Anna Motz

Toxic Couples

The Psychology of Domestic Violence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Motz integrates psychological data with clinical illustrations and high-profile cases, examining the manifestations and causes of violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780415588881
• ISBN-10: 041558888X
• Artikelnr.: 41361016

Autorenporträt

Anna Motz is a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist and psychotherapist with extensive experience of the assessment and treatment of victims and perpetrators of violence. She is a former president of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy, editor of Managing Self-Harm: Psychological Perspectives (Routledge, 2009) and author of The Psychology of Female Violence: Crimes Against the Body (Routledge, 2000, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction: Kiss with a Fist.
Russian Roulette: The dynamics of violent relationships. Action Replay: The
intergenerational transmission of violence. Beauty and the Beast:
Perversion within the family system. Murder in the Family. Shelter from the
Storm: Home, homelessness and violence. Without Honour: Shame, forced
marriage and honour-based violence. Xanadu: Addictive states in violent
relationships. Conclusion: Out of the shadows. Reference. Further Reading.