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| Chapter 1 — The Human Problem Of Domestic Violence |
| Chapter 2 — Domestic Violence And The Rule Of Law |
| Chapter 3 — The Impact Of Domestic Violence Laws On National Security |
| Chapter 4 — Psychological Studies Of Domestic Violence |
| Chapter 5 — Shelters For Battered Women |
| Chapter 6 — The Face Of Battering |
| Chapter 7 — Domestic Violence Against Men In The United States |
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76-year-old Augusta,Georgia, woman charged with ex-husband's murder, four other husbands also died
Calling 911 may make the situation worse
Calling 911 probably won't result in an arrest
Calls destroy lives of 30,000 to 50,000 people per year in Colorado
Child protective services (CPS) will often put the kids in a foster home
Less than 30% of domestic violence calls result in arrest
Mutually assured destruction (MAD) of the relationship
Only about 10% of calls result in conviction
Present laws deter citizens from calling for help
Way things operate today you are better off leaving town and changing your name than dialing 911 after being beaten by an intimate partner
What happens if the police do make an arrest?
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Abuse of men treated the way rape used to be
Affect on man's relationship with his children
Blaming self for partner's abuse
Comparison of wife to husband abuse
Conditioning effects on men of being abused
Confusion and uncertainty common reaction
Constant denigration and loss of self esteem
Demand justice be served, file a discrimination complaint
Family law and courts abuse men
Induces perpetual fear and watchfulness in men
Involuntary child absence syndrome
Lack of alternatives in abusive relationship leads to sense of powerlessness
Lack of control and feelings of inadequacy
Partner's abuse tends to destroy friendships with others
Prolonged abuse destroys moral sense
Sense of powerlessness when man's children being abused or used as weapon against him
The role of society in the abuse of men
Threats to safety of man and his children
Autaugaville woman charged with domestic violence
Bay Minette woman charged in boyfriend's slaying
Don't mess with my man! Athens wife attacks husband and other woman with bug spray
Mobile woman charged with setting fire in apartment she shared with her boyfriend
Mom accused in child porn plot and conspiring to kill ex-husband in Prattville
Woman charged with burning down boyfriend's home in Bayou la Batre
Anchorage woman accused of murdering her former boss and boyfriend
Anchorage woman cut off boyfriend's penis, police say
Former Commissioner of Public Safety killed and wife wounded by jilted girlfriend
Ten myths about custody and domestic violence
Arrest and preliminary hearing
De Villers family sues for wrongful death of their son
De Villers' family blocks cremation
Events leading up to the murder
Kristin Rossum and her parents use the "abuse excuse"
Michael Robertson — the other man
Police videotape interview with Ms. Rossum
An open letter to women in the domestic violence movement
Another victim of the Homeland Security state
Archival data on domestic violence
Are laws against physical abuse helpful?
Arizona father jailed because his wife stalked him to put him there
Criteria for admission at one women's shelter we've heard from
Death of a Jewish American Princess
Fallon, Nevada, woman charged in Yuma murder of her husband 21-years ago
Globe man ruined by violent illegal immigrant
Marine in Kuwait indicted in grenade attack on lover's husband in Yuma
Tucson attorney experiences domestic violence laws first hand
University of Arizona employee reports being stalked by ex-girlfriend
What happened when a woman went to a Phoenix, Arizona shelter
Wife shoots husband in back in Flagstaff, then flees to Mexico
Autopsy report shows Garland County man was murdered
Columbia County woman convicted of killing her husband
Six months after being paroled Nena Bolton helps murder her grandfather
Former doctor accused of murdering her boyfriend
Lawrence County woman claims she shot her husband in self defense
Pulaski County woman stabs her boyfriend five times as he lays in hospital bed
Six and seven, husbands that is
Wife in Little Rock claims she was victim of spousal abuse, kills husband when he tries to get his furniture out of the house
Ahead of society in addressing abuse
Arrest rates for men and women
A criminal defense attorney's view of the domestic violence industry
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No restraint on restraining orders
Demand justice be served, file a discrimination complaint
Columbia County, Arkansas, woman convicted of killing her husband
Six months after being paroled Nena Bolton helps murder her grandfather
Houston, Texas, wife stabs husband 193 times, buries him in backyard, claims she was abused
Allegations of sexual harassment used to deter government investigations
Bethany House, Falls Church, Virginia
Black woman finds little succor in shelter
Child abuse in battered women's shelters
Child dies of starvation at shelter
Counsellor insists woman has repressed memories of sexual abuse
Criminal charges, mismanagement, infighting and sexual politics have left many women's shelters as bruised as the people they serve
Criteria for admission at one shelter we've heard from in Arizona
Director accused of assaulting worker at Ottawa Interval House in Canada
Erin Pizzey claims shelters now used in war on men
Example of an emotional terrorist
Family Life Center in Bunnell, Florida, falsifies statistics and director is violent towards ex-husband
Feminist philosophy basis for service
First Step shelter in Harrisonburg, Virginia, proves more dangerous for woman than her home
Fraud conviction result of bias against feminists
Free food declined because donor is pro-life
Head of women's shelter in Naples, Florida, turns to violence and abuse
Inside a batterers program for abused women
Larimer County, Colorado, women's shelter loses staff
Lesbian employees receive preferential treatment
Letters from shelters should be sworn affidavits and subject to cross examination
Letters from shelters used as weapons in custody disputes
Men, even a woman's lawyer, denied admittance
Michigan SafeHouse director falsifies federal financial reports
Minnesota shelter director pleads guilty to embezzlement
Oklahoma domestic violence coalition directors charged with theft of federal funds
One Canadian woman's personal story
One reason why the courts are backlogged in Canada
Operated under veil of secrecy
Pushing and shoving, yelling and shouting by shelter workers
Shawnee, Oklahoma, director embezzles shelter funds
Shelter workers attempt to break up family
Shelter workers often poor judge of character
Stay at SafeSpace shelter in Stuart, Florida, proves fatal for pregnant woman
Stories of individual women's experiences
Suit filed against Independence House in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Used by woman fleeing arrest warrant for child kidnapping
Used to further extreme militant philosophy
Violence prone women and shelter worker burnout
Volunteer dismissed for telling truth
Volunteer's manual devoted to feminist philosophy
What can be done to minimize abuses at battered women's shelters?
What happened when a woman went to a Phoenix, Arizona shelter
Woman describes stay as an experience from hell
Woman nearly beaten to death while staying at Women's Resource Center in Glen White, West Virginia
Woman returns to abusive husband rather than stay in shelter
Woman subjected to abuse, threats, coercion, and control
Woman's child is taken when she refuses shelter's services
Women abused and controlled by feminist ideology
Worker charged with stalking, another with assault at Ottawa's Interval House in Canada
Worker loses job for reporting child abuse
Manipulatively and deliberately using psychological methods, physical violence, economic subordination, threats, isolation, and a variety of other behavioral and controlling tactics to ensure the victim does what the abuser wants
Marine arrested for DV while having fun with his wife
Pleasantville, New York, woman guilty of trying to kill spouse
Daughter arrested for domestic violence
Lillington, North Carolina, woman suffering from bipolar disorder kills husband and boyfriend
