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Brain Damage
Describes the types and effects of brain damage.
Child Trauma Academy
"The ChildTrauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston, Texas is a unique collaborative of individuals and organizations working to improve the lives of high-risk children through direct service, research and education."
Education Wife Assault
"Our mission is to inform and educate the community about the issue of wife assault/woman abuse in order to decrease the incidence of physical, psychological, emotional and sexual violence against women and the effect that woman abuse has on children."
Evaluation of Physical Abuse in Children (American Family Physician)
"Family physicians who are involved in the care of children are likely to encounter child abuse and should be able to recognize its common presentations. A history that is inconsistent with the patient's injuries is the hallmark of physical abuse. A pattern of physical findings, including bruises and fractures in areas unlikely to be accidentally injured, patterned bruises from objects, and circumferential burns or bruises in children not yet mobile, should be viewed as suspicious for child abuse."
The Healing Club
"Founded in 1995, the Healing Club is an online support community for domestic violence victims, survivors, and others who want to take part in the 'healing' process or know someone who has been touched by domestic violence. The Healing Club is about 'healing and rebuilding.'"
HelpGuide:  Domestic Violence and Abuse: Types, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Effects
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
"NCADV (located in Denver, CO) is a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of women and children. We provide a national network for state coalitions and local programs serving battered women and their children, public policy at the national level, technical assistance, community awareness campaigns, general information and referrals, and publications on the issue of domestic violence, sponsor of a national conference every two years for battered women and their advocates. Also has an office in Washington, DC. General information, membership information and product catalog available from the Denver office."
SafeChild.org
"The Safe Child Program is a comprehensive curriculum which teaches prevention of sexual, emotional and physical abuse by people known to the child; prevention of abuse and abduction by strangers; and safety in self-care. Presented in a preschool through third grade series, it teaches a broad base of life skills. In nearly a decade of evaluation, the Safe child Program has clearly demonstrated that it reduces children's risk of abuse and enhances their personal safety and competence."
Stalking Resource Center
The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. Launched in July 2000, with initial funding from the Violence Against Women Office of the U.S. Department of Justice, our dual mission is to raise national awareness of stalking and to encourage the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the country. 
Surviving Abuse
Treats various kinds of abuse.
Take Care:  A Guide for Safe Relationships
"Take Care is a project of Raphael House of Portland, a non-profit organization founded in 1977. Our mission is to provide a foundation of hope for women and children fleeing domestic violence." 
Wikipedia Article on Physical Abuse
Physical abuse includes:  striking, punching, pushing, pulling, slapping, striking with an object, pinching, kicking, having someone fall, strangling, drowning, sleep deprivation, exposure to cold, freezing, exposure to heat or radiation, burning, exposure to electric shock, placing in "stress positions" (tied or otherwise forced), cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp, exposure to a dangerous animals, throwing or shooting a projectile, exposure to a toxic substances, infecting with a disease, spanking. 
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A Language Older Than Words
A Language Older Than Words At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world, A Language Older Than Words explains violence as a pathology that touches every aspect of our lives and indeed affects all aspects of life on Earth. This chronicle of a young man’s drive to transcend domestic abuse offers a challenging look at our worldwide sense of community and how we can make things better.

Author: Derrick Jensen
Paperback:  412 pages
Company: Chelsea Green  (2004-03-01)
ISBN: 1931498555
List Price: $20.00
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The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing
The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing "Engel doesn't just describe-she shows us the way out."
-Susan Forward, author of Emotional Blackmail Praise for the emotionally abusive relationship

"In this book, Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step-by-step strategies to stop emotional abuse. . . helping both victims and abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type of abuse. This book is a guide both for individuals and for couples stuck in the tragic patterns of emotional abuse."
-Marti Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse
and coeditor of The Journal of Emotional Abuse

"This groundbreaking book succeeds in helping people stop emotional abuse by focusing on both the abuser and the abused and showing each party what emotional abuse is, how it affects the relationship, and how to stop it. Its unique focus on the dynamic relationship makes it more likely that each person will grasp the tools for change and really use them."
-Randi Kreger, author of The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook
and owner of BPDCentral.com

The number of people who become involved with partners who abuse them emotionally and/or who are emotionally abusive themselves is phenomenal, and yet emotional abuse is the least understood form of abuse. In this breakthrough book, Beverly Engel, one of the world's leading experts on the subject, shows us what it is and what to do about it.

