Domestic abuse Books

Book SynopsisSubstance Use and Family Violence provides readers with a better understanding of how and why substance use and violent behavior can co-occur and specifically, how the relationship between the two play out across a range of familial relationships.The text focuses on four main domains in which substance use and violence affect families: substance use and interpersonal violence, substance use and intimate partner violence, substance use and child neglect and abuse, and substance use and elder neglect and abuse. Providing both historical context and contemporary evidence, the volume uses peer-reviewed literature, theories, and interdisciplinary perspectives to provide a comprehensive understanding of the scope of each problem, who it impacts, and effective strategies for both preventing violent behavior and intervening to stop its spread.Substance Use and Family Violence is part of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence, an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks edited by Claire Renzetti, Ph.D. The titles feature cross-cultural perspectives, cutting-edge strategies and interventions, and timely research on family and gender-based violence.

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Book SynopsisVictims' Experiences of The Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Abuse: Beyond GlassWalls provides a unique perspective on how victims of domestic abuse experience the justice process. It tells two stories: first, a socio-legal narrative of the public policy, legislative, academic and social responses across Scotland, England and Wales; and second, the experience of female victim-survivors who report domestic abuse to the police. The apparent sweep of progress on the public stage is juxtaposed with the private struggle of individuals who continue to face barriers to justice. In-depth interviews with women who have experienced domestic abuse and those who support them identify a number of challenges. Moving beyond the arrest, procedural hearings and trial Forbes considers the emotional implications of waiting at home, travelling to court, and the unmet support needs and unanswered questions beyond the so-called conclusions of their case. Beautifully illustrated, this accessible overview uses victim narrative to provide explicit, practical advice for busy practitioners and students alike.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Policy Approach Chapter 2. Law Chapter 3. The Victim Experience Before Court Chapter 4. At Court Chapter 5. After Court Chapter 6. Improving The Justice Response Chapter 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMurder in the Name of Honour is Rana Husseini’s hard-hitting and controversial examination of honour crimes. Common in many traditional societies around the world, as well as in migrant communities in Europe and the USA, they involve a ‘punishment’—often death or disfigurement—carried out by a relative to restore the family’s honour. Breaking through the conspiracy of silence surrounding this crime, one writer above all others has been instrumental in bringing it to the world’s attention: Rana Husseini.Trade Reviewed off as a suicide, her elder brother subsequently confessed that she was killed because she was determined to marry a neighbourhood boy despite her family's disapproval. He told the media that he killed her “to safeguard the honour of our family.” These are among the latest in the series of gruesome murders in the name of honour that have been reported from various parts of the country in recent months. Will such so-called “honour killings” stop if the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is amended to prohibit marriages within the same gotra? Unlikely. That may be the most publicised of the demands and threats issued by the Khap Mahapanchayat — a congregation of caste Panchayats from Jat strongholds in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan — in Kurukshetra on April 13, and subsequently elsewhere. But it was not the only one. They have also reportedly called for a ban on marriages within the same village and contiguous villages, as well as de-recognition of temple weddings uniting runaway couples. Landmark judgment The mythical gotra factor may have come to the fore because the Kurukshetra gathering was clearly triggered by the recent landmark judgment delivered by District and Sessions Judge Vani Gopal Sharma in Karnal (Haryana) in the case of Manoj and Babli Banwala, a young couple belonging to the same caste and gotra, who were murdered in 2007 because they dared to marry each other. But, as scholar and activist Jagmati Sangwan has pointed out, not all honour killings even within Haryana involve same- gotra couples. According to her, the majority of the marriages condemned by Khap Panchayats are of couples who do not share a gotra. Besides, even in a small state like Haryana, there are apparently areas and castes that permit intra-village and intra- gotra marriages, and do not have caste or Khap Panchayats. So the self-styled Khap Mahapanchayat cannot legitimately claim to represent all Hindu communities in Haryana, let alone the rest of India. Most victims of “honour killings” reported from various parts of the country are young people who choose to love or marry outside their caste, sub-caste or religion. Not surprisingly, the socially and economically dominant castes are usually responsible for acts of reprisal against inter-caste relationships. The bottom line is that, even today, many young lovers are punished — often with death — for having the temerity to fall in love across boundaries of caste or religion. Many caste groups, communities and families in several parts of the country still seem violently opposed to the right of young adults to choose a life partner (even though courts have upheld citizens' right to select their significant other, including a same-sex partner). In the name of preserving “social order” and saving the “honour” of t * The Hindu *"What Husseini has done and continues to do in order to save the lives of innocent women who may be murdered by their families in so-called honor killings is truly commendable." * Multicultural Review *

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Book SynopsisFor fourteen remarkable years, the Sophia Project in California served over one hundred mothers and children, all of whom were at risk of or had experienced homelessness and abuse.Drawing on the principles of Camphill and a Waldorf approach to child development, staff worked intensively with families, introducing them to daily rhythms and routines, assisting with job applications, shopping and tax forms, and even tutoring to pass tests and exams. Over a period of five years, the families regained confidence and independence. None returned to homelessness or abuse.Same Light, Many Candles is a definitive account of the Sophia Project: its origins, the journey, the families and its eventual end. Both moving and inspiring, it powerfully demonstrates the effect on real lives of structured, caring intervention based on Waldorf principles.

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Book SynopsisThis brief maps the available data augmented by expert interviews on the impact of the Covid-19 measures on DV in eight European Member States during the first lock-down. The volume addresses an on-going situation, additionally complicated by renewed lockdown restrictions during autumn and early winter 2020. It assesses the assumptions of an imminent wave of domestic violence against reliable data from crime statistics, surveys, and various institutions responding to domestic violence. Collecting partner country reports from Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Scotland and Slovenia, it demonstrates the effects that lockdown measures starting March 2020 had on reported DV incidents. It considers the differences between each country with respect to policing, legal systems, social and cultural factors and highlights best practices to prevent conditions resulting from Covid-19 lockdown undermining victims’ security and frontline responders’ capacities to provide services and prevent domestic violence.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Comparative trends of domestic violence.- Chapter 3. Human factors of domestic violence affected by Covid-19.- Chapter 4. Country reports: development and response to DV in eight member states.- Chapter 5. Key findings, best practices, and recommendations.

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Book SynopsisA revealing look at why domestic abuse victims stay with their abusers…and how they can ultimately leave. And survive.One Saturday morning, Gooden is woken up by her husband shoving her off the bed for no discernible reason. Despite her quick thinking and even quicker footsteps, her husband catches her, his sudden anger unfathomable. No words are exchanged. He strangles her nearly to death. With unflinching vulnerability, Gooden outlines in painstaking detail what she had to do to walk away and live and how others can learn from her experiences, from skimming the grocery money, to squirreling away personal belongings, to navigating domestic violence shelters. She offers strategies for overcoming the barriers survivors often come up against, such as money, logistics, social circles, or, most powerfully: love. Uniquely compassionate when it comes to the heartbreak of still loving one’s abuser, Gooden shares how she transformed and extended this love outward, using her story to encourage others to share their own. The voice and fire behind the #WhyIStayed, Bev Gooden is uniquely positioned to explore the many reasons women stay in abusive relationships, and how they can muster the resources and motivation to leave. Surviving is unlike any memoir of survivorship, given its nuance, compassion, and candor. Above all, it is an exquisitely powerful testament to Gooden’s healing, survivorship, and dedication to helping others do the same.