Pleasantville, New York, woman guilty of trying to kill spouse
Real estate developer and politician plots to kill husband to avoid divorce in upscale Potomac, Maryland
Blind man was next target of hit-run insurance scam in Los Angeles, California
Borderline personality disorder
Former partners of BPD victims suffer from post traumatic stress disorder
Life with a borderline personality
Real estate developer and politician plots to kill husband to avoid divorce in upscale Potomac, Maryland
Union City, California, woman stabs husband 48 times
Breaking the silence, journeys of hope
Brigham Young University student stalked and then raped by beauty queen
Domestic violence increase based on information from shelters
Women's shelters under veil of secrecy
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Actor John Cusack granted restraining order in Los Angeles against woman who was stalking him
Actress Tawny Kitaen kicks husband/major league pitcher Chuck Finley
American Beauty murder in San Diego
Bakersfield, as compared to soviet methods
Betty Broderick - Divorce...desperation...death
Blind man was next target of hit-run insurance scam in Los Angeles, cops say
Burney woman found guilty of killing husband
Calaveras County man, 75, shot and killed by his 67-year-old wife
Camp Pendleton Marine's wife and her lesbian lover confess to bungled murder plot
Clovis woman murders husband by dumping him into barrel and pouring hydrochloric acid on him
Court of Appeal reverses issuance of restraining order due to lack of evidence in Los Angeles
Demand justice be served, file a discrimination complaint
Ex-wife's grandma, 81, kills father in Lake Forest
Farrah Fawcett attacks her lover, he is convicted after mutual combat in Santa Monica
Forest fire started by woman stalking her estranged husband
Girlfriend fatally shoots Fontana police officer, self
Highway Patrol officer murdered in Calexico, wife arrested
Killer sentenced "to slow death" gets life for murder of her husband in Riverdale
LA woman held in bizarre death of amputee
Long Beach woman convicted of killing husband by stabbing him in eye with scissors
Los Angeles woman who poisoned her husband sentenced to death, apparently also killed her baby
Marine arrested for DV while having fun with his wife
Most serious charge of domestic violence against Santa Barbara female judge may be dismissed
Mother's triple murders show cost of ignoring female abusers
NFL star Jim Brown acquitted then sentenced to jail
Placer County teenager says mother asked him to accept blame for her murder of stepfather and half-brother
Police arrest woman for attempting to kill ex-husband in Saratoga
Police say Santa Rosa woman pulled gun on ex-husband at SR tire shop
Salinas woman cuts off boyfriend's penis, given $200 fine and suspended sentence
San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office a "candy store" for drugs
San Diego man attacked by former girlfriend and six of her friends
San Diego Superior Court judge arrested for domestic violence on basis of hearsay
San Diego woman shoots estranged husband five times, then his co-worker
San Francisco woman sets boyfriend on fire while he is in bed
San Francisco's fire chief's husband calls 911 in domestic dispute
San Jose woman charged with fire attack
Socialite held on domestic violence charges
Union City woman who stabbed husband 48 times suffers from borderline personality disorder
Ventura woman held in husband's murder after she shot him, dismembered him, and set corpse on fire
Wife arrested in husband's 1994 fatal shooting in Chula Vista
Wife charged in murder of husband then paying assassins to kill contract murderer in Sepulveda
Woman charged with fire attack on her boyfriend in San Jose
Woman convited of murder in San Diego, California, after poisoning Marine husband
Woman jailed over false abuse claim
Woman may have bitten husband to death
Woman stabs ex-boyfriend, kills his son in Mission Viego
Young wife attacks husband with knife in San Jose
Calling 911 may make the situation worse
Nova Scotia woman who killed husband in Canada faces new charges in Pinellas Park, Florida
One reason why the courts are backlogged
Winnipeg woman gets 22 years for murder plot of husband in Panama City, Florida
Canadian woman's personal story
Inside a batterers program for abused women in Barnstable
No distinction in law or practice between battering behavior and normal family conflict
Of the confusion between many advocates, researchers, and law enforcement
Characteristics of male victims of domestic violence and abuse
Erie, Pennsylvania, woman charged with using baby as weapon against boyfriend
Men who retain their children to try to protect them from abusive mothers are arrested for child kidnapping
Woman convicted of killing daughter gets protective order against girl's father in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after serving just one year for the murder
Child dies of starvation at battered women shelter
Childbearing and the change of life
Innocent children get hurt when guilty women go free
Destruction by the domestic violence industry
Is there a batterer in the US Senate?
