Category: Psych: Violence Studies

Recent research has shown that a significant proportion of North American children are sexually, physically, or psychologically abused each year, and that the number of reports of adult rape, spousal abuse, and physical assault by strangers continues to grow. Beyond the epidemiology of societal violence per se is its impact on the mental health of those who live in our culture. Scientists and clinicians are beginning to trace the genesis of a number of psychological symptoms and disorders to childhood or adult traumatic events, many of which involve interpersonal violence. As a result, a new s...
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Counselling Women in Violent Relationships

By: Lockley, Paul

Price: $14.98

Publisher: Free Assn Books : March 2000

Seller ID: 398613

ISBN-13: 9781853434525

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Violence against women is a serious and very common social problem, affecting, according to some estimates, one third of women in relationships. Paradoxically, it is a problem which remains under-resourced and little understood. In this comprehensive and practical handbook, Paul Lockley guides the reader through the reality of such violence and different perceptions of it. This leads to an examination of how the distorting lens of theory can rationalize such abusive behavior, with the result that helpers can not only fail to be of assistance, but also put women at risk. The author, letting his...
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Domestic Violence and Health Care: What Every Professional Needs To Know

By: Schornstein, Sherri Lynn

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc : January 1997

Seller ID: 13445

ISBN-13: 9780803959590

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Domestic Violence: Action for Change (Issues in Social Policy series)

By: Hague, Gill, Malos, Ellen

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New Clarion Press : September 1998

Seller ID: 26872

ISBN-13: 9781873797235

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse (SAGE Focus Editions)

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc : April 1988

Seller ID: 344851

ISBN-13: 9780803930537

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Focus on Violence Treatment & Prevention (Innovations in Clinical Practice)

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Professional Resource Pr : January 2004

Seller ID: 26908

ISBN-13: 9781568870861

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Future Interventions with Battered Women and Their Families (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

Price: $4.98

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc : October 1995

Seller ID: 26855

ISBN-13: 9780803959453

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence

By: Karr-Morse, Robin, S., Meredith Wiley

Price: $12.98

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press : December 1998

Seller ID: 257547

ISBN-13: 9780871137340

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

This new, revised edition incorporates significant advances in neurobiological research over the past decade, and includes a new introduction by Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, a leading researcher in the field. When Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence was published in 1997, it was lauded for providing scientific evidence that violence can originate in the womb and become entrenched in a child's brain by preschool. The authors' groundbreaking conclusions became even more relevant following the wave of school shootings across the nation including the tragedy at Columbine High School ...
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Negotiating Domestic Violence: Police, Criminal Justice and Victims (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

By: Hoyle, Carolyn

Price: $36.98

Publisher: Oxford University Press : August 2000

Seller ID: 108021

ISBN-13: 9780198299301

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: 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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Policing Sexual Assault

By: Gregory, Jeanne, Lees, Sue

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Routledge : April 1999

Seller ID: 36488

ISBN-13: 9780415163880

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Policing Sexual Assault provides a detailed account of current police practice in the UK in response to sexual assault. The authors use case studies and interviews to find out why when the number of rape cases has almost trebled since 1985, the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction has dropped from 24% to 8.6%. Chapters cover: an overview of existing research police culture police recording practices the role of the Crime Prosecution Service male rape analysis of the judicial process interviews with complainants and first-hand accounts of their experiences proposals for reform. The au...
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Policing Sexual Assault

By: Gregory, Jeanne, Lees, Sue

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Routledge : April 1999

Seller ID: 41044

ISBN-13: 9780415163880

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Policing Sexual Assault provides a detailed account of current police practice in the UK in response to sexual assault. The authors use case studies and interviews to find out why when the number of rape cases has almost trebled since 1985, the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction has dropped from 24% to 8.6%. Chapters cover: an overview of existing research police culture police recording practices the role of the Crime Prosecution Service male rape analysis of the judicial process interviews with complainants and first-hand accounts of their experiences proposals for reform. The au...
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Pregnant Women, Violent Men: What Midwives Need to Know, 1e

