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RapeRape
This collection of essays aims to increase our understanding of rape by subjecting it to...
Battered Women as Survivors: An Alternative to Treating Learned HelplessnessBattered Women as Survivors: An Alternative to Treating Learned Helplessness
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Unequal Verdicts: The Central Park Jogger TrialsUnequal Verdicts: The Central Park Jogger Trials
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Timothy Sullivan is a freelance writer in New York, and a former correspondent and producer for...
Stories of ScottsboroStories of Scottsboro
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One of the more controversial events of the 1930's took place near Paint Rock, Alabama when...
ABC of Child Abuse (ABC Series)ABC of Child Abuse (ABC Series)
Child abuse is unforgivable and this book pulls no punches in describing what it is and showing...


Date and Acquaintance Rape (Social Issues Firsthand)Date and Acquaintance Rape (Social Issues Firsthand)
Best Price: $26.07
Men Who Rape: The Psychology Of The OffenderMen Who Rape: The Psychology Of The Offender
Best Price: $13.52
Although Dr. Groth wrote Men Who Rape in 1979, it has remained the definitive source for...
Restorative Justice for Domestic Violence Victims: An Integrated Approach to Their Hunger for HealingRestorative Justice for Domestic Violence Victims: An Integrated Approach to Their Hunger for Healing
Best Price: $64.50
Restorative Justice for Domestic Violence Victims uses a rich and detailed set of interviews...
Intimate Partner ViolenceIntimate Partner Violence
Best Price: $75.35
Until recently, domestic violence, as it has been referred to, was a problem to be dealt with...
Place of Safety (Trish Maguire 5)Place of Safety (Trish Maguire 5)
Best Price: $18.05
Barrister Trish Maguire needs all the time she can find to help her young half-brother adjust to...


Double Vision: A Travelogue of Recovery from Ritual AbuseDouble Vision: A Travelogue of Recovery from Ritual Abuse
Best Price: $16.95
I'm a ritual abuse survivor, and I felt very uncomfortable as I read this book. I felt that...
A Fighting Chance (Personal Defense Strategies For Women)A Fighting Chance (Personal Defense Strategies For Women)White Feather: A Journey To PeaceWhite Feather: A Journey To Peace
Best Price: $4.59
To put it simply, Suzanne Stutman is a truly gifted poet whose verse reveals universal stories...
Overboard!Overboard!
Best Price: $15.00
I eagerly awaited the book's arrival, as I was an officer on board at the time the author...
A Shattered GlassA Shattered Glass
Best Price: $23.18
The heart-wrenching story of a woman shattered by years of sexual, physical and mental abuse and...

The Power to say "NO MORE" to abuseThe Power to say "NO MORE" to abuse
Best Price: $4.45
This book is powerful! It will make you angry, and you will cry. But you can gain the strength...
Three Turns of a Kaleidoscope: Healing the Victim WithinThree Turns of a Kaleidoscope: Healing the Victim Within
Best Price: $8.50
"Bonnie Johnson has given us an easy, step-by-step self-care guide to healing inner wounds....
Domestic Violence and Relationship Abuse Awareness and Prevention for College Women - A ReminderDomestic Violence and Relationship Abuse Awareness and Prevention for College Women - A Reminder
Best Price: $6.37
"Domestic Violence and Relationship Abuse Awareness and Prevention For College Women - A...
Baghdad Letters: An American Couple in Iraq, 1966-67Baghdad Letters: An American Couple in Iraq, 1966-67
Best Price: $13.15
Baghdad Letters  is a collection of correspondence, journals and photographs compiled by a...
THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT HANDBOOKTHE SEXUAL HARASSMENT HANDBOOK
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Violent Emotions: Shame and Rage in Marital QuarrelsViolent Emotions: Shame and Rage in Marital Quarrels
Best Price: $89.79
Broken family bonds can be one of the most intense sources of conflict. This book - which...
Family Violence: Prevention and Treatment (Issues in Children's and Families' Lives)Family Violence: Prevention and Treatment (Issues in Children's and Families' Lives)
Best Price: $1.85
What factors contribute to family violence and how can they be identified early so that future...
The Male Survivor: The Impact of Sexual AbuseThe Male Survivor: The Impact of Sexual Abuse
Best Price: $49.21
This landmark study examines the largest clinical sample to date of male survivors of sexual...
Pattern Changing for Abused Women: An Educational ProgramPattern Changing for Abused Women: An Educational Program
Best Price: $49.99
Designed for facilitators of groups for physically, emotionally and sexually abused women, this...
The Survivor's GuideThe Survivor's Guide
Best Price: $61.95
Designed for adolescent survivors of sexual abuse who are in group or individual counselling and...