False allegations to gain advantage in divorce
The other face of domestic violence in Sarasota, Florida
Battering, story of John and Dianne
Charges dropped against bride after mom pleads guilty to attacking male stripper at bachelorette party in Wheeling, Illinois
Larimer County women's shelter loses staff
Conflict containment principles
'The Real World' cast member bit boyfriend during domestic dispute in Cromwell
Bolton woman faces charges of attempted assault
Bristol woman pleads guilty to 1989 slaying
Cornwall woman charged with attempted murder after choking man into unconsciousness
East Hartford woman laces boyfriend's orange juice with bleach
Female gang member charged in slaying of estranged husband's girlfriend in Waterbury
Hartford man stabbed in stomach during domestic dispute
Hartford woman accused of disorderly conduct after throwing knives at husband
Hartford woman accused of stabbing boyfriend in stomach
Hartford woman accused of threatening boyfriend with knife on Christmas Day
Hartford woman arrested for assault after stabbing companion
Hartford woman charged after fatally stabbing her boyfriend
Hartford woman charged after stabbing fiance
Hartford woman charged in 1992 killing
Hartford woman faces assault charges
Hartford woman sentenced after stabbing roommate and his dog
Man and woman charged after shoving match in Hartford
Vernon woman accused of extorting money and theft from ex-boyfriend
Wife arraigned after throwing knife at her husband in Hartford
Woman accused of chase with knife in Hamilton Road
Woman accused of harassing man in Manchester
Woman attacks police responding to domestic dispute in Hartford
Woman charged after stabbing her boyfriend in New Britain
Woman charged after stabbing landlord to death in Hartford
Woman charged in stabbing death of New Haven man
Woman charged with knife assault on New Year's Eve in Hartford
Woman faces assault charges in domestic dispute in Hartford
Woman pleads not guilty after husband killed by gunshot to his head in Warren
Right to obtain and depose witnesses is violated
Context of intimate partner assaults
Controlling domestic violence against men
Family or emotional terrorists
Mental health and domestic violence
Other forms of female aggression
Recognition of the role of medical problems in domestic violence
What can a man do in self defense?
What to do when the situation may escalate out of control
Cop's eye view of domestic violence and the military
Battered women's shelters — What have we learned?
Change of life, hysterectomies, and domestic violence
Controlling domestic violence against men
Domestic violence is a human problem
Impact of domestic violence laws on national defense
Legal Services Corporation abuses
Review — The courtship dance of the borderline
Strategic analysis of the domestic violence industry
VAWA and variants on the "honey trap"
Couple off to rocky start as Florida bride is released on bond in Stuart
One reason why the courts are backlogged in Canada
Courtship dance of the borderline — A review
Criminal defense attorney's view of the domestic violence industry
Critique of feminist philosophy in terms of effects on men
Demand justice be served, file a discrimination complaint
Domestic Violence Delusions — A PBS Documelodrama
The Honeymoon Phase with a male victim
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Dangerous behavior patterns of females
Provocation used in attempts to cause retaliation
Take advantage of man's protective instincts toward his children
Fix the problem, not the blame
Larimer County, Colorado, women's shelter loses staff
Dean of University of Iowa medical school killed by his wife in Cedar Rapids
Army Ranger just another victim of the Homeland Security state
Men fleeing from violence with their children arrested as kidnappers
There is no generally agreed upon definition of what domestic violence is, what violence is, what an injury is, or what abuse is
Action needed now to protect dad from mom's abuse
Woman convicted of killing two husbands
Woman stabs boyfriend in New Castle County
Woman faces perjury charges in Orlando, Florida, after two men jailed in bogus attacks
Destruction of civil liberties
How and where to file a discrimination complaint
Discussion of heterosexual male abuse
Bethany House, Falls Church, Virginia - A one stop divorce shop
Shelters for battered women are one stop divorce shops
Use of false flags to gain advantage
Do draconian one-size-fits-all domestic violence laws work?
Does the law protect women more than men?
