It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay

Name: It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay
Brand: SAGE Publications Inc
SKU: 9781452277745
Price: 85.49 EUR
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By (author): Alyce D. LaViolette Ola W. Barnett

The widely read and highly praised bestseller It Could Happen to Anyone offers a unique amalgamation of the practical clinical experience of Alyce LaViolette and the extensive research of Ola Barnett on battered women and their batterers. Fully updated and revised, this Third Edition includes a wealth of new material and case examples, while retained sections have been carefully rewritten to reflect contemporary thinking. This important text continues to provide understanding and empathy regarding the plight of battered women as they attempt to find safety. The integration of current knowledge with learning theory explains how any womans previous life experiences along with the effects of battering might influence her to stay with her abuser. The books content also explains how some social institutions, such as the criminal justice system, cannot be counted upon to protect her, thus making it dangerous for her to leave or stay. In extreme cases, she may even be killed. From a more optimistic viewpoint, the book describes many innovations geared to assist battered women through shelters, transitional housing, and temporary income support. This extensively revised and expanded new edition is a must read for anyone working in or training to work in a helping role for issues in domestic violence. See more

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Weight: 370g
Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
Publication Date: 11 Jun 2013
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781452277745

About Alyce D. LaVioletteOla W. Barnett

Alyce LaViolette has worked with battered women since 1978 first as an advocate at Women Shelter in Long Beach and then in private practice. In 1979 she founded Alternatives to Violence in Long Beach one of the first programs in the country for spouse abusers. She specializes in Anger Management Domestic Violence Counseling for Survivors and Perpetrators and Gender Issues. She also provides couples counseling and a broad base of individual issues. She also serves as an expert witness for criminal and family court. Ola W. Barnett is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology at Pepperdine University Malibu California. She earned her undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Psychology at UCLA specializing in Learning. Her initial research centered on batterers and she later studied battered women and dating violence. She has coauthored two best-selling Sage books (with Alyce D. LaViolette) on why battered women stay with abusive partners. These books provide a scientific explanation grounded in learning theory for understanding the obstacles battered women face in trying to break free. She remains active in the field of family violence by reviewing articles for a large number of journals and performing as an external grant reviewer for a few organizations. She serves on the editorial board of the new journal Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. She also continues research on the impact of transitional housing on the lives of battered women.