It could happen to anyone : why battered women stay /

It could happen to anyone : why battered women stay /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	LaViolette, Alyce D.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2000.
Description:	xi, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Abused women -- United States -- Case studies. Abused wives -- United States -- Case studies. Abused wives. Abused women. United States. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4260967

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Varying Form of Title:	Why battered women stay
Other authors / contributors:	Barnett, Ola W.
ISBN:	0761919945 (cloth : alk. paper)) 0761919953 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Barnett's name appears first on the earlier edition. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-239) and index.

Table of Contents:

Weaving the Fabric of Abuse
Learnrf Hopefulness and Learned Helplessness
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