Affect on man's relationship with his children
Blaming self for partner's abuse
Characteristics of male victims
Confusion and uncertainty common reaction
Constant denigration and loss of self esteem
Demand justice be served, file a discrimination complaint
Existence of abused men denied by American psychological community
Forms of abuse used by women against men
Lack of alternatives in abusive relationship leads to sense of powerlessness
Lack of control and feelings of inadequacy
Loss of confidence and ability to carry out normal tasks
Prolonged abuse destroys moral sense
Punishments of men devised by women
Sense of powerlessness when man's children being abused or used as weapon against him
Threats to safety of man and his children
When abusive relationship ends in divorce wife easily convinces police, social services, legal advisers and courts that she was the victim
A criminal defense attorney's view of the domestic violence industry
Advocate kills her whole family in Lexington County, South Carolina
An ongoing pattern of fear, intimidation and violent assault
An open letter to women in the domestic violence movement by Erin Pizzey
Are laws against physical abuse helpful?
Are women injured more than men
Arresting women bad for a cop's career
Calling 911 may make the situation worse
Characteristics of male victims
Confusion and uncertainty common reaction
Controlling domestic violence against men
Cop's eye view of domestic violence and the military
Current laws deter citizens from calling for help
Define the problem before attempting to solve it
Delusions — A PBS Documelodrama
Demand justice be served, file a discrimination complaint
Do men experience a "Battered Man Syndrome"?
Every 15 Seconds a man is assaulted by his wife
Example of how police arrest men who are attacked by female partner
Facts based on information from shelters
Female lawyer from Walnut Hills, Ohio, sentenced to year in jail for filing false domestic violence affidavit
Feminist cores beliefs and what the data shows
Five catalysts to violence upon separation
Fontes public policy recommendations
Fontes treatment recommendations
Greater fear by female victims
How do husbands and wives abuse each other?
If men are battered more, why do they report it less?
Impact of domestic violence laws on national security
Induces perpetual fear and watchfulness in abused men
It's feminist slander that men are inherently violent
Lack of alternatives in violent relationship leads to sense of powerlessness
License to kill — men and women, crime and punishment
Making a profit one way or another
Many experts refuse to acknowledge male victims
Men who physically retaliate against partner's violence feel that is worst abuse of all
Money is the root of this evil
Movement hijacked by radical feminists (redfems)
Not one person pushing another person one time because a couple have gotten into an argument
Officer accused of assaulting her husband in Cookeville, Tennessee
Persuading others that she is the victim
Provocation by women attempting to cause physical retaliation
Recognition of the role of medical problems
Remove woman in danger to a place of safety
Report from a frontline police officer
Sense of powerlessness when man's children being abused or used as weapon against him
Stories of abused men in Alabama
Stories of abused men in Alaska
Stories of abused men in Arizona
Stories of abused men in Arkansas
Stories of abused men in California
Stories of abused men in Colorado
Stories of abused men in Connecticut
Stories of abused men in Delaware
Stories of abused men in Florida
Stories of abused men in Georgia
Stories of abused men in Hawaii
Stories of abused men in Idaho
Stories of abused men in Illinois
Stories of abused men in Indiana
Stories of abused men in Kansas
Stories of abused men in Kentucky
Stories of abused men in Louisiana
Stories of abused men in Maine
Stories of abused men in Maryland
Stories of abused men in Massachusetts
Stories of abused men in Michigan
Stories of abused men in Minnesota
Stories of abused men in Mississippi
Stories of abused men in Missouri
Stories of abused men in Nebraska
Stories of abused men in Nevada
Stories of abused men in New Hampshire
Stories of abused men in New Jersey
Stories of abused men in New Mexico
Stories of abused men in New York
Stories of abused men in North Carolina
Stories of abused men in Oklahoma
Stories of abused men in Pennsylvania
Stories of abused men in Rhode Island
Stories of abused men in South Carolina
Stories of abused men in South Dakota
Stories of abused men in Tennessee
Stories of abused men in Texas
Stories of abused men in Vermont
Stories of abused men in Virginia
Stories of abused men in Washington
Stories of abused men in West Virginia
Stories of abused men in Wisconsin
Stories of abused men in Wyoming
Surveillance methods as a defense
The other side of zero tolerance
Threats involving safety of male and his children
Types of violence used by women against men
What can a man do in self defense?
