Library

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‍• Violence Against Women (4 Vol) Edited by Stark & Buzawa
      ○ Vol #1 Victimization & Community Response
                ‣ Explores ways legislation, community programs and services, and public attitudes impact victims, offenders and the community

      ○ Vol #2 The Family Context
                ‣ Domestic violence in families, highlighting how children are affected and harmed

      ○ Vol #3 Criminal Justice and the Law
                ‣ Examines background, current status and potential for change in the criminal justice system

       ○ Vol #4 The Media & Cultural Attitudes
                ‣ Maps the cultural terrain in which we hope to make inroads and suggests ways to move forward in a more positive way
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• From the Ground Up, Organizing Rural Communities by Praxis International
    ‣ Presents strategies for organizing rural communities

• Building Powerful Community Organizations by M.J. Brown
    ‣ A guide to creating groups that can problem solve and bring about change
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•Trauma Stewardship by Lysky & Buck
    ‣ An everyday guide for self-care for those working with victims of domestic violence
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• Compassion Fatigue by C.R. Figley, PhD
    ‣ A guide to coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those that treat the traumatized

• Tongue Fu by Sam Harn
    ‣ How to deflect, disarm, and defuse any verbal conflict or confrontation

• Assessing Dangerousness by J.C. Campbell, PhD
    ‣ Updated book on the many factors of determining risks through Risk Assessments

• Hard Lives, Mean Streets by Jasinky, Wesley, Wright, & Mustaine
    ‣ What homeless women face and the special needs to be addressed when dealing with domestic violence

• Rural Woman Battering and the Justice System by Neil Websdale
    ‣ Presents a thorough and arresting look at the experiences of battered women in the rural communities’ criminal justice systems

• Battered Women in the Courtroom by James Ptacek
    ‣ Probes for the first time the ways in which judges respond to women who are seeking legal help through the courts

• Black’s Law Dictionary by Bryan A. Garner and Henry Campbell Black
    ‣ Definitions of terms and phrases of American and English judicial system

• Violence Against Women by: Claire Renzetti
    ‣ Address the issues of laws, prevention, enforcement, treatment & health issues concerning domestic violence victims

• The Myth of Male Power by W. Farrell, PhD
    ‣ Why men are the disposable sex and debunking the myths about men

•Who Stole Feminism? by Christine Hoff-Sommers
    ‣ A scathing indictment of the feminist establishment and its myths
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•Why Does He Do That? by Lindy Bancroft
    ‣ A look inside the minds of angry men
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• Coercive Control - How Men Entrap Women by Evan Stark
    ‣Ways men entrap women in everyday situations and how it happens

• Funny - He Does Not Look Like a Murderer by Shirley P. Bostrom
    ‣ A mother’s painful story about the danger of intimate partner homicide
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• If I Am Missing or Dead by Janine Latus
    ‣ A sister’s story of love, murder and liberation

• Always My Fault - A Survivor’s Story by Jim Woodring
    ‣ A true story of Natalie, a woman so blinded by love that she was unable to listen to anyone
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• How Good Do We Have To Be? by H.S. Kushner
    ‣ A new way of understanding quilt and forgiveness
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• Hurt, Healing and Happy Again by Martin Webber
    ‣ True stories about surviving
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• Self Matters by Phillip McGraw, PhD
    ‣ Guide to finding your true self, the person you were before life took its toll

• The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
    ‣ A year of healing meditations geared to helping you to move forward, set boundaries and goals
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• Ten Secrets for Success and Inner Peace by Wayne Dyer
    ‣ Thought provoking book for those that have chosen to be on their own life path

• Crazy Busy by Edward M. Hallowell, MD
    ‣Strategies for handling your fast-paced life

• Worry Free Living by Minirth, Meier & Servis
    ‣A learning guide to uncover anxiety and eliminate it

• The Control Trap; a Woman’s Guide To Freedom From the need to Control Others by Barbara Sullivan
    ‣A guide to letting go of the need to control people and circumstances in your life

• We Can Work It Out by M.B. Rosenberg, PhD
    ‣ Resolving conflicts peacefully and powerfully

•What’s Making You Angry? by S. Klein & N. Gibson
    ‣ Ten steps to transforming anger into creating win, win situations

• Getting Past the Pain Between Us by M.B. Rosenberg, PhD
    ‣ Healing and reconciliation without compromise

• Making Our Lives Our Own by Marilyn Mason, PhD
    ‣A woman’s guide to the six challenges of personal change

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