1st Edition
Women Murdered by the Men They Loved
198 Pages
by
Routledge
This important new book presents eye-opening documentation of the often-overlooked problem of domestic violence and murder. Alarming statistics show that in Massachusetts alone a spouse/partner murder occurs every 22 days, and approximately fifty percent of female homicide victims are murdered by their husbands or lovers. Women Murdered by the Men They Loved examines the critical problem of male... Read more
Contents
“Whodunit? It Was the Husband”
- The Root of the Problem
- “A Man’s Home is His Castle”
- The Ties That Bind
- Danger--How To Know?
- In Harm’s Way
- “He’s Not All Bad”: The Cycle of Violence
- “He Lets Me Take Courses”: His Control Her Risk
- The Dangerous Green-Eyed Monster
- Will He Change?
- “You Have To Sleep Sometime”: Do Women Kill Their Mates?
- Picking a Partner: “A Few Good Men”
- Bibliography
- Resources
- Index
Biography
Ellen Cole, Ester D. Rothblum, Constance Bean
