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It could happen to anyone : why battered women stay / Alyce D. LaViolette, Ola W. Barnett.
LIBRA HV6626.2 .B27 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LaViolette, Alyce D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abused women--United States--Case studies.
- Abused women.
- Abused wives--United States--Case studies.
- Abused wives.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 256 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Why battered women stay
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2000]
- Summary:
- Based on sound research and accessibly written, this second edition of the widely read and highly praised It Could Happen to Anyone offers all readers a unique amalgamation of the practical clinical experience of Alyce LaViolette and the extensive research efforts of Ola Barnett on battered women and their batterers. This second edition includes a wealth of new material and case examples, and retained sections have been carefully rewritten to reflect contemporary thinking. It continues to provide understanding and empathy regarding this complex issue and presents an integrated learning theory explanation of the conditioning that culminates in wife abuse, in the resulting state of the victim, and in the decision to stay with an abuser. This extensively revised and expanded new edition, like the widely acclaimed original book, is a must read for anyone working in or training to work in the field of domestic violence.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Weaving the fabric of abuse: learned hopefulness and learned helplessness
- Institutional battering: the power of the patriarchy
- Victimization: why does it happen to her?
- Living with fear: the force that holds, molds, and controls
- Meltdown: the impact of stress and learned helplessness
- Catalysts for change
- Voices of hope: survivors speak.
- Notes:
- Barnett's name appears first on the earlier edition.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761919945
- 0761919953
- OCLC:
- 43694209
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