What level of violence justifies ending the relationship
What to do when the situation may escalate out of control
When violent relationship ends in divorce wife easily convinces police, social services, legal advisers and courts that she was the victim
Wicked witch who disguised herself as a damsel in distress
Woman sentenced to 30 days for fatal domestic assault
Domestic violence worker kills her whole family in Lexington County, South Carolina
Dominatrix acquitted in death during bondage session in Quincy, Massachusetts, body gone
Pentagon doesn't need an Office of Male Bashing
Double standard for domestic violence
Horrifying example from Lexington County, South Carolina
Duluth Abuse Intervention Project (DIAP)
Gender Paradigm In Domestic Violence — Research And Theory
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Buck Thurman case — Connecticut
Luis Melo case — Massachusetts
Action needed now to protect dad from mom's abuse in Delaware
Emergency room physician sees domestic violence first hand in Illinois
Encouraged by feminist therapists
Manipulative threats of suicide
Enquiry into the adult male experience of heterosexual abuse
Erring on the side of hidden harm — the granting of domestic violence restraining orders
Estrogen and domestic violence
Every fifteen seconds a man is assaulted
Every fifteen seconds a woman is assaulted
Actually the figure is every 18 seconds
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Battered women's advocates promote the fiction that a woman who kills her mate is sentenced to average of 15 to 20 years in prison, while a man gets two to six years
Accused stalker found incompetent to stand trial in Burlington, Vermont
Alienating mother pushes 10 year-old boy to kill father in Austin, Texas
Bedford, Texas, wife charged in kidnapping scam after fling with boyfriend
Burt Reynolds suing ex-girlfriend for making false allegations of abuse
Court of Appeal reverses issuance of restraining order due to lack of evidence in Los Angeles, California
False allegations destroy man in Corpus Christi
Female lawyer from Walnut Hills, Ohio, sentenced to year in jail for filing false domestic violence affidavit
Free love, hate, and an ambush at commune on Staten Island
Hartford, Connecticut, woman faces assault charges
Mom accused in child porn plot and conspiring to kill ex-husband in Prattville, Alabama
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, woman admits she lied about being raped
Oroville, California, woman jailed over false abuse claim
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, nurse arrested for trying to commit ex-boyfriend to mental institution
Stalking by ex-wife leads to murder after three years in Seattle, Washington
Used in unsuccessful attempt to gain custody in Virginia
Wife tortures child to make him testify against his father in Fallon, Nevada
Woman accuses six different men of stalking her
Woman convicted of killing daughter gets protective order against girl's father in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Woman faces perjury charges in Orlando, Florida, after two men jailed in bogus attacks
Woman indicted for shooting ex-husband while children watched after getting restraining order
Woman, boy not kidnapped — Amber Alert turns out to be hoax after man arrested in Wheaton, Maryland
Woman's 911 call with false allegations against boyfriend unravels identity theft scam in Fort Lauderdale
Usage by a fifth column of radical feminists
Other kinds used by domestic violence and divorce industry
Violence against women codified
How feminists tried to destroy the family
Most couples experience low levels of aggression such as shouting, pushing, shoving, slapping, or threats at some time during their relationship
Rarely involves violent assaults
The face of domestic violence most often presented to social service agencies, law enforcement officers, district attorneys, judges, and others in the criminal justice system
Family or emotional terrorists
If your man knew you feared his potential for violence
Feminist challenge to Rumsfeld
Core beliefs and what the data shows
Effects of domestic violence more severe for women
Escalation of domestic violence
Female intimate partner violence is defensive
Greater fear by female victims of domestic violence
How feminist tried to destroy the family
It's feminist slander that men are inherently violent
License to kill — men and women, crime and punishment
Propaganda war against fathers and marriage
Wicked witch who disguised herself as a damsel in distress