When Battered Women Kill

Name: When Battered Women Kill
Price: 4.02 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780029038819

ISBN-10: 0029038812

ISBN-13: 9780029038819

Edition: 1989

Authors: Angela Browne

List price: $15.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $15.10

Marketplace

5 new & used from $4.02

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Drawing on her extensive interviews and an examination of psychological, social, and legal dimensions, Browne presents a unique portrait of the dynamics and development history of conjugal violence. She shows that, in many ways, the victims are a lot like the rest of us, and argues that much of what happens in the early stages of these relationships is consistent with the romantic tradition of male-female interaction. Finding reasons where others have seen masochistic pathology, Browne shows how these women, like other victims, adapted their behaviour to their tormentors to minimize the abuse. They made the radical shift from victim to murderer when a drastic change in the type of abuse…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 3/10/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English