When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse
This updated edition addresses new research and programs, adding information on date rape drugs, stalking, cyber-stalking, pregnancy and domestic violence, and the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs. Current controversial social and legal issues such as mutual battering, child welfare and "failure to protect" policies, child custody and visitation rights for batterers, mandatory arrests, and welfare reform are also covered.
Two new chapters devote attention to domestic violence in the military and to the challenging and rewarding role of those who work with battered women and their children.
New resources have been included to reflect the ever-evolving wealth of books, web sites, and agencies available to both helpers and those in need.
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Book details
- Author
- K. J. Wilson, Ed.D
- Imprint
- Hunter House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 448
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Self-Help › Abuse
- Topics
- abusive relationships · stalking · child custody · domestic violence legislation · batterer intervention · leaving an abusive partner · abuse survivors
- ISBN-13
- 9780897934558 (Paperback)9781630266783 (Hardcover)
About the author
K. J. WILSON holds a doctorate in education and has more than sixteen years of experience in the field of violence against women. She is a contributing author in Family Violence: Current Controversies.
Wilson served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland (University College) and works as a consultant and trainer for universities and nonprofit programs across the United States, providing workshops on violence against women, self-care, advocacy, and empowerment.
When she’s not writing, Wilson serves as co-founder and past co-chair of the Austin, Texas, Metropolitan Ministries Task Force on Family Violence and spent five years on the Texas Council on Family Violence Conference Committee. Her work draws directly on her own experience as a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault.