San Antonio College Library

Though poor and abused by her alcoholic husband, Maria Larsson wins a camera in a lottery and finds an outlet in photography, which opens up her world for the first time. Includes documentaries, theatrical trailer, and a booklet.

This comprehensive overview of domestic violence against women and children in America covers the services meant to combat it, the legal approaches to prosecuting it, the public's attitudes toward it, and the successes and failures of systems meant to address it.

A tangled web of deception and crime. Ellie and her daughter Autumn are in danger, but from who and why they don't know.

Examines over 300 cases in which women have attempted to defend themselves from violent partners.

""Trivial Complaints" explores the historical relationship between privacy and domestic violence through an analysis of litigation and activism. The state has traditionally hesitated in responding to domestic violence, characterizing it as a "private" family matter. The discourse of privacy incorporates presumptions about race, class, and sexuality, and this volume examines the ramifications of such assumptions for victims and activists." "Kirsten...

Directed to victims of domestic assault, this volume describes the feelings experienced by many women who are in relationships involving physical and psychological abuse and presents specific ways in which a woman can realistically and responsibly respond to the violence. The text uses the personal accounts of women who have been in abusive relationships and the approaches to suffering and recovery involved in the principles of Morita and Naikan therapies....

Despite its great achievements, the domestic violence revolution is stalled, Evan Stark argues in this provocative and persuasive book. Interventions have failed to improve women's long-term safety in relationships or to hold perpetrators accountable, he shows, because the singular focus on physical violence against women masks an even more devastating reality. In millions of abusive relationships, men use a largely unidentified form of subjugation...

An anthology of stories and poems that bring to life the experiences of women who are victims of domestic violence. Vivid descriptions and strong emotions provide a window into the inner lives of abused women and help readers understand why women remain in abusive relationships.

Presents an interdisciplinary approach to the elimination of spousal battery, arguing that the stopping of domestic violence is contingent on collaborative efforts among mental health professionals, medical practitioners, law enforcement, the judiciary, academia, and the family.--From publisher description.