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Visit sagepub.com to explore our complete catalog and for table of contents information. 31 TEXTBOOKS IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE: Why Battered Women Stay THIRD EDITION Alyce D. LaViolette, Alternatives Counseling Association • Ola W. Barnett, Pepperdine University Fully updated and revised, the Third Edition of this book includes a wealth of new material and case examples, as well as carefully rewritten sections to reflect contemporary thinking. This important text continues to provide understanding and empathy regarding the plight of battered women as they attempt to find safety. The integration of current knowledge with learning theory explains how any woman's previous life experiences along with the effects of battering might influence her to stay with her abuser. The book's content also explains how some social institutions, such as the criminal justice system, cannot always be counted upon to protect her. In addition, the book describes many innovations geared to assist battered women through shelters, transitional housing, and temporary income support. NEW TO THIS EDITION • Revised sections include: research- identified newer forms of battering such as stalking and control; new statistics on the frequency of male-to female battering; different forms of aggression; learned helplessness; and more. • New information is provided on: global violence against women; courtship violence; violence against women who are older, disabled, lesbian, who live in rural areas, or belong to ethnic groups; neurological changes brought about by fear and post-traumatic stress disorder; and more. • A new section offers strategies used to cope with battering and about marital dissatisfaction. • A useful scale covers different types of aggression, beginning with common forms of aggression to terrorism. CONTENTS 1. Weaving the Fabric of Abuse: Learned Helplessness and Learned Hopelessness / 2. Institutional Battering: The Power of the Patriarchy / 3. Victimization: Why Does it Happen to Her? / 4. Living With Fear: The Force That Holds, Molds, and Controls / 5. Meltdown: The Impact of Stress and Learned Helplessness / 6. Catalysts for Change / 7. Voices of Hope: Survivors Speak PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-7774-5 • ©2014 • 344 PAGES • FAMILY VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse SECOND EDITION Denise A. Hines, University of New Hampshire • Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Boston University - School of Medicine • Leila Dutton Rich in scholarly references and case materials, Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse, Second Edition is a thought-provoking book that encourages students to question assumptions, evaluate information, formulate hypotheses, and design solutions to problems of family violence in the United States. Using an ecological framework, the authors provide an informative discussion not only of the most well recognized forms of maltreatment in families, but also of less understood and more controversial issues such as the maltreatment of male partners, of parents, and within LGBT relationships. It reviews and evaluates major efforts at intervention and prevention. CONTENTS PART I. DEFINING AND UNDERSTANDING ABUSE / 1. Issues in the Definition of Family Violence / PART II. CHILD MALTREATMENT / 2. Child Physical Maltreatment / 3. Child Sexual Maltreatment / 4. Child Neglect and Psychological Maltreatment / PART III. INTIMATE PARTNER MALTREATMENT / 5. Maltreatment in College Student Relationships / 6. Maltreatment of Female Partners / 7. Maltreatment of Male Partners / 8. Maltreatment in LGBTQ Relationships / PART IV. OTHER TYPES OF FAMLIY MALTREATMENT / 9. Maltreatment of Elders and People with Disabilities / 10. Maltreatment of Siblings and Parents by Children and Adolescents / PART V. CULTURAL ISSUES IN FAMILY VIOLENCE / 11. The Contemporary and Broader Ecological Context / 12. Racial/Ethnic Issues in Family Violence / 13. Religious Issues in Family Violence PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-8900-8 • ©2013 • 600 PAGES • FAMILY VIOLENCE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: An Introduction THIRD EDITION Ola W. Barnett, Pepperdine University • Cindy L. Miller-Perrin, Pepperdine University • Robin D. Perrin, Pepperdine University Streamlined and updated throughout with state-of-the-art information, this Third Edition of the authors' bestselling book gives readers an accessible introduction to the methodology, etiology, prevalence, treatment, and prevention of family violence. Research from experts in the fields of psychology, sociology, criminology, and social welfare informs the book's broad coverage of current viewpoints and debates within the field. Organized chronologically, chapters cover child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; abused and abusive adolescents; courtship violence and date rape; spouse abuse, battered women, and batterers; and elder abuse. PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-8178-1 • ©2011 • 896 PAGES • • THE APSAC HANDBOOK ON CHILD MALTREATMENT THIRD EDITION John E. B. Myers, University of the Pacific • APSAC (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children) Covering all aspects of child maltreatment—from prevention to intervention to treatment to the legal system—this seminal resource brims with the latest research and practical information from leading scholars that both students and seasoned professionals can use. PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-6681-8 • ©2011 • 464 PAGES • SEE CHILD WELFARE SECTION, PAGE 28