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Book SynopsisTogether Unbroken focuses on the histories, laws, policies, practices, and judicial cases that influence child welfare interventions and impact families. In questioning the traditional orientation and function of child welfare that is fraught with oppression and family separation, the book promotes a new framework for meeting the needs of children and their families and calls for systemic transformation that enables the ultimate reflection of safety, stability and well-being—the ability to heal. The survivors and advocates who courageously shared their stories show the human face of these often-abstracted issues.

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Book SynopsisAbuse is hiding in our churches. Our women and children are being wounded and even dying in their homes by those who have committed to love and protect them. Domestic violence is present in families you would never suspect from the most-respected to the least noticed, even the family sitting near you in church. Women are told God hates divorce, learn to submit, pray more, turn the other cheek, look at the plank in their own eye first, forgive 70 times 7. By giving such advice to women living in abusive relationships, well-intentioned church leaders are sending women and children back into dangerous, possibly deadly situations. In The Church’s Response to Domestic Violence, a guide based on scriptural truth, church leaders will learn the complexities of the dynamics of domestic violence who abuses and who is abused the effects of violence in the home the dangers of couples counseling how to respond to disclosures of abuse why she keeps going back why she doesn’t just leave We need our clergy and church leaders to reject the false ideologies that put God’s children at risk and equip the Church to be the clear voice of hope and healing for families.

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Book SynopsisThis book revisits the issue of Domestic Violence (DV) in Asia by exploring the question of family ambiguity, and interrogating DV's relationship between concept, law and strategy. Comparative experiences in the Asian context enable an examination of the effectiveness of family regulations and laws in diverse national, cultural and religious settings. Key questions relate to the limits and relevance of the human rights discourse in resolving family conflicts; the extent to which power and control in intimate relationships can actually be regulated by a set of inanimate, homogeneous and uniform policies and legislations; and how the state relates to the family as an "ambiguous" unit given state rules of governance that perpetuate unequal gender relations. Many of the difficulties in understanding DV have sprung from the fact that the family unit is ambiguous. When the state intervenes (e.g. reproductive health) the family is treated as a public concern; yet with respect to individual human/multicultural rights, the family is considered a private domain. Complications and contradictions arise with regard to different legislative/religious practices across Asia: for example, the enforcement of Sharia; technocratic imperatives with regard to demographic goals of marriage and reproduction; and state interference of gender imbalances and inequality. The politics and culture around DV is thus a mirror of modern-day Family-State collusion, which sustains rather than curtails discrimination based on sexuality and gender. This book views gender inequality for instance in relation to heteronormativity as the fundamental basis of intimate violence, rather than violence as a generic and neutral phenomenon, requiring generic solutions. It offers news theoretical insights to the conceptualisation of the family, culture and law with respect to DV. And it provides reasoned new perspectives on the effectiveness/inadequacy of present policies, laws and enforcement strategies against domestic violence in Asia.Table of ContentsThe Essays; Apparatus; Translations into English; Style, notes, & chronology; Using the Works Cited; A Biography of Laura Esquivel; An Introduction to Esquivel Criticism; Like Water for Chocolate Like Water for Chocolate: The novels early critical reception; Like Water for Chocolate: The novel & the critics; Like Water for Chocolate: The film & the critics; The Law of Love; Swift as Desire; Malinche: A Novel; Future directions in Esquivel criticism; Laura Esquivels Mexican Chocolate; El chocolate mexicano de Laura Esquivel; Crossing Gender Borders: Subversion of Cinematic Melodrama in Like Water for Chocolate; Unmasked Men: Sex Roles in Like Water for Chocolate; The Absence of God & the Presence of Ancestors in Laura Esquivels Like Water for Chocolate; Gendered Spaces, Gendered Knowledge: A Cultural Geography of Kitchenspace in Central Mexico; Transformation, Code, & Mimesis: Healing the Family in Like Water for Chocolate; Cultural Identity & the Cosmos: Laura Esquivels Predictions for a New Millennium in The Law of Love; Laura Esquivels Quantum Leap in The Law of Love; The Two Mexicos of Swift as Desire; Malinche: Fleshing out the Foundational Fictions of the Conquest of Mexico; Esquivels Malinalli: Refusing the Last Word on La Malinche; Esquivels Fiction in the Context of Latin American Womens Writing; Glossary of Spanish & Nahuatl Words & Phrases; Index.

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Book SynopsisTheFifth EditionofViolence: The Enduring Problemoffers an interdisciplinary and reader-friendly exploration ofthe patterns and correlationsof individual and collective violent acts using the most contemporary research, theories, and cases.Responding to concerns regarding pervasive domestic and global violence, authors Alex Alvarez and Ronet Bachman address the various legislative, social, and political efforts to curb violent behavior. They incorporate awide range of the most current cases to help readers interpretthe nature and dynamics of various forms of violence. This book stands apart from other texts with its broad perspective that includes coverage of collective acts of violence such as terrorism, mob violence, and genocide.

