- Hardcover: 464 pages
- Publisher: OUP USA (3 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195154274
- ISBN-13: 978-0195154276
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 4.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 661,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a hopeful book...[it] is unique in the comprehensiveness of the critique, and in the depth and utility of [the author's] recommendations for a direction for the future...it is sure to have a major impact. (Sex Roles )
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The battle against domestic violence has focused primarily on incidents of extreme physical abuse and the resulting trauma to the victim. While there is a growing understanding of some forms of psychological abuse, such as stalking, there is less understanding of the pattern of abuse where physical attacks are combined with isolation, intimidation, and control. Stark argues that coercive control, which may not include any physical abuse, is actually the more prevalent and devastating form of domestic abuse, yet remains largely invisible to the helping professionals and has no legal standing. He contends that interventions are ineffective for a large number of battered women due to the gap between what these women experience and the singular emphasis on male violence and victim trauma. Drawing extensively on case studies, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal offenses directed at their abusers. He presents the controversial notion that coercive control should be a legal defense for women who attack or kill their abusers.
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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
A breath of fresh air
29 April 2007
Format:Hardcover
If you are burned out or fed up in the daily grind of domestic violence field work, this book will invigorate you. Battered women always say that the physical violence is the least of what they endure... yet the legal and social services systems, media and society increasingly place incident-specific physical abuse front and center. This book offers a frank examination of how the organized domestic violence movement may be enabling this approach -- which is so at odds with battered women's experiences -- and provides a rich, insightful and honest examination of the reality of women's lives under the control of abusive partners.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Dry and frustrating but essential for freedom
24 Jan 2010
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I'm just realizing i have been in a non-violent yet extreemly controlled coercive relationship for decades. Disabled spouse uses guilt and sudden worsening of health ... and oddly dramatic instant recovery when I capitulate ... among other nifty tricks. Somehow despite being an RN myself I never put 2 and 2 together until undergoing years of therapy and 12 step support groups. This book has golden tidbits of information maddenly hidden among piles of statstics about physical violence: exactly what it proposes to not be about. I bought it anyway as I need all the ammuntion ... not literal... I can hurl to put my pathetic pathological spouse in place like a bad dog. Works for me! Freedom...power...I had it all along. I pray for other emotionally pissed on peeps to realize their own worth as full fledged adult humans and stop letting abusers get away with this insanity...with love and non violence.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Interesting Ideas
27 July 2010
Format:Paperback
I have worked in domestic violence for over 15 years and I purchased this book because I was interested in seeing what we can do better. I am intrigued about the idea of PTSD vs adaptive abuse behaviors. I am, too, concerned about the move towards BIPP as a DV intervention, when all the research shows so far that is isn't effective.
I like how Mr. Stark frames domestic violence as different than stranger assault in that stranger assault is geared towards physical harm [and perhaps as a tool for robbery, etc], but domestic violence assault is geared toward dominance.
I was surprised to see the incorrect spelling of names of two nationally recognized domestic violence researchers and lawyers: On page 21, Sara Buel's name is spelled as "Sara Buell" and Casey Gwinn's name is spelled as "Casey Quinn."
I very much appreciate Mr. Stark's long-term commitment in his work to end domestic violence. I also appreciate his political and long-term view of domestic violence as a symptom of the inequality of men and women.
I like how Mr. Stark frames domestic violence as different than stranger assault in that stranger assault is geared towards physical harm [and perhaps as a tool for robbery, etc], but domestic violence assault is geared toward dominance.
I was surprised to see the incorrect spelling of names of two nationally recognized domestic violence researchers and lawyers: On page 21, Sara Buel's name is spelled as "Sara Buell" and Casey Gwinn's name is spelled as "Casey Quinn."
I very much appreciate Mr. Stark's long-term commitment in his work to end domestic violence. I also appreciate his political and long-term view of domestic violence as a symptom of the inequality of men and women.
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