You are not alone: A guide for battered women - Softcover

Rouse, Linda P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0918452732 ISBN 13: 9780918452733

Publisher: Learning Publications, 1986

Synopsis

Violence by men against women is not new, but recognition of this behavior as a social problem is recent. The Shelter Movement for battered women began as a grass roots effort in the 1970s when women acted on a need which society had not previously understood-the need to provide refuge for women who were being physically and emotionally abused by the men closest to them. Chapters Are You a Battered Woman?; Why Does it Happen?; The Battering Man; What Can I Do?; Neighbors, Family and Friends; Why Contact a Shelter?; Medical Care and Psychological Counseling; The Legal System; To Stay or Not To Stay; and Taking Stock, Taking Action.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Publications
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0918452732
• ISBN 13: 9780918452733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128