Category Archives: Abuse & Self Defense

Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women (Interpersonal Violence Series)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims do not call the police or seek help from the courts, making it crucial to identify new ways for … Continue reading →

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A Philosophical Investigation of Rape: The Making and Unmaking of the Feminine Self (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This book offers a critical feminist perspective on the widely debated topic of transitional justice and forgiveness. Louise Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape with a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women’s or ‘feminine’ subjectivity and selfhood. She demonstrates how … Continue reading →

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Licensing Parents: Family, State, and Child Maltreatment

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This book examines the negative power that child maltreatment has on individuals and society ethically and politically, while analyzing the positive power that parental love and healthy families have. To address how best to confront the problem of child maltreatment, … Continue reading →

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But He Says He Loves Me: How to Avoid Being Trapped in a Manipulative Relationship

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

Effective and powerful, this chilling exposure of the psychology behind emotionally abusive relationships proves to be an invaluable resource for women in the dating pool or those questioning their current partnership. Identifying the traits, traps, and manipulations that abusers employ, … Continue reading →

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In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime’s relationship with a man outside of their community had … Continue reading →

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Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Fourth Edition (Practical Aspects of Criminal & Forensic Investigations)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

U.S. Justice Department statistics indicate that only 26 percent of all rapes or attempted rapes are reported to law enforcement officials, and only slightly more than half of these result in the arrest of a suspect. Part of the problem … Continue reading →

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Indian Feminisms: Law Patriarchies and Feminism in India

Posted on February 26, 2007 by singleton

Contributing to recent debates on feminism, and Indian feminism in particular, this book assesses how feminists in India have impacted legal and social debates on women’s rights, violence against women and sexuality from the 1970s. The author examines and analyses … Continue reading →

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Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

Posted on February 25, 2007 by singleton

The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence is a modern reference from the leading international scholars in domestic violence research. This ground-breaking project has created the first ever publication of an encyclopedia of domestic violence. The primary goal of the Encyclopedia is … Continue reading →

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Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Intervention: The Risk Assessment and Management Approach

Posted on February 25, 2007 by singleton

This book focuses on the importance of assessing risk in domestic violence cases to prevent and reduce its escalation into homicide (so called uxoricide). Spousal killers in a substantial number of cases exhibit a history of prior spousal violence: in … Continue reading →

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The Language of Abuse (Late Medieval Europe)

Posted on February 25, 2007 by singleton

Drawing on a wide range of legal and literary sources, this book offers a comprehensive investigation into the acceptability of violence in marriage at a time when social expectations of gender and marriage were in transition.

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