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When violence begins at home : a comprehensive guide to understanding and ending domestic abuse

Title
When violence begins at home : a comprehensive guide to understanding and ending domestic abuse / K.J. Wilson ; [foreword by Del Martin].
Author
Wilson, K. J. (Karen J.)
Publication
Alameda, CA : Hunter House Publishers ; [Emeryville, CA] : Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, [1997], ©1997.

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Description
xviii, 393 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Foreword / Del Martin -- Preface / Deborah D. Tucker -- 1. The Dynamics of Abusive Relationships -- 2. The Effects of Family Violence on Children -- 3. Teen Dating Violence -- 4. The Intimate Relationship Between Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence -- 5. Battered Women and the Legal System -- 6. Living Underground -- 7. The Oppression that Binds: Barriers to Living Violence Free -- 8. Friends, Family, and Loved Ones: When Someone You Know Is Being Hurt -- 9. Domestic Violence and the Workplace -- 10. Battered Women and Their Health: The Response of the Medical Community -- 11. Battered Women and Communities of Faith -- 12. Creating a Community Response to Domestic Violence -- 13. Intervention Strategies for Battered Women and Their Children -- 14. Intervention and Prevention Programs for Batterers -- 15. Loving Ourselves: Self-Care for Helpers -- 16. The National Domestic Violence Hotline -- 17. A History of Violence Against Women -- App. I. Safety --
  • App. II. The Advocacy Wheel.
ISBN
  • 0897932285
  • 0897932277 (pbk.)
LCCN
97018270
OCLC
ocm37221123
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries