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A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive

By: Pelzer, Dave

Price: $5.00

Publisher: HCI: October 1995

Seller ID: 278739

ISBN: 1558743669

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."

Dave's bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the ...
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Battered Women

By: Micheline Beaudry

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Black Rose Books: July 1996

Seller ID: 43858

ISBN: 0920057462

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

A social worker who has participated in the development of group homes for battered women gives a perceptive account of how they work. "An excellent study of policies affecting the women's shelter movement." "Quill & Quire"
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Broken and Battered

By: Muriel Canfield

Price: $1.95

Publisher: Howard Books: February 2000

Seller ID: 24313

ISBN: 1582290989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

The landscape of America is littered with the broken lives of abused women. Some experts say that the problem has reached epidemic proportions. And this abuse is not only in the world; it is in our churches as well. What can the millions of women who live in such conditions do to escape the physical and emotional prisons they find themselves in? In this powerful, insightful book, Muriel Kanoza offers practical help and realistic hope as she reveals the way out for those who are looking for freedom from abuse. Broken and Battered goes beyond the help offered by the world, for its answers are ba...
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Domestic Partner Abuse

By: Hamberger, L. Kevin, Renzetti, Claire

Price: $5.98

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company: March 1996

Seller ID: 271436

ISBN: 0826190901

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Domestic Violence: From a Private Matter to a Federal Offense Volume 1 Intimate Partner Abuse

By: Patricia G Barnes

Price: $29.95

Publisher: GARLAND PUBLISHING INC: January 1998

Seller ID: 52808

ISBN: 1135521654

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

no dust jacket...very light wear to cover....
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Domestic Violence: From a Private Matter to a Federal Offense. Volume 2: The Crimes of Domestic Violence [Controversies in Constitutional Law: Collections of Documents and Articles on Major Questions of American Law]

By: ed Patricia G.Barnes

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Garland Publishing, New York: January 1998

Seller ID: 52807

ISBN: B00HSQYYEW

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

no dust jacket...very light wear to cover...
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Domestic Violence: From a Private Matter to a Federal Offense: V1 Domestic Violence: Intimate Partner Abuse, V2 The Crimes of Domestic Violence, V3 The ... (Controversies in Constitutional Law)

By: N/A

Price: $79.98

Publisher: Routledge: October 1998

Seller ID: 77323

ISBN: 0815330634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Empowering Survivors of Abuse: Health Care for Battered Women and Their Children (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

By: N/A

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc: August 1998

Seller ID: 13416

ISBN: 0761911227

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Ending the Violence: A Guidebook Based on the Experience of 1,000 Battered Wives

By: Lee Harrington Bowker

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Learning Pubns: July 1998

Seller ID: 42256

ISBN: 155691153X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Finding Their Voices: Listening to Battered Women Who've Killed

By: Busch, Lou, Amy

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Kroshka Books: June 1999

Seller ID: 42304

ISBN: 1560726180

Condition: New

This study of four women who killed their abusers outlines its methodological premises, describes the principles of self-defense law and its limitations, examines the theoretical debate over the battered woman syndrome, and explores how the battered woman syndrome has influenced women's ideas of the
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Gender-Specific Treatment: A Program for Chemically Dependent Women in Recovery

By: Diane Dempsey Marr

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Learning Pubns: November 2002

Seller ID: 47165

ISBN: 1556912307

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Getting Away With Murder

By: Raoul Felder, Barbara Victor

Price: $1.75

Publisher: Touchstone: October 1997

Seller ID: 42313

ISBN: 0684833336

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Helping Battered Women: New Perspectives and Remedies

By: N/A

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: January 1996

Seller ID: 33758

ISBN: 0195095871

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Women battering is one of the most pervasive and dangerous problems in American society. Helping abused women escape and remain free from violent relationships is the challenge the authors of this book have undertaken. They focus on the recently developed and implemented public policies, programs and intervention methods effective in the elimination of domestic violence and breaking the inter-generational cycle of abuse.
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Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence: The Effectiveness of Medical, Mental Health & Community Services (Health Care Policy in the United States)

