Abuse category: 3108 books

I was in a degenerative co-dependent psychosis. I enabled an addict and a narcissist and an all around mental health concern and was taken down low. I have named the kind of person I enabled one of the Just Sane Enough, the kind of person who walks the very fine line between functioning and being...

What should professionalsjudges, lawyers, teachers, social workers, and Guardian ad Litem or CASA volunteers consider in pursuing the Best Interest of Children who have been abandoned, neglected or abused? How can Department of Children and Families improve their systems? Best Interests of...

At a time when the nation is focused on devising new responses to street crime and on reforming the juvenile justice system, this book brings together in a single volume, current and emerging perspectives on the control of crime by and against children and youth. Young Victims, Young Offenders provides...

The social perception of masculinity is very black and white — one is either an Alpha Male or a Beta Male, and there can be no variation. However, this is not the reality of masculinity in today’s society. Non-Alpha Males exist somewhere in the middle of the masculinity spectrum and are far more...

At four years old, David spends his days exploring with curious contemplation the vast wonders of the seemingly magical world around him. His only real care is wondering when his big brother, Robert, will be home from school to share it with him. His life is replete with typical childhood antics,...

A fictional piece that is all to real, a writing that examines the relationships between men, women, children and parents. An all too true view of the familial inner workings of manipulations that lead to abuse. True-life characters that take you on an roller-coaster of emotions. Cheryl L. Allen,...

Michaela Martenz is a dreamer. As a young woman living in Eastern Europe in the 1980s, she wants adventure and passion in her life, and nothing will stop her from achieving that. She is courted by Eduard Verner, a charming man who promises her that and more, but in her naivet, she fails to recognize...

This collection of thirty poems composes the moving narrative of a child who suffered abuse in her own home but was able to let go of anger, shame, and guilt to gracefully blossom into a woman who is no longer afraid to share her story. In Break the Silence & Bloom, Francine "Sistah Fran"...

Never Feeling Safe: Another Person Abused is my true life story. Everyone has a story and Never Feeling Safe is mind. I was sexually, psychologically, physically and emotionally abused by the hands of many of my relatives when I was a child growing up in Newfoundland. I charged my relatives for abuse...

SHELTER ME intertwines the tribulations of young versus old, love verses dependency, good losses versus bad when two women are thrown into a friendship by events beyond their control. They teach each other to empower their own lives, leave the past behind and embrace their own new future....

What does it mean to be emotionally terrorized? Imagine living in a relationships that has you feeling like it would be easier if you were abused.Sometimes emotional and psychological abuse can leave wounds that feel even worse that physical pain. Dr. Erin Leonard gives a voice to the victims who...

An international look at the similarities and differences of long-lasting trauma Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective examines the psychological, sociological, political, economic, and cultural aspects of trauma and its consequences on people around the world. Dispelling...

In this book, Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks talks about the consequences of marrying out of God’s will. Dr. Hooks state:“We form ungodly soul ties and get involved with ungodly people when we don’t acknowledge God in all our ways. This can and most likely will cause us to become vic-tims of domestic...

`The research methodology and the problems encountered when studying a subject such as domestic violence, coupled with the ethical problems of researching with children, are discussed at length in the book. This gives a good insight into the intricacies of conducting such a research study. The research...