Whether you suspect you are being emotionally abused, fear that you might be emotionally abusing your partner, or think that both you and your partner are emotionally abusing each other, this book is for you. The Emotionally Abusive Relationship will tell you how to identify emotional abuse and how to find the roots of your behavior. Combining dramatic personal stories with action steps to heal, Engel provides prescriptive strategies that will allow you and your partner to work together to stop bringing out the worst in each other and stop the abuse.

By teaching those who are being emotionally abused how to help themselves and those who are being emotionally abusive how to stop abusing, The Emotionally Abusive Relationship offers the expert guidance and support you need.

Author: Beverly Engel
Paperback:  272 pages
Company: Wiley  (2003-08-13)
ISBN: 0471454036
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond Are you now, or have you ever been, in relationships with family, friends, or mates who have been verbally abusive? Is your happiness with someone you love continually threatened by interactions that continually undermine your self-esteem? Do you feel trapped in a relationship that keeps decaying in a downward spiral of overt or passive-aggressive abuse?

If so, this book could be your life raft, either carrying you toward repair of the existing relationship or the effects of past relationships or offering liberation from your current confusion. Its practical approach can help clear your head and possibly change your life. The only criticism that I and other readers have is that the author assumes verbal abuse is almost always directed by males toward females, which, in my experience and that of others I know, is not necessarily the case. Highly Recommended.

Author: Patricia Evans
Paperback:  222 pages
Company: Adams Media  (2003-02-01)
ISBN: 1558505822
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Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out; On relationship and recovery
Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out; On relationship and recovery From the author of The Verbally Abusive Relationship

If your partner: seems irritated or angry at you several times a week; denies being angry when he clearly is; does not work with you to resolve important issues; rarely or never seems to share thoughts or plans with you; or tells you that he has no idea what you're talking about when you try to discuss important problems...you need this book.

Author: Patricia Evans
Paperback:  265 pages
Company: Adams Media  (2003-02-01)
ISBN: 1558503048
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If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation Author: Janine Latus
Hardcover:  320 pages Bargain Price
Company: Simon & Schuster  (2007-04-17)
List Price: $25.00
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Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives (5th Edition)
Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives (5th Edition) This text presents a comprehensive introduction to the study of family violence and discusses current controversies in the field from three perspectives—legal, medical, and social. Includes separate chapters on specialized topics such as ritualistic abuse, gay and lesbian abuse, and victims' rights. Only text on the market to provide thorough coverage of stalking, sexual harassment, and sexual violence in the workplace. Anyone looking for a comprehensive introduction to the study of family violence.

Author: Harvey Wallace
Paperback:  432 pages
Company: Allyn & Bacon  (2007-12-13)
ISBN: 0205573541
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All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence (Vintage)
All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence (Vintage) Willie Bosket was charming, magnetic, and brilliant. He was also the most cold-blooded criminal the New York State penal system had ever seen. By the time he was in his teens, he had committed over two hundred armed robberies and twenty-five stabbings. Fox Butterfield examines the heritage of violence that followed Bosket's family from their days in slavery in South Carolina to the present.

Author: Fox Butterfield
Paperback:  432 pages
Company: Vintage  (2008-01-08) (2008-01-08)
ISBN: 0307280330
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Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men "He doesn't mean to hurt me-he just loses control."
"He can be sweet and gentle."
"He's scared me a few times, but he never hurts the children-he's a great father."
"He's had a really hard life..."