By: Hunt, Sheila, MA, Martin BA , M., Ann

Price: $14.98

Publisher: Books for Midwives : June 2001

Seller ID: 398614

ISBN-13: 9780750652032

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This important and much-needed book will help the midwife to understand the nature of violence, its roots and its manifestation in pregnancy as well as enabling all midwives to help women who are victims of such abuse more effectively. It aims to increase the midwife's understanding of a very complex aspect of society so as to enable her to stand alongside the woman as she faces an impossible future - to be her friend and advocate. Each chapter includes case studies and scenarios to illustrate the complexity of care and to help apply theory to clinical midwifery practice. * Offers sound advice...
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Sex Offender Treatment: Accomplishments, Challenges and Future Directions

By: Coleman, Edmond J, Miner, Michael

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Routledge : February 2003

Seller ID: 43399

ISBN-13: 9780789019837

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Examine the major advances in sexual offender treatment over the last decade and promising new concepts in treatment, supervision, and research Sex Offender Treatment: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Directions points the way toward humane, dignified, effective treatment regimes for sexual offenders. In addition to providing an essential overview of the current state of sex offender treatment, this book examines vital areas of service provision and research and points to future directions for the field. On the medical/psychological front, this volume explores the importance of recogn...
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Stopping the Violence: A Group Model to Change Men's Abusive Attitudes and Behaviors

By: Decker, David J

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Routledge : August 1999

Seller ID: 341115

ISBN-13: 9780789008916

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

Help men learn to change abusive behavior Stopping the Violence: A Group Model to Change Men's Abusive Attitudes and Behaviors helps practitioners reduce the negative atmosphere in a batterers' group for men while adapting to clients' individual needs, abilities, and levels of motivation. Useful in any type of patient setting, this comprehensive, hands-on guide provides a complete, step-by-step model for a batterer program that includes all of the forms, handouts, tools, and assignments necessary for the treatment process. Pro-feminist, cognitive, and behavioral in its orientation, this prog...
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Stranger Violence: A Theoretical Inquiry (Current Issues in Criminal Justice)

By: Riedel, Marc

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Routledge : July 1993

Seller ID: 398536

ISBN-13: 9780815300946

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Tackling Men's Violence In Families: Nordic Issues And Dilemmas

By: Eriksson, Maria, Marianne Hester, Suvi Keskinen, and Keith Pringle

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Policy Press : June 2005

Seller ID: 24561

ISBN-13: 9781861346025

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Nordic countries are generally regarded as global welfare role models in terms of their image of being gender equal, child-friendly and culturally tolerant. Consequently, the influence of Nordic welfare systems in transnational academic and policy debates has been immense. By focusing on the vital welfare issue of violence by men to female partners and/or their children, this book seeks to reconsider this over-simplistic image. Drawing on new research from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the book critically examines how men's violence in families is perceived and responded to in the Nordi...
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The Cradle of Violence: Essays on Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Literature (Forensic Focus, 2)

By: Wilson, Stephen

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley : July 1995

Seller ID: 398648

ISBN-13: 9781853023064

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This collection of essays focuses on the unconscious roots of human behaviour in a range of settings: the consulting room, the small group, the workplace, the therapeutic community and the GP's surgery.The author draws upon psychoanalytic theory to examine the psychological preconditions for violent behaviour stemming from a failure in courage. He observes that in violence there is an attack not only on the victim, but on the perpetrator's own universe of meaning and value. By examining the psychological implications of death, violence and other extremes, both in literature and in case materia...
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Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 1 (v. 1)

By: National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior

Price: $3.00

Publisher: National Academies Press : February 1993

Seller ID: 398539

ISBN-13: 9780309054768

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

By conservative estimates, more than 16,000 violent crimes are committed or attempted every day in the United States. Violence involves many factors and spurs many viewpoints, and this diversity impedes our efforts to make the nation safer. Now a landmark volume from the National Research Council presents the first comprehensive, readable synthesis of America's experience of violence--offering a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to understanding and preventing interpersonal violence and its consequences. Understanding and Preventing Violence provides the most complete, up-to-date responses ava...
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Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 3: Social Influences

By: Panel on Violence, National Research Council, Panel On The

Price: $45.00

Publisher: National Academy Press : January 1994

Seller ID: 40954

ISBN-13: 9780309050807

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

This volume examines social influences on violent events and violent behavior, particularly concentrating on how the risks of violent criminal offending and victimization are influenced by communities, social situations, and individuals; the role of spouses and intimates; the differences in violence levels between males and females; and the roles of psychoactive substances in violent events.

