Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The Battered Woman Syndrome Study Overview -- New BWS Research -- Batterer Intervention Programs -- High Risk Factors -- Sex Role Socialization -- Physical and Sexual Abuse as Children -- Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse -- Problems With the Learned Helplessness Theory -- Violence Prone Personality of Men Who Batter -- Relationship Issues -- Summary -- Chapter 2 History -- Battered Woman Shelters -- Battered Woman Advocates -- U.S. Funded & Congressional Actions -- Sex Role Sterotypes and Mental Health -- Psychotherapy for Battered Women -- Child Custody and Access to Children -- Teen Violence -- Summary -- Chapter 3 What Is the Battered Woman Syndrome? -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- DSM IV-TR Criteria for PTSD -- Empirical Support for BWS -- Battered Woman Syndrome Qualitative Results -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Learned Helplessness, Learned Optimism and Battered Women -- History of Learned Helplessness Research -- Implications of Sex Role Socialization to Development of Learned Helplessness -- Original Learned Helplessness Research -- Expert Witness Testimony -- If Learned Helplessness Exists in Battered Women, What Can Reverse It? -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Descriptions of Violence and the Cycle of Violence -- Introduction -- Descriptions of Violence -- Cycle Theory of Violence -- Walker Cycle Theory of Violence From the Research -- Cycle Theory and Interventions -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Risk Assessment and Lethal Potential -- Batterer's Violence-Prone Personality Patterns -- Women's Violence Towards Men -- Domestic Violence Treatment Programs -- Risk Assessment -- Forensic Psychology and Risk Assessment -- Homicide -- Women Who Kill in Self-Defense -- Measuring Severity of Violence: The Battering Quotient -- Summary -- Chapter 7 Body Image and Health Concerns -- Health Concerns.

Body Image -- Self-Esteem -- Body Image in Current Study -- Medical Issues in the Current Study -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Sexuality Issues -- Marital Rape -- Sexual Issues and Domestic Violence Research -- Discussion of Our Research With Other Researchers -- Sexual Jealousy -- Abuse During Pregnancy -- Issues Around Abortion -- Sexual Abuse of Children -- Battered Women, Sex, and Intimacy -- Battered Women and Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Dating Violence -- Sex and Aggression -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Battered Women's Attachment Style and Interpersonal Functioning -- Bowlby's Attachment Theory -- Current Study of Battered Women's Attachment Style -- The Relationship Between Battered Women and Interpersonal Functioning -- The Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Interpersonal Difficulties in Battered Women -- Attachment Behavior and Perpetrators -- Chapter 10 Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence -- Intimate Partner Violence and Alcohol Abuse -- Legal and Illicit Drugs -- Original BWSQ 1 Study of Alcohol and Other Drugs -- Current BWSQ 2 Study of Alcohol and Other Drugs -- Role of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Battered Women -- Women's Substance Abuse and Public Policy -- Intervention -- Summary -- Chapter 11 Impact of Violence in the Home on Children -- Introduction -- Modeling Aggressive Behavior -- Child Abuse Correlates in the Original Research -- Protection of Children -- Personality Development -- Physiological Changes From PTSD -- Issues Commonly Found in Children Exposed to Abuse -- Adolescents and the Juvenile Criminal Justice System -- Child Custody, Visitation and Removal Issues -- Summary and Implications for Parents in Raising Children -- Chapter 12 Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Issues in Domestic Violence -- Cultural Issues in the U.S -- International Perspectives -- Summary.

Chapter 13 Domestic Violence Courts and Batterer's Treatment Programs -- Domestic Violence and Problem Solving Courts -- Models of Domestic Violence Courts -- Models of Domestic Violence Treatment Programs -- Domestic Violence Program Standards -- Other Community Services -- Summary -- Chapter 14 Battered Women in Jail and Prison -- Introduction -- Women and Crime -- BWS Evidence in the Courtroom -- Civil Rights Law - Violence Against Women Act of 1994 -- STEP Groups in the Jail or Prison -- Chapter 15 Mental Health Needs of Battered Women -- Public Health Model -- Battered Woman's Shelters -- Crisis Intervention and Safety Plans -- Health Concerns -- Mental Health Needs -- Summary -- Chapter 16 Survivor Therapy Empowerment Program (STEP) -- Introduction -- What Are the STEPs? -- STEP 1: Definitions of Domestic Violence -- STEP 2 Overcoming Dysfunctional Thinking and Designing a Safety Plan -- STEP 3: Thinking, Feeling, and Doing -- STEP 4: Changing To Positive Thinking and Managing Anger -- STEP 5: Stress Management and Relaxation Training -- STEP 6: Cycle of Violence and the Psychological Effects of Violence -- STEP 7: PTSD and Battered Woman Syndrome -- STEP 8: Grieving the End of a Relationship -- STEP 9: Effects of Violence on Children -- STEP 10: Learning to Ask for What You Want -- STEP 11: Building Healthy Relationships With Good Boundaries -- STEP 12: Terminating Relationships -- Empirial Findings -- Summary -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.