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Book SynopsisSexual assault and harassment in the military have been a critical issue for years. Here, Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott and Don Philpott look at problems, potential solutions, and methods for addressing the subject, for both the victims, the families, and the assailants.Trade ReviewNotwithstanding the occasional prominent case of sexual harassment or assault that occurs in the military, victims continue to be reluctant to come forward. Clinical therapist Lawhorne-Scott, journalist Don Philpott, and former military officer Jeff Scott offer resources for victims faced with difficult choices about how to proceed with pressing charges. The authors recount the shameful history of sexual abuse in the military and recap the current situation, encompassing changing attitudes and efforts to improve responsiveness to sexual assault victims. They also offer very detailed case studies, primarily of women who have been victimized, often by commanding officers. They advise victims on how to report an assault and detail the current administrative and penal systems, with particular instructions on how to navigate the military justice system. They also recommend sources for counseling and other mental health care in this guide aimed at helping to counter the fear and silence that prevent victims from taking action against their abusers. * Booklist *Sexual Assault in the Military highlights a societal issue of significant concern that, if left uncorrected, will serve to erode the basic fabric of our society. As a microcosm of society, the military’s response to this pressing issue may lead the way for reform on a much larger scale. As the book points out, coming to grips with the issue remains an individual and collective leadership responsibility tied to education and action. Consequently, I recommend that this book be a mandatory resource on the reading list of every commander and senior enlisted advisor throughout the military. As a compendium of resources and tools, this publication will be invaluable to the military leaders today and into the future. -- Patrick J. "Paddy" Gough, USMC (Retired)Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One 1: The problem 2: Categories of sexual harassment 3: Impediments to Reporting 4: Sexual Assault and Mental Health 5: Case Studies Part Two 6: Solutions 7: Military Discipline and Conduct 8: Initiatives to Combat Sexual Assault in the Military 9: Reducing Your Risk of Sexual Assault 10: Training Resources GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThe problem of domestic violence and partner abuse knows no bounds, can affect anyone, and when kept silent and in the dark can become deadly. Hon. John Leventhal presided over the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court, the first felony domestic violence part in the nation, since it opened in June 1996 until he was elevated to the appellate court January 2008. While domestic violence has greater social and legal visibility today then it did in the past, the problem still remains a massive and ongoing crisis. My Partner, My Enemy brings truth and reality to a matter that desperately needs to be addressed. So how do we help reduce and eliminate intimate partner abuse, especially when the public knows so little and much goes unreported? By exploring the severity of the problem through true case studies of violent and abusive men, and their motivations, Leventhal successfully brings to light the problem and ways to help.Trade ReviewAs the presiding judge of the Brooklyn Domestic Violence Court (the first of its kind in the nation when it opened in 1996), author Leventhal certainly knows his stuff. Startling statistics immediately draw readers in—a woman is beaten by her domestic partner every 15 seconds in the U.S., accounting for at least four million reported incidents against women every year. Domestic violence is a crime 'committed across all strata of the population,' and certainly the cases presented by Leventhal reflect that. This is an important book in its field. . . . It’s clear that books like this are needed to raise awareness. * Publishers Weekly *Leventhal's wisdom on the subject [presented in his book My Partner, My Enemy: An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims], is available to a new generation of domestic violence judges and practitioners. And wise he is....The details in these stories initially seem overwhelming.... But those thoughts quickly pass because it is the details of repeated battering incidents, with their escalating and sickening level of violence that gives the book its strength. * New York Law Journal *Justice Leventhal has brought the reader into his courtroom and exposed us to the true life tales of people at a most difficult time of their life. It is story after story of domestic brutality whose existence we should all be are of, and who better to tell it than the judge who first witnessed it all and had to make the tough decision for almost 12 years? Case after case is recounted in sufficient detail to understand how difficult it must be to administer justice in such a court.... These stories will hold your attention and arouse your sympathy, especially when there may not always be a happy ending.... This book is a quick but disquieting read and is recommended to lawyers even if this is not their field of practice. * NYSBA One on One *After seven-plus decades as a female and twenty five-plus years a judge (fifteen of them Chief Judge) of a court system that annually sees thousands of domestic violence cases, I am astounded that My Partner, My Enemy by Judge John Leventhal should have been such a gripping, emotional, heart-wrenching education in the scourge of domestic violence. Yes, the statistics are impressive, but there is no substitute for actually meeting the participants – victims, batterers, families – who Judge Leventhal powerfully brings to life as he tells a wide variety of tragic stories. They give true meaning to the gratitude we feel for what’s been accomplished, and the genuine urgency for us all to do much more. The answer to ‘What’s the solution?’ begins with ‘Read this book.’ -- Judith S. Kaye, Former Chief Judge of the State of New YorkMy Partner, My Enemy is a very important book. As far as I know, Justice Leventhal is the first Judge to share his experience deciding domestic violence cases, and his insights and eyewitness accounts are gripping and important. Also very significant is the set of recommendations Leventhal makes for change in addressing this so-serious and so-difficult problem. It is also heartening to see more and more influential male voices speaking up for gender justice and against violence against women, and feminism should welcome such advocates. -- Naomi Wolf, Phd, co-founder of The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, noted feminist and bestselling author of The Beauty Myth and The End of AmericaJudge Leventhal has not only written a timely and important book, but it's also a page-turning true crime thriller. The well-written tales he tells are utterly compelling and all the more chilling because they are true. This is a gritty, hard-driving book that kept me up reading well into the night. I couldn't put it down. -- Howard Blum, NY Times bestselling author of American Lightning and Dark InvasionMy Partner, My Enemy is a painful read but it is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the devastating reality of domestic violence. My Partner, My Enemy captures graphically the terror, pain, and humiliation inflicted upon families by the ravages of violence. Having spent much of my career working to reform the justice system’s response to domestic and sexual violence, I am accustomed to hearing these questions: Why didn’t she leave? Why didn’t she seek legal protection? What in the world goes through the mind of a batterer? Justice Leventhal’s book helps to answer these questions by sharing stories of the real-life drama which played out every day in his courtroom and, tragically, in families across America. -- Bonnie J. Campbell, Former Iowa Attorney General and First Director of the Office on Violence Against Women of the U.S. Department of JusticeMy Partner, My Enemy is an important and thoughtful book. Justice John Leventhal is a deeply caring judge who handled many domestic violence cases in a specialized court at the trial level in New York. His commitment to and concern with the complex issues of domestic violence is impressive. This book is an especially useful read for other judges who handle domestic violence cases. -- Elizabeth M. Schneider, Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; author of Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking (2000), co-author of Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice (2013)As a co-founder of the NYS Coalition against Domestic Violence and the founding director of the first ‘batterer program’ in New York State, I love this powerful, truth telling book. Judge John Leventhal exposes case after case of the brutality and torture of intimate partners, perpetrated by domestic violence offenders who have appeared in his court. He does not embellish. He simply writes it as it was, in a manner that is remarkably readable and deeply impactful. The horror of these felony cases clarifies how far we have come and, at the same time, how much further we must go. I see this new book as a must read for judges and advocates alike, as well as for everyone else who wants an educated vision of what it will take to bring an end to the epidemic of domestic violence. -- Phyllis B. Frank, Co-Director, Training Institute, NY Model for Batterer ProgramsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: What is the Scope of the Domestic Violence Problem in Society? 2: Build It and They Will Come 3: Lucky Laurie 4: Yuri the Hunter 5: Desmond and Enid 6: Deadly Dave 7: Boris the Bully 8: Predator Paul 9: Same Sex Savagery 10: Alvin’s Allowance 11: Jeremiah Jonah 12: Fatal Frankie 13: Classic Carl 14: Selfish Samuel 15: Dangerous Love 16: Deadly Vignettes 17: What Can We Do to Protect and to Aid Abused Women to Help Themselves? 18: What Should We Do With The Perpetrators?

