Intimate Violence - A Study of Injustice

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Summary

Offering a compassionate view of the interior life of the batterer, this book explains the inner mechanisms of the batterer's violent behavior, analyzes society's negative depictions of abuse as well as general ideas concerning victims, and proposes alternative views. Finally the book addresses treatment methodologies that will result in permanent change.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Blackman, Joseph Scalia, Scalia Joseph
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2002
• EAN: 9780231119849
• ISBN: 978-0-231-11984-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Psychiatry, Abnormal psychology, Violence and abuse in society, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis