It could happen to anyone : why battered women stay /

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Author / Creator:Barnett, Ola W.
Imprint:Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, c1993.
Description:xxvi, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1496506
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Other authors / contributors:LaViolette, Alyce D.
ISBN:0803953097
0803953100 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-178) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Weaving the Fabric of Abuse
  • Learned Hopefulness and Learned Helplessness
  • Institutional Battering
  • The Power of the Patriarchy
  • Living With Fear
  • The Force that Holds, Molds, and Controls
  • Victimization
  • Betrayed by the Tie that Binds
  • Meltdown
  • The Impact of Stress and Learned Helplessness
  • Catalysts for Change
  • Voices of Hope
  • Survivors Speak