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Book SynopsisThis is the first academic book to focus on adolescent-to-parent abuse and brings together international research and practice literature and combines it with original research to identify and critique current understandings in research, policy and practice.Trade Review"Holt has delivered a thought-provoking and well-structured summary of the largely uncharted territory of adolescent-to-parent abuse." British Journal of Social Work"hugely informative and balanced text...offers educators a range of options for integrating the topic" Sarah Galvani Tilda Goldberg Centre for Social Work and Social Care, University of Bedfordshire"The abuse of parents by young people has until recently been a hidden topic. This book breaks new ground by describing the extent of the problem, and by providing a thoughtful review of the research, policy and practice in this area. The book includes resources for professionals as well as for parents themselves. I recommend this book as an outstanding text for all interested in families and in family dysfunction.". Dr John Coleman, Department of Education, University of Oxford“Amanda Holt has produced a compelling and pioneering study of an issue that is often overlooked. She shows how parent abuse can be better understood and, by situating its dynamic of intimate violence within a wider social and cultural context, she shows why it must be addressed more effectively.” Professor Peter Squires, University of BrightonTable of ContentsIntroduction; Abuse in families: commonalities, connections and contexts; Experiencing parent abuse; Explaining parent abuse; Parent abuse and power; Frontline services responses to parent abuse in England and Wales; Working with parent abuse: developments in group and family interventions; Discussion and conclusions.

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Book SynopsisApplying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence emphasizes the strength of an applied anthropology and ethnographic approach to ending gender-based violence worldwide. This book sets an activist and engaged agenda for scholars and students to follow as they work to blend passion, theory, and methods in their efforts to end violence.Trade Review'Sometimes working in the field of gender-based violence can be lonely,' the editors of this volume remark in their introductory chapter. 'It is underfunded work, often unrecognized, and in some cases, seems unending and unsolvable.' Hence, the studies in this book, grounded by ethnographic data and impelled by social activism, are a valuable addition to the anthropological corpus. Contributors demonstrate that gender-based violence is global in its reach and culturally nuanced within local contexts. They also make clear the challenges of using feminist ideas to effect positive social changes. The strongest chapters, Mark Schuller’s discussion of post-earthquake Haiti and Melissa Beske’s treatment of intimate partner violence in Belize, for example, attend to gender as intersectional and activism as complicated by researchers’ positionalities. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. * CHOICE *With chapters covering Africa, Asia, Latin and North America, and Oceania, the book provides ample evidence that richly-textured and qualitatively-informed research can illuminate work that is more quantitative in scope. . . .The volume contains useful insights that, when combined with the efforts of other disciplines, offer solutions to the problem of gender-based violence. * Quinnipiac University News + Events *This volume represents a new generation of anthropological thinking on gender-based violence: at once, local and global, refusing to choose between culture and political economy (or bodies and minds), and presenting complex analyses of pragmatic efforts to resolve entrenched social problems while also recognizing the potentials and pitfalls of relying on "community" or engagement with a bureaucratic and capitalist state. Wies and Haldane have assembled an impressive ethnographic collection that documents collaborative, and sometimes contentious, efforts by scholars, activists and survivors to better understand and thus undermine gender-based violence within contexts (e.g. natural disasters, political violence, university campuses) and among people (e.g. trafficked indigenous women, fathers, scholar-activists) not often included in studies of gender-based violence. -- Madelaine Adelman, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments IntroductionReturn to the Local: Lessons for Global Change Jennifer R. Wies and Hillary J. Haldane Part I Ethnographic Intimacies Chapter 1Domestic Violence, Embodiment, and Women's Lives in Northern Vietnam Lynn Kwiatkowski Chapter 2 Bureaucratic Bindings: Refugee Resettlement and Intimate Partner Abuse Elizabeth Wirtz Part II Multi-Scalar Responses to Gender-Based Violence Chapter 3 Munted: Rebuilding Community after Disaster Hillary J. Haldane Chapter 4 Gender-Based Violence and the State in Guatemala’s Genocide and Beyond M. Gabriela Torres Chapter 5 Prostitution Diversion Programs Structural Violence Yasmina Katsulis Part III Critical Challenges in the Anthropology of Gender-Based Violence Chapter 6 Sex Trafficking of Native Peoples: History, Race, and Law April D. J. Petillo Chapter 7 Pa Manyen Fanm Nan Konsa: Understanding Violence against Women afterHaiti’s Earthquake Mark Schuller Chapter 8 Campus Sexual Violence Policies and Practices: A Holistic and Historical Approach to Research and Practice Jennifer R. Wies Part IVAvenues for Change Chapter 9 “I’m a REAL Father Now!” Using Applied Anthropology to Promote Positive Masculinities to Reduce Family Violence in Northern Uganda Rebecka Lundgren and Kimberly Ashburn Chapter 10 Employing Scholar-Activist Anthropology to Counter Gender-Based Violence in Belize Melissa Beske Chapter 11 Intimate Partner Violence, Social Change, and Scholar-Activism in Coastal Ecuador Karin Friederic Bibliography About the Author

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Book SynopsisApplying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal, social work, and medical fields by demonstrating how a focus on local issues and local responses can better inform a collaborative global response to the problem of gender-based violence. With chapters covering Africa, Asia, Latin and North America, and Oceania, it provides ample evidence that richly textured and qualitatively informed research can illuminate work that is more quantitative in scope. The volume illustrates the various ways scholars, practitioners, frontline workers, and policy makers can work together to end forms of violence in their local communities. The chapters in this volume demonstrate that the ways top-down responses to violence have been inadequate, and that solutions are available when the local histoTrade ReviewThis volume represents a new generation of anthropological thinking on gender-based violence: at once, local and global, refusing to choose between culture and political economy (or bodies and minds), and presenting complex analyses of pragmatic efforts to resolve entrenched social problems while also recognizing the potentials and pitfalls of relying on "community" or engagement with a bureaucratic and capitalist state. Wies and Haldane have assembled an impressive ethnographic collection that documents collaborative, and sometimes contentious, efforts by scholars, activists and survivors to better understand and thus undermine gender-based violence within contexts (e.g. natural disasters, political violence, university campuses) and among people (e.g. trafficked indigenous women, fathers, scholar-activists) not often included in studies of gender-based violence. -- Madelaine Adelman, Arizona State UniversitySometimes working in the field of gender-based violence can be lonely,' the editors of this volume remark in their introductory chapter. 'It is underfunded work, often unrecognized, and in some cases, seems unending and unsolvable.' Hence, the studies in this book, grounded by ethnographic data and impelled by social activism, are a valuable addition to the anthropological corpus. Contributors demonstrate that gender-based violence is global in its reach and culturally nuanced within local contexts. They also make clear the challenges of using feminist ideas to effect positive social changes. The strongest chapters, Mark Schuller’s discussion of post-earthquake Haiti and Melissa Beske’s treatment of intimate partner violence in Belize, for example, attend to gender as intersectional and activism as complicated by researchers’ positionalities. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. * CHOICE *With chapters covering Africa, Asia, Latin and North America, and Oceania, the book provides ample evidence that richly-textured and qualitatively-informed research can illuminate work that is more quantitative in scope. . . .The volume contains useful insights that, when combined with the efforts of other disciplines, offer solutions to the problem of gender-based violence. * Hartford Courant *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments IntroductionReturn to the Local: Lessons for Global Change Jennifer R. Wies and Hillary J. Haldane Part I Ethnographic Intimacies Chapter 1Domestic Violence, Embodiment, and Women's Lives in Northern Vietnam Lynn Kwiatkowski Chapter 2 Bureaucratic Bindings: Refugee Resettlement and Intimate Partner Abuse Elizabeth Wirtz Part II Multi-Scalar Responses to Gender-Based Violence Chapter 3 Munted: Rebuilding Community after Disaster Hillary J. Haldane Chapter 4 Gender-Based Violence and the State in Guatemala’s Genocide and Beyond M. Gabriela Torres Chapter 5 Prostitution Diversion Programs Structural Violence Yasmina Katsulis Part III Critical Challenges in the Anthropology of Gender-Based Violence Chapter 6 Sex Trafficking of Native Peoples: History, Race, and Law April D. J. Petillo Chapter 7 Pa Manyen Fanm Nan Konsa: Understanding Violence against Women afterHaiti’s Earthquake Mark Schuller Chapter 8 Campus Sexual Violence Policies and Practices: A Holistic and Historical Approach to Research and Practice Jennifer R. Wies Part IVAvenues for Change Chapter 9 “I’m a REAL Father Now!” Using Applied Anthropology to Promote Positive Masculinities to Reduce Family Violence in Northern Uganda Rebecka Lundgren and Kimberly Ashburn Chapter 10 Employing Scholar-Activist Anthropology to Counter Gender-Based Violence in Belize Melissa Beske Chapter 11 Intimate Partner Violence, Social Change, and Scholar-Activism in Coastal Ecuador Karin Friederic Bibliography About the Author

