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The battered woman syndrome : with research associates
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- Creator
- Lenore E.A. Walker
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Third edition
- New York, NY : Springer, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0826102522, 1282040812, 9786612040818, 0826143156, 9780826102522
- OCLC
- ocn437109938, ocn150376373, ocn646808875
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-467) and index.
- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The battered woman syndrome study overview -- New BWS research -- Batterer intervention programs -- High risk factors -- Sex role socialization -- Physical and sexual abuse as children -- Alcohol and other drug abuse -- Problems with the learned helplessness theory -- Violence prone personality of men who batter -- Relationship issues -- Summary -- 2. History -- Battered woman shelters -- Battered woman advocates -- U.S. funded & congressional actions -- Sex role stereotypes and mental health -- Psychotherapy for battered women -- Child custody and access to children -- Teen violence -- Summary -- 3. What is the battered woman syndrome? -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- DSM IV-TR criteria for PTSD -- Empirical support for BWS -- Battered woman syndrome qualitative results -- Summary -- 4. Learned helplessness, learned optimism and battered women -- History of learned helplessness research -- Implications of sex role socialization to development of learned helplessness -- Original learned helplessness research -- Expert witness testimony -- If learned helplessness exists in battered women, what can reverse it? -- Summary -- 5. Descriptions of violence and the cycle of violence -- Introduction -- Descriptions of violence -- Cycle theory of violence -- Walker cycle theory of violence from the research -- Cycle theory and interventions -- Summary -- 6. Risk assessment and lethal potential -- Batterer's violence-prone personality patterns -- Women's violence towards men -- Domestic violence treatment programs -- Risk assessment -- Forensic psychology and risk assessment -- Homicide -- Women who kill in self-defense -- Measuring severity of violence : the battering quotient -- Summary --
- 7. Body image and health concerns -- Health concerns -- Body image -- Self-esteem -- Body image in current study -- Medical issues in the current study -- Summary -- 8. Sexuality issues -- Marital rape -- Sexual issues and domestic violence research -- Discussion of our research with other researchers -- Sexual jealousy -- Abuse during pregnancy -- Issues around abortion -- Sexual abuse of children -- Battered women, sex, and intimacy -- Battered women and sexually transmitted diseases -- Dating violence -- Sex and aggression -- Summary -- 9. Battered women's attachment style and interpersonal functioning -- Bowlby's attachment theory -- Current study of battered women's attachment style -- The relationship between battered women and interpersonal functioning -- The relationship between attachment styles and interpersonal difficulties in battered women -- Attachment behavior and perpetrators -- 10. Substance abuse and domestic violence -- Intimate partner violence and alcohol abuse -- Legal and illicit drugs -- Original BWSQ 1 study of alcohol and other drugs -- Current BWSQ 2 study of alcohol and other drugs -- Role of alcohol and other drug abuse in battered women -- Women's substance abuse and public policy -- Intervention -- Summary -- 11. Impact of violence in the home on children -- Introduction -- Modeling aggressive behavior -- Child abuse correlates in the original research -- Protection of children -- Personality development -- Physiological changes from PTSD -- Issues commonly found in children exposed to abuse -- Adolescents and the juvenile criminal justice system -- Child custody, visitation and removal issues -- Summary and implications for parents in raising children --
- 12. Cross-cultural and cross-national issues in domestic violence -- Cultural issues in the U.S. -- International perspectives -- Summary -- 13. Domestic violence courts and batterer's treatment programs -- Domestic violence and problem solving courts -- Models of domestic violence courts -- Models of domestic violence treatment programs -- Domestic violence program standards -- Other community services -- Summary -- 14. Battered women in jail and prison -- Introduction -- Women and crime -- BWS evidence in the courtroom -- Civil rights law--Violence Against Women Act of 1994 -- STEP groups in the jail or prison -- 15. Mental health needs of battered women -- Public health model -- Battered woman's shelters -- Crisis intervention and safety plans -- Health concerns -- Mental health needs -- Summary -- 16. Survivor Therapy Empowerment Program (STEP) -- Introduction -- What are the STEPs? -- STEP 1 : definitions of domestic violence -- STEP 2 : overcoming dysfunctional thinking and designing a safety plan -- STEP 3 : thinking, feeling, and doing -- STEP 4 : changing to positive thinking and managing anger -- STEP 5 : stress management and relaxation training -- STEP 6 : cycle of violence and the psychological effects of violence -- STEP 7 : PTSD and battered woman syndrome -- STEP 8 : grieving the end of a relationship -- STEP 9 : effects of violence on children -- STEP 10 : learning to ask for what you want -- STEP 11 : building healthy relationships with good boundaries -- STEP 12 : terminating relationships -- Empirical findings -- Summary -- References -- Index