Victimization Analyzed Through the Voices of a Predator: Expansion of a Single Case Study

By: Kreuter, Eric Anton

Price: $19.98

Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc : October 2011

Seller ID: 398611

ISBN-13: 9781614703617

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

While previous research explored much of what we know about the victim, a deeper explanation of the personality of the predator has been made possible through an intense review of her voices, which alter depending on how she uses self-reference. The case study covers the experiences of a commercial airline pilot, Robert, who was the victim of an elaborate scheme, which began when home use of the internet was still a new technology. Robert's experiences with Connie were made very complex due to her use of cyber-identities that helped create a facade of involvement of others. After conducting hi...
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Violence in America: Lessons on Understanding the Aggression in Our Lives

By: Goldstein, Arnold P.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing : September 1996

Seller ID: 41246

ISBN-13: 9780891060925

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Drawing on research and his experience as an anger control trainer with aggressive youths and adults, Arnold Goldstein shows how aggression is both learned and controlled. He addresses causes and solutions, shows how aggressison develops and profiles typical perpetrators and victims.
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Violence in Homes and Communities: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment (Issues in Children's and Families' Lives)

Price: $19.98

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc : May 1999

Seller ID: 344853

ISBN-13: 9780761910046

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Violent Racism: Victimization, Policing and Social Context (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

By: Bowling, Benjamin

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA : August 1998

Seller ID: 398484

ISBN-13: 9780198262527

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

This book gives us a detailed examination of the official documents--and of the historical origins--of racist violence in Britain. The author also employs the findings of this examination, as presented alongside an in-depth case study of racial attacks and police responses in East London, to ponder the question of why the ideas and language of white supremacy and racial exclusion direct violence at "non-white" individuals, and why police response is so routinely ineffectual. This volume reveals many insights into racist Britain that will be of interest to both academics in this area and those ...
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When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse

By: Wilson

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Hunter House Publishers : September 1997

Seller ID: 434273

ISBN-13: 9780897932271

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Addresses the needs of various audiences, including battered women, teenaged victims of dating violence, educators, community leaders, and the batterers themselves.
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Young Victims, Young Offenders: Current Issues in Policy and Treatment

By: Pallone, Letitia C

Price: $19.98

Publisher: Routledge : October 1994

Seller ID: 398609

ISBN-13: 9781560247036

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

At a time when the nation is focused on devising new responses to street crime and on reforming the juvenile justice system, this book brings together in a single volume, current and emerging perspectives on the control of crime by and against children and youth. Young Victims, Young Offenders provides you with an overview of established and emerging practices in treating juvenile offenders and adults who prey on children and youth.This book explores the nature and causes of criminal offenses committed by and against juveniles. While children and youth show up statistically as offenders, they ...
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Category: Psych: Violence Studies

A Terrible Love of War

Alternatives to Violence: Empowering Youth To Develop Healthy Relationships

Assessing and Treating Victims of Violence: New Directions for Mental Health Services, Number 64 (J-B MHS Single Issue Mental Health Services)

Counselling Women in Violent Relationships

Domestic Violence and Health Care: What Every Professional Needs To Know

Domestic Violence: Action for Change (Issues in Social Policy series)

Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse (SAGE Focus Editions)

Focus on Violence Treatment & Prevention (Innovations in Clinical Practice)

Future Interventions with Battered Women and Their Families (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence

Negotiating Domestic Violence: Police, Criminal Justice and Victims (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

Policing Sexual Assault

Policing Sexual Assault

Pregnant Women, Violent Men: What Midwives Need to Know, 1e

Sex Offender Treatment: Accomplishments, Challenges and Future Directions

Stopping the Violence: A Group Model to Change Men's Abusive Attitudes and Behaviors

Stranger Violence: A Theoretical Inquiry (Current Issues in Criminal Justice)

Tackling Men's Violence In Families: Nordic Issues And Dilemmas

The Cradle of Violence: Essays on Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Literature (Forensic Focus, 2)

Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 1 (v. 1)

Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 3: Social Influences

Victimization Analyzed Through the Voices of a Predator: Expansion of a Single Case Study

Violence in America: Lessons on Understanding the Aggression in Our Lives

Violence in Homes and Communities: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment (Issues in Children's and Families' Lives)

Violent Racism: Victimization, Policing and Social Context (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse

Young Victims, Young Offenders: Current Issues in Policy and Treatment

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