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Book SynopsisGender-Based Perspectives on Batterer Programs responds to the intense debate about the approach and effectiveness of batterer programs, especially in light of the evidence-based practice movement. But it does so through a collection of 24 interviews with batterer program founders and leaders who have been working in the field for 25 to 35 years. In the process, it answers many of the misconceptions and misrepresentations of batterer programs, and highlights their contributions and development. It also offers recommendations to researchers and the field in general that would help strengthen the work overall. More specifically, the book is a follow-up to the author's research-oriented book, The Future of Batterer Programs: Reassessing Evidence-Based Practice (Northeastern University Press, 2012). That book critically reviewed the research on batterer programs in light of the demand for documentation of program effectiveness and documented the effective role of batterer programs in an inTrade ReviewThis book by Edward Gondolf represents a collection of full and detailed interviews with the founders or leaders of the batterer programs described in the chapters of this book. It is clear that the book is a result of the continued research and sequential evaluations of the programs that the author has been doing for a long time period. The main attraction of the book is that the interviews themselves are conducted with unique and hard accessible respondents like the founders and long-time working experts whose tenure varies between 25-30 years in the batterer programs. These face to- face interviews with longstanding batterer program leaders allow for the resolution of some of the misrepresentations, misinterpretations, and misconceptions of the batterer programs. * Horizons in Humanities and Social Sciences: An International Refereed Journal *Edward Gondolf is the world's leading researcher on programs to end men's violence against their intimate partners. In this book, he interviews his colleagues - the pioneers who designed and built these programs - and establishes an important historical record of the origins of batterer intervention as well as sheds light on their successes and challenges. These interviews go beyond the rhetoric of what works or doesn't, to a deeper examination of program evolution and the meaning of success. This is a book that every practitioner and policy maker should read. -- Jeffrey L. Edleson, University of California, BerkeleyFrom the 24 interviews of this book comes a rich narrative of how intervention programs for abusers emerged and evolved. Gondolf brings a much neglected yet essential type of evidence for understanding the impact of abuser interventions – that of the lived social history and professional experience of some of its leading practitioners, who offer a fascinating inside account of what inspired them to do this work, what they have learned from it, what sustains them, and how it ties into larger social justice movements. -- David Adams, Co-Director, Emerge, author of Why Do They Kill? Men Who Murder Their Intimate PartnersTable of ContentsIntroduction: Respect, Accountability, and Justice Chapter 1: The Duluth Model Chapter 2: Individualized Problem-Solving Chapter 3: Clinical Integration Chapter 4: Activist Oriented Chapter 5: Women Leaders Chapter 6: Other Approaches Chapter 7: Beyond Abusive Men A Final Thought