Violence in Families: What Every Christian Needs to KnowViolence in Families: What Every Christian Needs to Know
Best Price: $2.00
Within two short years Reverend Miles has given the Christian world two revolutionary books. ...
Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial (New African Histories)Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial (New African Histories)
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Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa reveals the ways in which...
Defining RapeDefining RapeRAPE & SEXUAL ASSAULT 1 (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)RAPE & SEXUAL ASSAULT 1 (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)
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Family Violence & Men of Color: Healing the Wounded Male Spirit (Focus on Men)Family Violence & Men of Color: Healing the Wounded Male Spirit (Focus on Men)
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The editors discuss how race intersects with domestic violence. It includes chapters on Native,...

The Safety of Fertility Control (Springer Series: Focus on Women)The Safety of Fertility Control (Springer Series: Focus on Women)
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Battered Women and Their Families: Intervention Strategies and Treatment Programs (Springer Series on Social Work)Battered Women and Their Families: Intervention Strategies and Treatment Programs (Springer Series on Social Work)
Best Price: $26.00
This book gives a multi-faceted panoramic of domestic violence and its effect on women,...
Persephone's Girdle: Narratives of Rape in Seventeenth-Century Spanish LiteraturePersephone's Girdle: Narratives of Rape in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Literature
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A bold, gender-inflected reinterpretation of secular Spanish texts of the early modern period...
The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual ViolenceThe Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence
Best Price: $29.80
FIRST OF ALL Dr. Coleman is not a psychologist, mental health provider, or mental health...
Honoring Boundaries: Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.Honoring Boundaries: Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.
Best Price: $10.88

Rapists BewareRapists Beware
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Personal defence skills for womenPersonal defence skills for womenKidnapped, raped, & humiliatedKidnapped, raped, & humiliatedRefugio del abuso: Sanidad y esperanza para mujeres abusadas (Spanish Edition)Refugio del abuso: Sanidad y esperanza para mujeres abusadas (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $4.61
Hay esperanza para la mujer que ha sido maltratada. Nancy Nason-Clark y Catherine Clark...
Mental health and violenceMental health and violence
Best Price: $12.94

Crimes Against Women (Crime, Justice & Punishment)Crimes Against Women (Crime, Justice & Punishment)
Best Price: $1.99
A bibliography on patriarchal force in South Africa (Bibliographic paper)A bibliography on patriarchal force in South Africa (Bibliographic paper)Abuse and Victimization across the Life Span (Johns Hopkins Series in Contemporary Medicine and Public Health)Abuse and Victimization across the Life Span (Johns Hopkins Series in Contemporary Medicine and Public Health)Women's Health Care: Activist Traditions and Institutional ChangeWomen's Health Care: Activist Traditions and Institutional Change
Best Price: $12.94
The fact that women experience the health care system differently than men is as issue of...
Coordinating Child Sexual Abuse ServicesCoordinating Child Sexual Abuse Services

Black Eyes All of the Time: Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women, and the Justice SystemBlack Eyes All of the Time: Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women, and the Justice System
Best Price: $7.69
A decade ago, a landmark study by Indian law affairs specialist Rupert Ross suggested that...
Survivor Rhetoric: Negotiations and Narrativity in Abused Women's LanguageSurvivor Rhetoric: Negotiations and Narrativity in Abused Women's Language
Best Price: $14.50
Survivor Rhetoric is a collection of essays about the language of abused women and girls...
Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner: The Transforming Power of God's StoryHidden Joy in a Dark Corner: The Transforming Power of God's Story
Best Price: $5.58
"There was a time when a rape victim defined my life and left me physically void, cocooned...
Family Violence in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Frontiers of Anthropology)Family Violence in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Frontiers of Anthropology)
Best Price: $30.00
Levinson's study of family violence breaks new ground by taking a global perspective of this...
Assessing Dangerousness: Violence by Sexual Offenders, Batterers and Child Abusers (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series)Assessing Dangerousness: Violence by Sexual Offenders, Batterers and Child Abusers (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series)
Best Price: $24.50
Research and clinical expertise are brought together in this practical volume to examine whether...

Double Vision: A Travelogue of Recovery from Ritual AbuseDouble Vision: A Travelogue of Recovery from Ritual Abuse
Best Price: $16.95
I'm a ritual abuse survivor, and I felt very uncomfortable as I read this book. I felt that...
A Fighting Chance (Personal Defense Strategies For Women)A Fighting Chance (Personal Defense Strategies For Women)White Feather: A Journey To PeaceWhite Feather: A Journey To Peace
Best Price: $4.59
To put it simply, Suzanne Stutman is a truly gifted poet whose verse reveals universal stories...
Overboard!Overboard!
Best Price: $15.00
I eagerly awaited the book's arrival, as I was an officer on board at the time the author...
A Shattered GlassA Shattered Glass
Best Price: $23.18
The heart-wrenching story of a woman shattered by years of sexual, physical and mental abuse and...

The Power to say "NO MORE" to abuseThe Power to say "NO MORE" to abuse
Best Price: $4.45
This book is powerful! It will make you angry, and you will cry. But you can gain the strength...
Three Turns of a Kaleidoscope: Healing the Victim WithinThree Turns of a Kaleidoscope: Healing the Victim Within
Best Price: $8.50
"Bonnie Johnson has given us an easy, step-by-step self-care guide to healing inner wounds....
Domestic Violence and Relationship Abuse Awareness and Prevention for College Women - A ReminderDomestic Violence and Relationship Abuse Awareness and Prevention for College Women - A Reminder
Best Price: $6.37
"Domestic Violence and Relationship Abuse Awareness and Prevention For College Women - A...
Baghdad Letters: An American Couple in Iraq, 1966-67Baghdad Letters: An American Couple in Iraq, 1966-67
Best Price: $13.15
Baghdad Letters  is a collection of correspondence, journals and photographs compiled by a...
THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT HANDBOOKTHE SEXUAL HARASSMENT HANDBOOK
ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large Print and Super Large...

Rape: Victims, Offenders Treatment and Jurisprudence : Medical Subject Analysis and Research GuideRape: Victims, Offenders Treatment and Jurisprudence : Medical Subject Analysis and Research Guide
Best Price: $37.50
No Immediate Danger?No Immediate Danger?
Best Price: $54.99
This is a very well written book that explores the dawn of the atomic age, and the US...
I Went to the Animal Fair: A Journey Through Madness to MeaningI Went to the Animal Fair: A Journey Through Madness to Meaning
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A must read for parents, adult children, teachers: powerful, multi-leveled, insightful. From...
Daybreak: Meditations For Women Survivors Of Sexual AbuseDaybreak: Meditations For Women Survivors Of Sexual Abuse
Best Price: $3.97
I absolutely love this book. She constantly talks of a higher power rather than Jesus or God. I...
A Safe Place for Women: How to Survive Domestic Abuse and Create a Successful FutureA Safe Place for Women: How to Survive Domestic Abuse and Create a Successful Future
Best Price: $5.49
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of A Safe Place for Women by Kelly White. A...

Exploding the Myth of Self-Defense: A Survival Guide for Every WomanExploding the Myth of Self-Defense: A Survival Guide for Every Woman
Best Price: $14.95
I was extremely blessed to listen to the voice of Dr. Fein on the cassette. Her insights into...
Daughter of Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive Their Mother's Narcissistic Personality DisorderDaughter of Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive Their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Best Price: $14.28
I was cool to this story when I first picked it up. The author comes from a moneyed, privileged...
Woman to Woman: An Oral History of Rape Crisis in Scotland, 1976-1991Woman to Woman: An Oral History of Rape Crisis in Scotland, 1976-1991
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Before He Takes You Out (Read This Book : Safe Dating Guide for the 90's)Before He Takes You Out (Read This Book : Safe Dating Guide for the 90's)
Best Price: $19.95
In this profession of trying to educate young people about the dangers of dating, I am very...
Women and Guns : Politics and the Culture of Firearms in AmericaWomen and Guns : Politics and the Culture of Firearms in America
Best Price: $29.85
For me personally, target shooting is a fun sport that has an added benefit of relieving stress....

Understanding, Assessing and Treating Adult victims of childhood abuseUnderstanding, Assessing and Treating Adult victims of childhood abuse
Best Price: $8.59
This important book identifies the adult adjustment disorders that are associated with childhood...
Is anyone listening?: Report of the British Columbia Task Force on Family ViolenceIs anyone listening?: Report of the British Columbia Task Force on Family ViolenceRethinking Domestic ViolenceRethinking Domestic Violence
Best Price: $24.00
From Chap. 7, The Domestic Assault of Men. "Proportion of female victims who feared for...
Workplace Health and Safety Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Workplace Health and Safety, Including the Effect of Workplace Hazards ... Heart, Ears, Eyes, (Health Reference Series)Workplace Health and Safety Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Workplace Health and Safety, Including the Effect of Workplace Hazards ... Heart, Ears, Eyes, (Health Reference Series)
Best Price: $28.75
Nearly all jobs have the potential of presenting a risk to a worker's health. Workplace...
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse SourcebookDomestic Violence and Child Abuse Sourcebook
Best Price: $29.95
I bought this for information in assisting me on writing a research paper for college and it was...

