The battered woman syndrome
In this latest edition of her groundbreaking book, Dr. Lenore Walker has provided a thorough update to her original findings in the field of domestic abuse. Each chapter has been expanded to include new research. The volume contains the latest on the impact of exposure to violence on children, marital rape, child abuse, personality characteristics of different types of batterers, new psychotherapy models for batterers and their victims, and more. Walker also speaks out on her involvement in the O.J. Simpson trial as a defense witness and how he does not fit the empirical data known for domest
1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) : illustrations
9780826143235, 0826143237
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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
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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