| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Social and psychological issues, 1941-7985 |
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Social and psychological issues.
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| Contents |
Women and families at risk : an overview -- Risk factors for domestic homicide -- The dynamics of murder-suicide in domestic situations -- The role of alcohol and other drugs in domestic homicide / Katherine van Wormer, Alissa Mallow, and Kelly Ward -- Issues of power and control in the death of a loved one / Kelly Ward and Carolyn A. Bradley -- Portraits of life in the aftermath of domestic homicide / Marilyn Peterson Armour -- Domestic homicide worldwide / Katherine van Wormer and Woochan S. Shim -- Response of the U.S. criminal justice system -- Personal narratives of women in prison for partner homicide -- Safety plans for the prevention of intimate homicide -- Work with dangerous battering men |
| Summary |
Each year, about 33 percent of all women and 3 percent of all men murdered in the United States, are killed by a so-called intimate, a spouse, partner, or lover. Nationwide, murder by an intimate is the number one cause of death for pregnant women. And murder by an intimate is not just an American problem. A European task force recently found domestic violence accounts for 25 percent of all homicides in London, and 35 percent across England and Wales. In this timely book, van Wormer and Roberts describe the problem, and what they have seen and heard on the front lines with both women and men w |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Family violence -- Prevention
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Homicide.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Family violence -- Prevention
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Homicide
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Häusliche Gewalt
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Tötung
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Prävention
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roberts, Albert R.
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| ISBN |
9780313354908 |
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0313354901 |
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9780313354892 |
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0313354898 |
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