By: Judith S. Gordon

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Routledge: December 1998

Seller ID: 42494

ISBN: 0815333307

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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More Than Victims: Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law (Morality and Society Series)

By: Donald Alexander Downs

Price: $2.00

Publisher: University of Chicago Press: December 1996

Seller ID: 42983

ISBN: 0226161595

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"In More Than Victims," Donald Downs offers a sympathetic and powerful analysis of the problems attending the use of battered-woman syndrome as a legal defense, ultimately revealing how the syndrome's logic actually harms those it is trying to protect. A persuasive account of how constitutional freedom and individual justice can be threatened by current legal standards, this thorough yet accessible work presents a dramatic rethinking of the criminal justice system.
""More Than Victims" is a powerful step in the right direction. Women as well as men need to be protected from violence, and w...
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Negotiating Domestic Violence: Police, Criminal Justice and Victims (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

By: Carolyn Hoyle

Price: $18.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press: August 2000

Seller ID: 47135

ISBN: 0198299303

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

In the early 1990s policy changes were introduced in the UK in an attempt to increase arrest rates in domestic violence cases. This book examines the criminal justice response to this prevalent form of violence in the light of these changes. In particular, the book discusses the needs and expectations of victims, and how their choices impact on decisions made by police and prosecutors.

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The Domestic Assault of Women: Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives

By: Donald G. Dutton

Price: $2.00

Publisher: University of Washington Press: January 1995

Seller ID: 42954

ISBN: 0774804629

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Domestic Assault of Women provides a comprehensive look at the causes and effects of wife assault and its relationship to criminal justice policy. Thoroughly revised to reflect the recent explosion of research interest in family violence, the book explores the psychology of the male who assaults his intimate partner and the dynamics of teh victim/abuser relationship which so frequently leads to the question, 'Why does she stay?'

Donald G. Dutton, a leading authority on wife assault, takes a fresh look at many of the questions posed in the original edition of the book, updat...
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Verbal Abuse : Survivors Speak Out on Releationship and Recovery

By: PATRICIA EVANS

Price: $6.98

Publisher: Adams Media Corp: September 1993

Seller ID: 256710

ISBN: 1558503048

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

If your partner: seems irritated or angry at you several times a week, denies being angry when he clearly is, does not work with you to resolve important issues, rarely or never seems to share thoughts or plans with you, or tells you that he has no idea what you're talking about when you try to discuss important problems...you need this book.

Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out outlines solutions to abusive relationships, tells victims where to find shelters and support groups, and analyzes why many therapists misdiagnose problems in violent relationships.
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Women Murdered by Men They Loved

By: Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Constance Bean

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Routledge: October 1992

Seller ID: 42955

ISBN: 1560230037

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

This important new book presents eye-opening documentation of the often-overlooked problem of domestic violence and murder. Alarming statistics show that in Massachusetts alone a spouse/partner murder occurs every 22 days, and approximately fifty percent of female homicide victims are murdered by their husbands or lovers. Women Murdered by the Men They Loved examines the critical problem of male violence against spouses and partners and society's tendency to regard domestic violence as an insignificant problem. While the media publicizes only sensational cases, this powerful volume reveals tha...
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Women's Encounters with Violence: Australian Experiences (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

By: N/A

Price: $19.95

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc: July 1997

Seller ID: 28691

ISBN: 0761904328

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Working Together to End Domestic Violence

By: Nancy K. D. Lemon, Jack Sandler, David A. Wolfe, Peter G. Jaffe

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Mancorp Publishing: August 1996

Seller ID: 42968

ISBN: 0931541603

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

This is a clear, authoratative and practical reference manual for victims of domestic violence and for those who want to help them. WORKING TOGETHER TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is comprehensive in addressing the full range of types of family violence including abuse of children, women and the elderly.The purpose of this book is to help the reader identify domestic violence and suggests documented, practical programs to resolving and treating this problem
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