Domestic Violence Sourcebook, The

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Summary: Educational, offers practical help and lists of resources.
Review: "The Domestic Violence Sourcebook" offers a comprehensive look at the issues surrounding domestic violence. Historical, psychological, social, familial, and legal issues are each covered in separate chapters. Prevention and treatment is addressed near the end of the book, as well as guidelines for people who are affected. An up-to-date (1998) list of resources concludes the book.

This book was invaluable to me as both an educational and a resource tool for graduate research into domestic violence and substance abuse. The material is well-organized and presented in an easily accessible format. The content is useful whether you're a researcher or a general reader.

Five stars indeed.

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Summary: Educational, offers practical help and lists of resources.
Review: "The Domestic Violence Sourcebook" offers a comprehensive look at the issues surrounding domestic violence. Historical, psychological, social, familial, and legal issues are each covered in separate chapters. Prevention and treatment is addressed near the end of the book, as well as guidelines for people who are affected. An up-to-date (1998) list of resources concludes the book.

This book was invaluable to me as both an educational and a resource tool for graduate research into domestic violence and substance abuse. The material is well-organized and presented in an easily accessible format. The content is useful whether you're a researcher or a general reader.

Five stars indeed.

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Summary: Irresponsible use of empirical data.
Review: Although this book could be of some use and help to female victims of domestic violence, the book itself is simplistic, and it is irresponsible of the author to suggest that virtually only women are victims of this form of violence. The author is either unaware or does not acknowledge the strong empirical data that sharply disagrees with her use of statistics. I cannot recommend to any client in my practice a book which is so blatently incorrect in its research on this subject. There are many other books available on the subject of domestic violence that I believe women would find of much more use to them.

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Summary: In response
Review: Just in response to a previous reviewer- As a domestic violence education professional, I assure you that all reputable sources on domestic violence agree that women make up the overwhelming majority of victims of DV (these statistics vary from the 80s to the high 90s in terms of percentages).

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Summary: Very Helpfull
Review: Very helpfull for anyone who wants to understand the Why's, What's and When's of domestic violence.