family violence

Presents information for teenagers on abuse to help them understand bullying, sexual abuse, the role of alcohol and drugs, the common traits of abusers, prevention, and how to get help. Includes questions with answers and real-life stories as well as fact-boxes, illustrations, and tables.

Examines the history and background of domestic violence, various types of violence including emotional, sexual, and physical abuse, myths about domestic violence, and how abuse affects the family, and contains profiles of noted activists and advocates and a directory of organizations and agencies.

A guide to dealing with abusive relationships for teenagers that includes information on identifying an abusive partner, how to deal with peers, making wise dating decisions, and finding balance in life and relationships.

Richard is David Pelzer's brother. While Dave was removed from his mother's home by the time he was twelve years old, his brother Richard was not. He became the new scapegoat for his mother's alcohol-fueled wrath. How he survived years of his mother's abuse is the subject of this book.

The wife of John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. sniper, relates his physical abuse of her; his kidnapping their three children and emptying of their bank accounts; her flight to a transitional home for women; and the fact that, as he was randomly killing people in the D.C. area, her husband was trying to find and murder her.

This anthology examines four cases concerning domestic violence: The People v. Francine Hughes; Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Jessica Gonzales; Adrian Martell Davis v. Washington; and Hershel Hammon v. Indiana.

Helps children from violent homes identify their feelings, learn to see their options and open up to caring people, helping children to break the cycle of domestic violence.

To escape her father's abuse, Emily and her mother come to a shelter where they find a safe place to stay with other women and children in similar circumstances.