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The following post reviews J.L. Herman’s influential book, Trauma and Recovery (1997), and highlights several points that relate to a core Thematic Area: The impact of domestic abuse on survivors. — Date Published: 1997Authors: Herman, J.L.Full Citation: Herman, J. L. (1997). Trauma and recovery. Basic books. “Traumatic events are extraordinary, not because they occur rarely, but rather because they overwhelm the ordinary human…
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The following post reviews Alaggia and Vine’s book, Cruel but not unusual: violence in Canadian families (2013), and highlights several points that relate to a core Thematic Area: The impact of domestic abuse on survivors. — Date Published: 2010Authors: Alaggia, R., & Vine, C. (Eds.)Full Citation: Alaggia, R., & Vine, C. (Eds.). (2013). Cruel but not unusual: violence in Canadian families. Wilfrid Laurier Univ.…
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The following post reviews Howard, Feder and Agnew-Davies’ book, Domestic Violence and Mental Health (2013), and highlights several points that relate to a core Thematic Area: The impact of domestic abuse on survivors. — Date Published: 2013Authors: Howard, Feder & Agnew-DaviesFull Citation: Howard, L., Feder, G., & Agnew-Davies, R. (Eds.). (2013). Domestic violence and mental health. RCPsych Publications. As the title suggests,…
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Culture – broadly defined as a set of norms, beliefs, ways of thinking, and customs in a society – can create conditions that tacitly allow for the perpetuation and proliferation of forms of abuse. The ubiquity of women’s abuse and maltreatment transcends ethnicity and geography, and is culturally universal (or pan-cultural). In 1974, Sherry Ortner hypothesized that female physiology and…
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Although, there is substantial and growing evidence that psychological and emotional abuse are as damaging as physical abuse, our social institutions are slow to recognize this, often ignoring or dismissing abuse that isn’t physical or sexual. While we do have some anti-bullying policies in schools, and measures to address workplace harassment, there is little to…
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We are so pleased! “A new criminal offence of domestic abuse could be introduced to include emotional and psychological harm inflicted by a partner within a relationship.” Read the full article: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/20/new-domestic-violence-offence-consultation