I Am Not Your Victim: Anatomy of Domestic Violence (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

Detailing the domestic violence suffered by the first author during her 16 year marriage, this moving volume details the background and events leading up to and immediately following Beth Sipe′s tragic act of desperation: ending the life of the perpetrator.

Encouraged to publish her story by her therapist and co-author, Evelyn Hall, Sipe relates how her case was mishandled by the police, the military, a mental health professional and the welfare system, illustrating how women like herself are further victimized and neglected by the very systems that are expected to provide assistance. Her story is followed by seven commentaries by experts in the field. They discuss the causes and process of spousal abuse, reasons why battered women stay, and the dynamic consequences of domestic violence.

• Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction
• Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services
• A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
• Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free
• The Four Skills of Cultural Diversity Competence (Methods/Practice with Diverse Populations)
• An Overview of the Human Services
• Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
• Social Work and Family Violence, Second Edition: Theories, Assessment, and Intervention
• Human Service Agencies: An Orientation to Fieldwork (HSE 160 / 260 / 270 Clinical Supervision Sequence)
• Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services (HSE 210 Human Services Issues)