Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Giving Thanks xi
4. Prologue 1
5. PART ONE. Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse
6. ONE. The Ground Zero of Intimate Abuse 19
7. TWO. Mandatory Policies as Crime Reduction Strategies 33
8. THREE. Power over Women in Abusive Relationships 50
9. FOUR. Are Women as Aggressive as Men? 67
10. PART TWO. Fixing the Failures
11. FIVE. The Dynamic of Intimate Abuse 87
12. SIX. Changing the System 101
13. SEVEN. Learning to Listen to Narratives of Intimate Abuse 119
14. EIGHT. A Better Way 134
15. Notes 149
16. Index 171