Women in abusive relationships tell themselves these things every day. Now they can see inside the minds of angry and controlling men-and change their own lives. In this groundbreaking book, a counselor shows how to improve, survive, or leave an abusive relationship, with:

€ The early warning signs
€ Nine abusive personality types
€ How to tell if an abuser can change, is changing, or ever will
€ The role of drugs and alcohol
€ What can be fixed, and what can't
€ How to leave a relationship safely

Author: Lundy Bancroft
Paperback:  432 pages
Company: Berkley Trade  (2003-09-02) (2003-09-02)
ISBN: 0425191656
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Heavy Hands: An Introduction to the Crimes of Family Violence (3rd Edition)
Heavy Hands: An Introduction to the Crimes of Family Violence (3rd Edition) The first book to explore--in one volume--the causes, consequences, and prevalence of domestic violence and the positive law enforcement response. Using a socio-legal approach--with emphasis on the practical criminal justice perspective--it offers a contemporary view of the criminal justice experience with diverse forms of domestic violence and populations: violence against women; dating violence; sibling abuse; rape and incest; child and elder abuse and neglect; male battering; lesbian and gay violence; specific issues affecting African Americans and American Indians. Balanced and thorough, it exposes the myths about both victims and offenders, showing how women and men, the elderly and children, heterosexuals and homosexuals all can be perpetrators and victims as well. Explores in depth questions such as: What is domestic violence? Why does it happen and what are the consequences? Who are the offenders and who are the victims? What legislation exists relative to family violence? How does the court and law enforcement respond? How to you get help? What resources are available? For professionals in criminal justice, law enforcement, social work, counseling, education, etc., and for anyone wishing to be better, more thoroughly informed on this important issue.

Author: Denise Kindshi Gosselin
Paperback:  464 pages
Company: Prentice Hall  (2004-11-21)
ISBN: 0131188852
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Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction
Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction

Click 'Additional Materials' for downloadable sample chapters

"I think that the authors do a tremendous job of integrating findings from a very large body of research and presenting their analysis in a reader-friendly way. The text is particularly strong in orienting the reader to the research issues, including the current state of knowledge in the area. I have found the text to be very well done and extremely useful in providing students with an introduction to the very broad field of family violence. I have recommended the text to colleagues and students. I applaud the authors for this work and thank them for creating such a comprehensive text."
--Diane Hiebert-Murphy, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba

"This book includes an impressive overview of different types of violence and organizes a large amount of research material to make it accessible to the upper-level undergraduate. Students will easily follow the organization of topics, themes, and questions, and long chapters include several intermediary summaries, which is good.”
--Jean Giles-Sims, Texas Christian University

A thoroughly updated and expanded new edition of the bestseller, Family Violence Across the Lifespan, Second Edition helps students achieve a deeper understanding of the methodology, etiology, prevalence, treatment, and prevention of family violence. Research from experts in the fields of psychology, sociology, criminology, and social welfare is woven together to provide broad coverage of current viewpoints and debates within the field of domestic violence study. Practice and policy considerations provide new and welcome perspectives, and in addition, informal interviews with leading authorities in the field of violence add depth and clarity to the topics. Organized chronologically, chapters cover child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; courtship violence and date rape; spouse abuse, battered women, and batterers; and elder abuse.

Key Features

* Boxed inserts focusing on current controversies
* Case studies bring the focus from research and societal analysis down to the individual
* Intermediate chapter summaries provide students a concise synopsis of research-based discussions
* Interviews with experts provide students a glimpse of the variety of research interests, philosophies, and training typical of many of the professionals working in the field
* Discussion questions at the end of each chapter

New to This Edition

* A comprehensive glossary of key terms used in the field
* End-of-chapter sections on social policy and practice issues
* New chapters entitled Child Maltreatment (Chapter 6), Key Issues in the Field of Child Maltreatment (Chapter 7), and What Can I Do to Help? (Chapter 13)
* A new section on the abuse of disabled persons
* Greatly expanded coverage on intimate violence between same sex or unwed partners, along with cross-cultural considerations
* Additional materials available on the Web

Family Violence Across the Lifespan, Second Edition offers a comprehensive and accessibly written introduction that is ideal for use in undergraduate and master's level courses in family violence, domestic violence, and abuse offered in departments of sociology, psychology, social work, counseling, and criminal justice.

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Author: Ola W. Barnett, Cindy Miller-Perrin, Robin Perrin
Paperback:  576 pages
Company: Sage Publications, Inc  (2004-05-18)
ISBN: 0761927565
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