Drawing on cases, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal ...

Coercive Control, a major update of the seminal first edition, contains painful first-hand accounts of psychological, sexual, financial, and physical abuse of women.

In accessible prose illustrated by dramatic cases from his forensic practice, Evan Stark shows that the vast majority of children killed or seriously injured in families are victims of coercive control by their father.

This new edition of the bestselling Responding to Domestic Violence explores the response to domestic violence today, not only by the criminal justice system, but also by public and non-profit social service and health care agencies.

The dominant explanations of domestic violence, and the institutions to which battered women traditionally turn are challenged in this book.

Examines the phenomenon of street gangs, the reasons people join them, the danger they can hold, and ways of avoiding getting involved with them.

Ever felt trapped in a lifestyle that you never wanted? Author Evan Stark explores a world of sexual discovery, church legalism, bullying, racism and family issues that left him in despair.

This volume, the result of 15 years of research conducted by the authors - a social worker and physician respectively - explores the theoretical perspectives of this dramatic expression of male domination, together with health consequences ...