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Book SynopsisFeminist Advocacy: Gendered Organizations in Community-based Responses to Domestic Violence examines victim advocacy through a gendered organizations perspective. This monograph draws from in-depth interviews with twenty-six domestic violence victim advocates to examine their experiences with gendered policies and practices in the justice system, child protective services, and shelters. Andrea J. Nichols explores justice system interventions related to pro-arrest, dual arrest, no-drop prosecution, protective orders, and the actions of police and judges. In addition, she examines policies and practices related to child protective services that negatively affect battered women, such as charges for failure to protect and lost custody. Nichols also explores the most contentiously debated shelter policies, including curfew, confidentiality, substance abuse, entrance requirements, admitting adolescent boys, and mandatory classes. Drawing from advocates' narratives of their experiences, FeminTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Feminist Advocacy Chapter 3: Advocacy in the Justice System Chapter 4: Advocacy in Child Protective Services Chapter 5: Advocacy in Shelter Chapter 6: Implications for Theory and Practice Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe problem of domestic violence and partner abuse knows no bounds, can affect anyone, and when kept silent and in the dark can become deadly. Hon. John Leventhal presided over the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court, the first felony domestic violence part in the nation, since it opened in June 1996 until he was elevated to the appellate court January 2008. While domestic violence has greater social and legal visibility today then it did in the past, the problem still remains a massive and ongoing crisis. My Partner, My Enemy brings truth and reality to a matter that desperately needs to be addressed. So how do we help reduce and eliminate intimate partner abuse, especially when the public knows so little and much goes unreported? By exploring the severity of the problem through true case studies of violent and abusive men, and their motivations, Leventhal successfully brings to light the problem and ways to help.Trade ReviewAs the presiding judge of the Brooklyn Domestic Violence Court (the first of its kind in the nation when it opened in 1996), author Leventhal certainly knows his stuff. Startling statistics immediately draw readers in—a woman is beaten by her domestic partner every 15 seconds in the U.S., accounting for at least four million reported incidents against women every year. Domestic violence is a crime 'committed across all strata of the population,' and certainly the cases presented by Leventhal reflect that. This is an important book in its field. . . . It’s clear that books like this are needed to raise awareness. * Publishers Weekly *Leventhal's wisdom on the subject [presented in his book My Partner, My Enemy: An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims], is available to a new generation of domestic violence judges and practitioners. And wise he is....The details in these stories initially seem overwhelming.... But those thoughts quickly pass because it is the details of repeated battering incidents, with their escalating and sickening level of violence that gives the book its strength. * New York Law Journal *Justice Leventhal has brought the reader into his courtroom and exposed us to the true life tales of people at a most difficult time of their life. It is story after story of domestic brutality whose existence we should all be are of, and who better to tell it than the judge who first witnessed it all and had to make the tough decision for almost 12 years? Case after case is recounted in sufficient detail to understand how difficult it must be to administer justice in such a court.... These stories will hold your attention and arouse your sympathy, especially when there may not always be a happy ending.... This book is a quick but disquieting read and is recommended to lawyers even if this is not their field of practice. * NYSBA One on One *After seven-plus decades as a female and twenty five-plus years a judge (fifteen of them Chief Judge) of a court system that annually sees thousands of domestic violence cases, I am astounded that My Partner, My Enemy by Judge John Leventhal should have been such a gripping, emotional, heart-wrenching education in the scourge of domestic violence. Yes, the statistics are impressive, but there is no substitute for actually meeting the participants – victims, batterers, families – who Judge Leventhal powerfully brings to life as he tells a wide variety of tragic stories. They give true meaning to the gratitude we feel for what’s been accomplished, and the genuine urgency for us all to do much more. The answer to ‘What’s the solution?’ begins with ‘Read this book.’ -- Judith S. Kaye, Former Chief Judge of the State of New YorkMy Partner, My Enemy is a very important book. As far as I know, Justice Leventhal is the first Judge to share his experience deciding domestic violence cases, and his insights and eyewitness accounts are gripping and important. Also very significant is the set of recommendations Leventhal makes for change in addressing this so-serious and so-difficult problem. It is also heartening to see more and more influential male voices speaking up for gender justice and against violence against women, and feminism should welcome such advocates. -- Naomi Wolf, Phd, co-founder of The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, noted feminist and bestselling author of The Beauty Myth and The End of AmericaJudge Leventhal has not only written a timely and important book, but it's also a page-turning true crime thriller. The well-written tales he tells are utterly compelling and all the more chilling because they are true. This is a gritty, hard-driving book that kept me up reading well into the night. I couldn't put it down. -- Howard Blum, NY Times bestselling author of American Lightning and Dark InvasionMy Partner, My Enemy is a painful read but it is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the devastating reality of domestic violence. My Partner, My Enemy captures graphically the terror, pain, and humiliation inflicted upon families by the ravages of violence. Having spent much of my career working to reform the justice system’s response to domestic and sexual violence, I am accustomed to hearing these questions: Why didn’t she leave? Why didn’t she seek legal protection? What in the world goes through the mind of a batterer? Justice Leventhal’s book helps to answer these questions by sharing stories of the real-life drama which played out every day in his courtroom and, tragically, in families across America. -- Bonnie J. Campbell, Former Iowa Attorney General and First Director of the Office on Violence Against Women of the U.S. Department of JusticeMy Partner, My Enemy is an important and thoughtful book. Justice John Leventhal is a deeply caring judge who handled many domestic violence cases in a specialized court at the trial level in New York. His commitment to and concern with the complex issues of domestic violence is impressive. This book is an especially useful read for other judges who handle domestic violence cases. -- Elizabeth M. Schneider, Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; author of Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking (2000), co-author of Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice (2013)As a co-founder of the NYS Coalition against Domestic Violence and the founding director of the first ‘batterer program’ in New York State, I love this powerful, truth telling book. Judge John Leventhal exposes case after case of the brutality and torture of intimate partners, perpetrated by domestic violence offenders who have appeared in his court. He does not embellish. He simply writes it as it was, in a manner that is remarkably readable and deeply impactful. The horror of these felony cases clarifies how far we have come and, at the same time, how much further we must go. I see this new book as a must read for judges and advocates alike, as well as for everyone else who wants an educated vision of what it will take to bring an end to the epidemic of domestic violence. -- Phyllis B. Frank, Co-Director, Training Institute, NY Model for Batterer ProgramsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: What is the Scope of the Domestic Violence Problem in Society? 2: Build It and They Will Come 3: Lucky Laurie 4: Yuri the Hunter 5: Desmond and Enid 6: Deadly Dave 7: Boris the Bully 8: Predator Paul 9: Same Sex Savagery 10: Alvin’s Allowance 11: Jeremiah Jonah 12: Fatal Frankie 13: Classic Carl 14: Selfish Samuel 15: Dangerous Love 16: Deadly Vignettes 17: What Can We Do to Protect and to Aid Abused Women to Help Themselves? 18: What Should We Do With The Perpetrators?

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Domestic Violence not only highlights and reexamines the different challenges that we continue to face in effectively addressing issues of domestic violence but provides innovated approaches to interventions that are more in keeping with the complex nature of domestic violence. This book provides a comprehensive and multifaceted examination of conditions and factors involved in domestic violence, including psychological, sociocultural, sociopolitical, and socioeconomic issues. The authors look at domestic violence through the trauma lens and intersectionality to develop intervention strategies within that context. Statistics and clinical examples from the field highlight unique culturally-based issues related to domestic violence among Latino, African American, and Arab Muslim communities, issues with woman perpetrators, and violence in the LGBTQ community, to name a few. In the end, Understanding Domestic Violence offers opportunities for the reader to engage in further discussion of the poignant issues discussed in the book, with the invitation to become part of the solution.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive volume offers the clinician a treasure trove of statistics, theory, insight and approaches to dealing with domestic violence. It is a must-have book for the clinician’s personal library. -- Athena A. Drewes, director of Clinical Training, Astor Services for Children and FamiliesJavier and Herron present a comprehensive text on the assessment and treatment of intimate partner violence. The book offers perspectives on the dynamics of abuse, with focused attention on diversity issues. The chapters are informative, practical, and easy to read and could be used in family violence and couples therapy courses. -- Gregory Canillas, PhD, The Chicago School of Professional PsychologyFor professionals who deal with domestic violence (DV), this volume is an ideal new tool. Its chapters describe evidence-based resources to understand, prevent, and reduce DV while also offering unusual features not found in other volumes, in a carefully crafted volume that is the state of the art in coping with DV. -- Harold Takooshian, PhD, past-president, Division of International Psychology, American Psychological AssociationThis edited book takes a unique perspective by dealing with topics that we do not usually see in the domestic violence field. Including disabilities, the intersection of ethnic and cultural factors, and treatment approaches from a trauma informed lens is an excellent combination to focus on that helps move the field forward. -- Robert Geffner, founding president, Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma, San Diego, CATable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments A Timeline of Relevant Events of Domestic Violence Regulations in the United States 1 A Look at Domestic Violence through the Trauma Lens: An Introduction Rafael Art. Javier and William G. HerronI: Conceptual Framework 2 Domestic Violence in all Its Contexts: An Issue for all Cultures, Races, Genders, and Classes Rafael Art. Javier, William G. Herron, Gerald A. Pantoja, and Jennifer De Mucci3 Overview-Aggression, Domestic Violence, and Risk Factors William G. Herron and Rafael Art. Javier4 On the Clinical Applications of the General Aggression Model to Understanding Domestic Violence Wayne Warburton and Craig A. Anderson5 A Psychodynamic Theory of Domestic Violence William G. Herron and Rafael Art. Javier6 Twenty-First-Century Medeas, Medusas, and Salomes: Violence Female Style June F. Chisholm and Kristy MageeII: Challenges and Interventions: Domestic Violence in Ethnic and Cultural Contexts 7 Family Maltreatment and Domestic Violence among Arab Middle Easterners: A Psychological, Cultural, Religious, and Legal Examination Fatimah El-Jamil and Naji Abi-Hashem8 Crucial Considerations in the Understanding and Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence in African American Couples Carolyn M. West9 Understanding Domestic Violence within a Latino/Hispanic/Latinx Context: Environmental, Cultural, and Ecological Mapping as a Culturally Relevant Assessment Tool Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers, Fred Millán, and Clare Jinzhao ZhaoIII: Treatment Intervention Issues 10 Victimized and Disabled: Neuropsychological Issues at the Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity Martha E. Banks11 The Impact of Stigma on Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Counseling Christine E. Murray and Allison Crowe12 Essential Elements for an Effective Treatment Model of Domestic Violence in a Complex World Lenore E. A. Walker and Tara JungersenIV: Conclusion 13 The Complex Nature of Domestic Violence: Possible Causes and Solutions Rafael Art. Javier, William G. Herron, and Michelle YakobsonGlossary Appendix A: Resources for Domestic Violence Intervention Appendix B: Legal Precedents Index About the Contributors About the Editors

