The Domestic Assault of Women
Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives
Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
The Domestic Assault of Women
Psychological and Criminal Justice Perspectives
348 pages

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 History and Incidence of Wife Assault
2 Explanations for Wife Assault: Psychiatry, Sociobiology, and Sociology
3 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Theory
4 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Research Studies
5 The Abusive Personality
6 Effects on the Victim
7 Traumatic Bonding
8 The Criminal Justice Response to Wife Assault
9 The Treatment of Wife Assault
10 The Future
Notes
References
Index
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