woman I raped! Every 15 seconds a woman is battered! Every 6 hours a woman is battered to death! Domestic Violence in America is a uniquely interesting book. It presents an inter-disciplinary approach to the elimination of spousal battery...read more

Examines the psychological makeup of abusive relationships, explains how the justice system can help, and lists organizations and resources offering services to victims

Product Description: Ending Violent Behavior. Domestic violence and child custody.

Uses interviews and research surveys to examine the nature and extent of family violence, and offers advice on preventing child abuse, marital rape, wife-battering, and the abuse of the elderly

Uses interviews and research surveys to examine the nature and extent of family violence, and offers advice on preventing child abuse, marital rape, wife-battering, and the abuse of the elderly

Product Description: Book by Gondolf, Edward W.