Insult to Injury
Subtitle: Rethinking our Responses to Intimate Abuse
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780691096391
Subjects: Domestic violence; Women's Studies - General; Family Law - General; Conjugal violence; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Wife abuse; Law; USA; Family violence; Abuse - General; Dysfunctional Families; Gender Studies; Law / Domestic Relations / General; Political Science and International Relations; Psychology; Sociology; Abusive women; Abusive men; Marital violence
First sentence: THERE IS A STRIKING SIMILARITY BETWEEN HOW WE AS A nation react to such mass violence as September 11 and how we individually and collectively respond to intimate abuse.
Description: "Locking up men who beat their partners sounds like a tremendous improvement over the days when men could hit women with impunity and women fearing for their lives could expect no help from authorities. But does our system of requiring the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of abusers lessen domestic violence or help battered women? In this already controversial but vitally important book, we learn that the criminal justice system may actually be making the problem of domestic violence worse. Looking honestly at uncomfortable facts, Linda Mills makes the case for a complete overhaul and presents a promising alternative." "Informed by compelling evidence, personal experience, and what abused women themselves say about their needs, Mills proposes no less than a fundamentally new system. Addressing the real dynamics of intimate abuse and incorporating proven methods of restorative justice, Mills's approach focuses on healing and transformation rather than shame or punishment. Already the subject of heated controversy, Insult to Injury offers a desperately needed and powerful means for using what we know to reduce violence in our homes."--Jacket.