The battered woman syndrome / Lenore E.A. Walker.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2000]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Overview of the Battered Woman Syndrome study
- Psychosocial characteristics of battered women, batterers and non-batterers
- Behavioral descriptions of violence
- The lethal potential
- Sexual issues for battered women
- Impact of violence in the home on children
- Violence, alcohol and drug use
- Personality characteristics and the Battered Woman Syndrome
- Learned helplessness and battered women
- Walker cycle theory of violence
- Future directions for research
- Psychotherpeutic responses to changing violent relationships
- Legal responses to changing violent behavior
- Conclusions.