LaViolette, Alyce D. <br/><br/>
It could happen to anyone :  why battered women stay / 
 Why battered women stay 
Alyce D. LaViolette, Ola W. Barnett. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  Sage Publications,  2000. 
 - xi, 256 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Barnett's name appears first on the earlier edition. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Institutional battering: the power of the patriarchy -- Vctimization: why does it happen to her? -- Living with fear: the force that holds, molds, and controls -- Meltdown: the impact of stress and learned helplessness -- Catalysts for change -- Voices of hope: one survivor's speak. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761919953  RM119.90 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00-008737 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abused women--United States--Case studies.<br/>Abused wives--United States--Case studies.