Ending Intimate Abuse : Practical Guidance and Survival Strategies

Part I. The Study of 501 Abused Women
1. Proceed with Caution
2. Short-Term Abuse and Getting out Quickly
3. After the Honeymoon Period
4. Women Caught in the Grip of Circumstances: Living with Sporadic Long-term Abuse
5. The Hitting Habit
6. Lethal Domestic Violence
7. Step-by-Step Individualized Safety Plan
Part II. Practical Guidelines and Survival Strategies
About the Study: A Typology on the Duration and Severity of Abuse
Seven Stage Crisis Intervention Protocol
Guidelines for Improving Police and Court Responses to Abused Women Karel Kurst-Swanger, PhD
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: Acquaintance Rape and Date Rape Drugs Karen Knox, PhD, and Eileen Gould, LMSW
Glossary of Domestic Violence, Criminal Justice, and Legal Terms
Directory of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Resource Centers, and the Fifty Statewide Coalitions Against Domestic Violence
Author Index
Subject Index

Avainsanat: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work SOC025000