It could happen to anyone: Why battered women stay

LaViolette, Alyce D.

It could happen to anyone: Why battered women stay Alyce D. LaViolette, Alternatives Counseling Association, California Institute of Rural Management, Gujarat ; Ola W. Barnett, Pepperdine University. - Third edition. - Los Angeles: Sage; 2014 - xviii, 319 p.: 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-308) and index.

Weaving the fabric of abuse: learned helplessness and learned hopelessness -- 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.

9781452277745

2013000547


Abused women--United States--Case studies.
Abused wives--United States--Case studies.


Case studies.

HV6626.2 / .B27 2014

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