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Book Synopsis One would expect a welfare state such as Sweden to compare favorably with the United States regarding implementation of public policies and programs. Surprisingly, the author comes to quite different conclusions: in studying the treatment of battered, raped and sexually-harassed women in the two countries, she has found that, contrary to conventional expectation, the ability of the decentralized American state to innovate effectively has been consistently underestimated, whereas Sweden's ability to do the same has often been exaggerated.Trade Review "Elman's analysis reveals a surprising conclusion about policy innovation and responsiveness." · Journal of Women's HistoryTable of Contents Chapter 1. The Analytic Context: Gender Specification and State Structures Chapter 2. The ComparativeContext: States, Structures and Movements Chapter 3. The States and Women Battering Chapter 4. The States and Rape Chapter 5. The States and Sexual Harassment Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis One would expect a welfare state such as Sweden to compare favorably with the United States regarding implementation of public policies and programs. Surprisingly, the author comes to quite different conclusions: in studying the treatment of battered, raped and sexually-harassed women in the two countries, she has found that, contrary to conventional expectation, the ability of the decentralized American state to innovate effectively has been consistently underestimated, whereas Sweden's ability to do the same has often been exaggerated.Trade Review "Elman's analysis reveals a surprising conclusion about policy innovation and responsiveness." · Journal of Women's HistoryTable of Contents Chapter 1. The Analytic Context: Gender Specification and State Structures Chapter 2. The ComparativeContext: States, Structures and Movements Chapter 3. The States and Women Battering Chapter 4. The States and Rape Chapter 5. The States and Sexual Harassment Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis About half of the women in the United States and Canada have been physically or sexually assaulted after the age of 16. The figures in other countries are similar. Written by an outsider (an anthropologist) and an insider (a spousal abuse survivor), this book offers a humanistic, rather than statistical, overview of the problem of spousal abuse. It is based on an extensive set of interviews with abused women and individuals who seek to help them (shelter workers, police officers, marriage counselors). More particularly, it follows four women as they move through the steps they must follow to extricate themselves from an abusive relationship and then get on with their lives. The reader witnesses their success and failures as they face a task that is both necessary and daunting, and the effects that spousal abuse (and at attempts stopping the abuse) have on an ever-widening circle of people. This book illustrates how society in general and individuals and organizations in particular help and hinder the process of extrication - often at the same time. By analyzing the solutions, and their implications, that have been offered to and by the abused women, the authors arrive at a set of alternative solutions that could significantly reduce the incidence of spouse abuse in the future.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Types of Abuse - Social Stigma and Silence Chapter 2. The Impact of Abuse Chapter 3. Breaking Away Chapter 4. Participant and Stakeholder Solutions Chapter 5. The Future of Wife Abuse Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis About half of the women in the United States and Canada have been physically or sexually assaulted after the age of 16. The figures in other countries are similar. Written by an outsider (an anthropologist) and an insider (a spousal abuse survivor), this book offers a humanistic, rather than statistical, overview of the problem of spousal abuse. It is based on an extensive set of interviews with abused women and individuals who seek to help them (shelter workers, police officers, marriage counselors). More particularly, it follows four women as they move through the steps they must follow to extricate themselves from an abusive relationship and then get on with their lives. The reader witnesses their success and failures as they face a task that is both necessary and daunting, and the effects that spousal abuse (and at attempts stopping the abuse) have on an ever-widening circle of people. This book illustrates how society in general and individuals and organizations in particular help and hinder the process of extrication - often at the same time. By analyzing the solutions, and their implications, that have been offered to and by the abused women, the authors arrive at a set of alternative solutions that could significantly reduce the incidence of spouse abuse in the future.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Types of Abuse - Social Stigma and Silence Chapter 2. The Impact of Abuse Chapter 3. Breaking Away Chapter 4. Participant and Stakeholder Solutions Chapter 5. The Future of Wife Abuse Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDomestic violence experts offer the first-ever post-traumatic stress disorder treatment approach to help abused women overcome the trauma they have endured and regain control of their lives. It delves into specific problems associated with PTSD. Worksheets reinforce the messages in the text. In addition to addressing the symptoms of PTSD, the book offers readers strategies they can employ when and if a confrontation with the abusive partner becomes necessary.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the roles that control, abuse, bullying and family violence can play within the tourism system. While it is generally understood that such behaviours are significant issues in society, the correlation between these types of behaviour and tourism has not been assessed in scholarly circles. The volume sets out to explain each of these behaviours within tourism industries using autoethnography as its method. This book reveals the heightened risk of family violence during family events, sporting events and in the tourism system, and explains that risks continue and can even increase after separating from a perpetrator of family violence. This is an important and under-researched area in the tourism and events literature and will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in these fields, as well as family violence, social work, health and law. You can see the author's blog post about her work here: https://channelviewpublications.wordpress.com/2023/03/22/the-dark-side-of-family-tourism/Trade ReviewThis is a deeply personal and haunting account of the effects of family violence in tourism. It provides much needed insights, taking a child-centric approach, into the underbelly of the tourism industry. A must read for any researcher trying to shatter the illusion of the benign nature of tourism and happy family holidays. * Heike Schänzel, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand *This highly original study looks at the rarely examined impact of marital pathology on family tourist behaviour. The author vividly narrates how it felt on a daily basis to live under the same roof as a violent man, and the game-playing intimidation he put on her movements, particularly during holidays. * Tony Seaton, University of Luton, UK *This book outlines how bullying, control, abuse and family violence can impact the tourism system. This is especially important for tourism managers to have awareness of so that proper systems can be considered to support staff who might be facing any of these issues. * Alastair M. Morrison, University of Greenwich, UK *Table of ContentsTables and Figures Acknowledgements Overview Overture Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Tourism System Chapter 3: Control, Abuse and Family Violence Chapter 4: Tourism Industries Chapter 5: Employment Law Impacts on Tourism Industries Chapter 6: Abuse and Bullying in Tourism Industries Chapter 7: Family Violence Spikes around Major Events Chapter 8: Family Violence at the Tourism Destination Chapter 9: Equal Shared Parental Responsibility Chapter 10: Journeys on Transit Routes with Family Violence Chapter 11: The Tourism Generating Region: Living with Abuse Chapter 12: The Tourist Chapter 13: Family Violence and Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel Chapter 14: The Great Escape Chapter 15: Conclusion Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisNo more spinning your wheels trying to figure out how to leave your abusive spouse. Have you ever wished you had the perfect guidebook that would give you step-by-step information to help you carefully plan a swift and safe departure from your emotionally abusive spouse and help you prepare for getting a divorce – at the same time? Here it is! In I Just Want Out, Jodi Schuelke combines detailed practical information with her personal experiences and the lessons she learned from strategically planning her exit (along with her children) from her emotionally abusive first marriage. I Just Want Out expands on the information found in such books as Stop Walking on Eggshells and Splitting, by providing pre-departure and pre-divorce planning and details about what to do, when to do it, how to do it, and why it’s important. Jodi will support you and travel beside you on your journey to freedom using her practical seven-step FREEDOM Framework process.

