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This work is an important new edition of a classic study-one of the few exhaustive examinations of childhood sexual abuse available-with 40 percent new material.

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The essays in this collection focus on long-term effects of trauma caused by organized persecution - children's experiences of the horror and terror of war, and on the coping mechanisms and reparative experiences, which mitigated and sometimes surmount the trauma.

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This book brings together leading edge scholarship and emerging approaches to conflict transformation from a communication perspective. It illustrates the centrality of communication in analyzing, understanding, and creating transformation in community, environmental, regional, and global conflicts.

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This is an interdisciplinary approach to sexual harassment that examines the meaning of concepts such as discourse, power, ideology, sexuality, and abuse.

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In this cautionary tale of girl-meets-boy-then-stuff-happens, a good woman falls under the spell of a charming but abusive man, and a toxic relationship ensues. Told from the heroine's four decades of retrospect, this memoir is one of entanglement, extrication and self-discovery.

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This is the first book devoted entirely to an examination of cyberstalking, providing an overview of the problem, its causes and consequences, and practical advice for protecting yourself and your loved ones.

Although cyberstalking usually involves one person pursuing another, this is not always the case.

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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.

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This beautifully written novel is loosely based on the author's life as the stepchild of a State Department official who grew up in exotic locations in Europe and Asia, as well as the United States. But the family had a dark secret -- incest -- that would affect the lovely, talented girl's ability to form meaningful relationships throughout her life.

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Based on historical archives, interviews, and a survey evidence, this title suggests that the gun control campaign has been stymied by a combination of factors, including the inability to secure patronage resources, difficulties in articulating a message that resonates with supporters, and strategic decisions made in the name of effective policy.

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Students are encouraged to think critically to determine which cultures have been the most successful in dealing with domestic abuse and which prevailing techniques have been shared around the world to try to eliminate this very serious problem.

The countries chosen represent vastly different geographic regions and cultures.

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This thoroughly revised second edition is an examination of domestic violence from social, legal, and historical perspectives.

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Examine the drivers and impact of domestic violence on partners, spouses, families and communities, as well as programs and reforms to support victims of domestic violence.

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The markedly increased attention focused on violence within families has gripped the concerned interest not only of academic researchers but also that of the public and its law enforcement and criminal justice segments.

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Kathy O'Beirne's earliest memories are of being battered and sexually abused. Aged only eight, she was removed from the family home and incarcerated in a series of institutions.

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A true story about the aftermath of sexual assault, dressed. celebrates the power clothes have to define us, to liberate us, to hide us and to embellish us.

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A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators.

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A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators.

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Cassandra Langer's memoir recounts the experience of a dyslexic, lesbian teenager undergoing conversion therapy and behavior modification in 1950s America at the Quakerbridge School and camp in Croton, N.Y. This memoir also features an appendix with helpful questions for kids and their parents.

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Ethnography as Risky Business addresses how to carry out ethnographic fieldwork on socio-political conflict and collective violence with a focus on the global south. Drawing on real-life case studies, it reflects on key methodological problems and the ethical and personal challenges faced when conducting and reporting on "risky" ethnography.

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Ethnography as Risky Business addresses the issues that arise while carrying out ethnographic fieldwork on socio-political conflicts and collective violence with a focus on the global south. Drawing on real-life case studies, this work reflects on the ethical and personal challenges faced when conducting and reporting on "risky" ethnography.

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Each chapter in this volume poses a public policy issue related to violence, describes aspects of evolutionary psychology that are relative, and then posits public policy recommendations based on this psychological model.

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How do Australian Muslim immigrant women understand domestic violence How do they experience domestic violence How do they respond to domestic violence What role does their faith play Faith in Freedom answers these questions and more by analysing the Muslim immigrant women's own narratives of domestic violence.