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Authors: Ann Jones
ISBN-13: 9780807067895, ISBN-10: 080706789X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Date Published: March 2000
Edition: None
Ann Jones is author of the international best-seller Women Who Kill and coauthor of When Love Goes Wrong.
This revised and updated edition of "the most critically acclaimed book" (Publishers Weekly) on domestic violence includes new information on the effect of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, examines resources on the Internet, and details what you can do to help stop battering.
Acknowledgments | ||
Preface to the Revised Edition | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | Against the Law | 18 |
2 | Rights and Wrongs | 49 |
3 | What Is "Domestic Violence"? | 81 |
4 | The Language of Love | 106 |
5 | Why Doesn't She Leave? | 129 |
6 | A Women to Blame | 167 |
7 | What Can We Do? | 199 |
Notes | 261 | |
Index | 301 |