Child Abuse Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information abouth the Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse of Children (Health Reference Series)Child Abuse Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information abouth the Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse of Children (Health Reference Series)
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Parental Kidnapping in America: An Historical and Cultural AnalysisParental Kidnapping in America: An Historical and Cultural Analysis
Best Price: $44.49
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice reported an average of 200,000 cases of parental...
Responding To Physical And Sexual Abuse In Women With Alcohol And Other Drug and Mental Disorders: Program BuildingResponding To Physical And Sexual Abuse In Women With Alcohol And Other Drug and Mental Disorders: Program Building
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Learn from the experiences of these program sites to develop better services for women with...
Assessment of Family Violence: A Clinical and Legal Sourcebook (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)Assessment of Family Violence: A Clinical and Legal Sourcebook (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)
Best Price: $7.50
Examines issues faced by clinicians in the assessment of the varied forms of family violence and...
Female Sexual Abuse of Children: The Ultimate TabooFemale Sexual Abuse of Children: The Ultimate Taboo
This volume is a testimony of survivors and of the professionals who worked with them and with...

Save the Family, Save the Child: What We Can do to Help Children at RiskSave the Family, Save the Child: What We Can do to Help Children at Risk
Best Price: $2.23
A look at child abuse and neglect employs dozens of actual cases to discuss the cyclical...
sacrificing safetysacrificing safety
Best Price: $11.63
In a state where "majority rules" does not mean a state of democracy, a girl breaks...
Information Every Woman Should Have: Domestic Violence HandbookInformation Every Woman Should Have: Domestic Violence Handbook
Best Price: $20.22
Top 10 Reasons for Buying Information Every Woman Should Have: 1. Knowledge is power - learn...
Confusing Love with Obsession: When You Can't Stop Controlling Your Partner and the RelationshipConfusing Love with Obsession: When You Can't Stop Controlling Your Partner and the Relationship
Best Price: $35.00
I just finished reading this book, and actually it's outside waiting for the garbage truck...
But He Never Hit Me: The Devastating Cost of Non-Physical Abuse to Girls and WomenBut He Never Hit Me: The Devastating Cost of Non-Physical Abuse to Girls and Women
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Having been through a verbally/emotionally abussive relationship, this book was right on. To...

Redeemed by Love: Reflections on SurvivalRedeemed by Love: Reflections on Survival
Best Price: $12.82
Betty Jo Cost was raised during the 1930's and '40's by a pedophile stepfather, and...
Harmed by Night - Healed by LightHarmed by Night - Healed by Light
I read this book once, put it down, ran Ms. Carroll's ideas through my mind, savoured them...
Invisible GirlInvisible Girl
Best Price: $10.00
Once in a while, a book like The Invisible Girl by Sandra Dixon comes along that touches your...
The Psychology of Sexual Victimization: A HandbookThe Psychology of Sexual Victimization: A Handbook
Best Price: $24.99
A scholarly handbook focusing on variables that assist in confronting and preventing the forms...
Child Abuse: A Global View (A World View of Social Issues)Child Abuse: A Global View (A World View of Social Issues)
Best Price: $29.65
Although child abuse and neglect is a tragic social problem affecting the lives of many...

Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and Murder-Suicides (Social and Psychological Issues: Challenges and Solutions)Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and Murder-Suicides (Social and Psychological Issues: Challenges and Solutions)
Best Price: $32.24
Each year, about 33 percent of all women and 3 percent of all men murdered in the United States,...
Our GuysOur Guys
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This is a very worthy real as the trial begins for boys who were members of a Varsity Football...
The Performing ArtsThe Performing ArtsWhispers of Romance, Threats of DeathWhispers of Romance, Threats of Death
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I wanted to read this as I am interested in the way Dallas residents thinks of themselves as...
Canola and Rapeseed: Production, Chemistry, Nutrition, and Processing Technology (AVI Books)Canola and Rapeseed: Production, Chemistry, Nutrition, and Processing Technology (AVI Books)
Best Price: $180.00
This monograph reports recent advances in production, chemistry, analysis, nutritional...

Burned Alive: A Victim of the Law of MenBurned Alive: A Victim of the Law of Men
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Honor killings and abuse of women are horrible truths in our world, but please don't buy...
And I Don't Want to Live This LifeAnd I Don't Want to Live This Life
Best Price: $47.00
I first heard about Nancy Spungen from the movie "Sid and Nancy". Although I was...
"Not to People Like Us": Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages"Not to People Like Us": Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages
Best Price: $4.72
I have lived domestic violence in the past and for many years,I have worked with all types of...
  
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