TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mills,Linda G.
TI  - Insult to injury: rethinking our responses to intimate abuse 
SN  - 0691096392
AV  - HV6626 .M55 2003
U1  - 362.8292 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Family violence
KW  - Marital violence
KW  - Wife abuse
KW  - Abusive men
KW  - Abusive women
KW  - Feminist theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-169) and index; Pt. I; Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse --; 1; The Ground Zero of Intimate Abuse --; 2; Mandatory Policies as Crime Reduction Strategies: Do They Work? --; 3; Power over Women in Abusive Relationships --; 4; Are Women as Aggressive as Men? --; Pt. II; Fixing the Failures --; 5; The Dynamic of Intimate Abuse --; 6; Changing the System --; 7; Learning to Listen to Narratives of Intimate Abuse --; 8; A Better Way
N2  - "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."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -