It Could Happen To Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay

By Alyce D. LaViolette and Ola W. Barnett

Book Overview

Provides an examination of why women stay in abusive relationships and why they leave, explaining why women should not be blamed for their victimization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761919953
• ISBN13: 9780761919957
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Terrific Book Answers the Question: Why Does She Stay?

This book clearly answers the question everyone always wants to know: why does she stay? It gives numerous examples of the many reasons women stay, and the factors in their lives that effect that choice. It is the best of any that I've read (20-30) which effectively illuminates their reasons, without demeaning or glorifying them. It is must reading for anyone involved in domestic violence, either as a survivor, case worker, or friend or family of a survivor.