Alyce D LaViolette, Ola W. Barnett

It Could Happen To Anyone

Why Battered Women Stay

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised and updated edition of It Could Happen to Anyone provides a comprehensive examination of why women stay in abusive relationships and why they leave, explaining why women should not be blamed for their victimization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9780761919940
• ISBN-10: 0761919945
• Artikelnr.: 21900799

Autorenporträt

Alyce LaViolette has worked with battered women since 1978, first as an advocate at Women Shelter in Long Beach and then in private practice. In 1979, she founded Alternatives to Violence in Long Beach, one of the first programs in the country for spouse abusers. She specializes in Anger Management, Domestic Violence Counseling for Survivors and Perpetrators, and Gender Issues. She also provides couples' counseling, and a broad base of individual issues. She also serves as an expert witness for criminal and family court.

Inhaltsangabe

Weaving the Fabric of Abuse
Learnrf Hopefulness and Learned Helplessness
Institutional Battering
The Power of the Patriarchy
Victimization
Why Does It Happen to Her?
Living with Fear
The Force that Holds, Molds and Controls
Meltdown
The Impact of Stress and Learned Helplessness
Catalysts for Change
Voices of Hope
Survivors Speak