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Book SynopsisCandle in the Wind is a grim reminder of how crime against women and young girls continues unabated, and why patriarchy is its real cause.

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Book SynopsisNo one looking at you would spot a thing out of place. You're complacent. You and the worm coexist. Even though it's eating you from the inside, you've got no idea.A domestic abuse survivor examines the jagged pieces of her past to understand why she's being questioned by police.She is in a mental facility and can't understand why she's there. She thinks she did something terrible and she needs to remember it, before her actions have dangerous consequences.A darkly compelling tale about coercive control, domestic abuse and how the mind finds a way to escape.Emily Jupp writes for television and stage. Her first play Doing Well', about the mental health crisis affecting young people and its links to social media, took a satirical swipe at the cult of influencers. It was a finalist for the Liverpool Hope Prize in 2019. Wormholes' was longlisted for The Bruntwood Prize in 2022.CASTING: 1 actorDURATION: 70 minutesA portion of the profts from each copy of Wormholes' sold will be donated to Refuge, a UK charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing domestic violence.

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Book SynopsisIt was 1969, and all the rules were changing, when Betty, a woefully single French teacher on Long Island, met the handsome but edgy new teacher at her school, a hippie just back from Woodstock. His vitality opened up a new world to her—but when they married, his rages turned against her, and often ended with physical violence. Like millions of women who discover they’ve married an abusive man, Betty was forced to make daily decisions—to suppress her feelings or risk confrontation, to keep it secret or report, and ultimately, to live with it or leave. Part memoir, part warm-hearted look at the ’70s, and part therapeutic journey, Not Exactly Love: A Memoir is an intense and inspirational story of a woman who grew from her experience.Trade Review2017 Readers’ Choice Book Award, Gold, in Relationships 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) in Sexuality/Relationships 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist, Relationships 2017 Independent Press Award: Distinguished Favorite, Memoir 2017 International Book Award: Finalist, Women’s Issues “Prose that vividly and courageously articulates a cautionary tale of abuse." —Kirkus Review "Exceptionally well written, brutally candid, and ultimately inspiring, Not Exactly Love: A Memoir is especially recommended to the attention of anyone having to deal with an abusive spouse or friend." —Midwest Book Review “Betty Hafner eloquently writes about an abusive relationship . . . a powerful example of how people can gather the courage and insight to create a better life." —Rosalind Wiseman, Creating Cultures of Dignity, author of the New York Times bestseller Queen Bees and Wannabes “Breaking the silence about the complex dynamics of abusive relationships is the most powerful act anyone—victim, bystander, or perpetrator—can take. Bravo to Betty Hafner!” —Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of the New York Times best seller Crazy Love “Why do women stay—and how do they gain the courage to leave? Betty Hafner's memoir is both a courageous portrait of a woman and her will, and a moving guide for women who are also dealing with the horrors of domestic violence. Her story will resonate with some and give spirit to others, and is an indelible document for readers and feminists everywhere.” —Lizzie Skurnick, author of Shelf Discovery “Betty Hafner’s intelligence is on display throughout. She shares such piercing insights that burst the bubble of attraction, enabling, love and marriage, family repression, the complexity of domestic entanglements—and her atmospheric elements do a wonderful job of giving fullness to the scenes.” —Matthew Klam, author of Sam the Cat and Other Stories “Hafner's deft prose puts the reader inside the story, revealing in intimate detail the anguish of ongoing physical abuse, the slow building of a victim's agency, and, finally, the redemptive power of boldly taking back one's freedom.” —Robin Rinaldi, Author of The Wild Oats Project “Not Exactly Love is a brave and honest account of a domestic violence victim's tense, unpredictable world. Illustrating many of the early warning signs that batterers typically display, it accurately describes the complex dynamics of an abusive relationship. Betty's story offers a raw, unflinching description of the tough choices and sacrifices survivors are often forced to make, but ends with an inspiring lesson on the cathartic power of letting go.” —Lynn Fairweather, MSW, Author of Stop Signs: Recognizing, Avoiding, and Escaping Abusive Relationships “For the literally millions of women who are physically abused and emotionally terrorized Not Exactly Love clearly explains the attachments, fears, and rationalizations that keep a woman trapped in a toxic relationship. Better yet, Betty Hafner writes beautifully about how she took charge of her life and grew strong enough to break free. Both a gripping story and a manual for survivors.” —Barbara Esstman, author of The Other Anna, Night Ride Home, and Sure Thing "In Not Exactly Love, Betty Hafner captures the very essence of what it can be like living in an abusive relationship. We get an intimate view into Betty’s world in an honest, compelling way, and we find ourselves rooting for her to regain control of her body, her mind, and her life. As a clinician who works with victims of domestic abuse every day, I would recommend the book to anyone seeking to understand, and perhaps to help, a loved one or friend facing that situation.” —Stacy Lang, PhD, LCSW, Director of Outreach/ Clinician at The Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA)

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Book SynopsisA schoolteacher escapes an abusive marriage and finds love on a blind date. Mary Jane’s new man, sure that riding a Harley will restore her confidence, ends up following the white lines with her through fifteen years of marriage. Traveling together, they learn to be partners, both on and off the road, until Dwayne is diagnosed with cancer. After losing her husband, Mary Jane once again must learn to live on her own—but she’ll never be the same again.

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