Domestic Assault of Women : Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives

Name: Domestic Assault of Women : Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780205113231

ISBN-10: 0205113230

ISBN-13: 9780205113231

Edition: 1988

Authors: Donald G. Dutton

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Dutton (director, Assaultive Husbands Program, Vancouver) looks at the causes and effects of wife assault and its relationship to criminal justice policy. He explores the psychology of assaultive males and the dynamics of the victim/abuser relationship, and discusses treatment and the criminal justice response to the crime. This revised edition is updated from 1988 and includes an expanded history of family violence social policy, plus new chapters on traumatic bonding and the battered-woman syndrome. Of interest to professionals. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
History and Incidence of Wife Assault	p. 3
Explanations for Wife Assault: Psychiatry, Sociobiology, and Sociology	p. 26
The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Theory	p. 63
The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Research Studies	p. 97
The Abusive Personality	p. 121
Effects on the Victim	p. 161
Traumatic Bonding	p. 189
The Criminal Justice Response to Wife Assault	p. 218
The Treatment of Wife Assault	p. 250
The Future	p. 280
Notes	p. 297
References	p. 301
Indexes	p. 325
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