Domestic Violence for Beginners

by Alisa Deltufo

Book Overview

Examines violence by men against women, tracing the causes and suggesting improvements in victim assistance. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863161731
• ISBN13: 9780863161735
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Writers & Readers Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

this book does what is intended

As a professional in the field of domestic violence, i have referred many many clients and novices to Alisa Deltufo's book. It is not meant to be a comprehensive survey of the history and causes of domestic violence. It is meant to be an in-your-face, these-are-the-facts-if-you-dare-to-take-a-look summary account of how we got to where we are today. How many people sit down to read dry statistical analyses of various types of offenders and the justifications they use for their domestic terrorism. Domestic violence affects someone you know or have known. It is a problem that plagues women in far greater numbers than it does men. Deltufo points to the facts that the laws of the Bible which have given us the basis for our social system and the laws of our government are unfair to women and children. The message is clear and frightening and that is why the book is so good -- because it is true!