| Preface | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
| Author | p. xxiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Background | p. 2 |
| Gender Equality | p. 3 |
| An Unnecessary Schism | p. 4 |
| Ideologically Held Beliefs Become Reality | p. 5 |
| The Criminalization of All Acts of Family Conflict | p. 6 |
| A Good Idea Gone Bad | p. 6 |
| What Is Domestic Violence? | p. 7 |
| The Children | p. 8 |
| The 21st Century | p. 8 |
| The Beat Goes On | p. 10 |
| An Objective View | p. 10 |
| A Chance To Be Heard | p. 11 |
| Discussion | p. 12 |
| Domestic Violence and Violent Behavior in General | p. 13 |
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| A Blind Eye | p. 14 |
| A Deaf Ear | p. 15 |
| Domestic Violence | p. 16 |
| Why They Do It | p. 17 |
| Crime Statistics | p. 19 |
| Homicides | p. 20 |
| A Distinct Model for Murder | p. 22 |
| Power and Control | p. 22 |
| Opportunity and Ability | p. 24 |
| It Is Not Always One Or the Other | p. 25 |
| The Fallacious Argument | p. 25 |
| The Wellspring of Violent Behavior | p. 26 |
| Victims and Offenders | p. 27 |
| Time for Change | p. 28 |
| Where Violence Occurs | p. 29 |
| Conclusion | p. 30 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 31 |
| Battered Statistics Harm All Victims | p. 33 |
| How Non-Facts Become Facts | p. 33 |
| A Non-Fact | p. 35 |
| The Facts | p. 36 |
| The Numbers Game | p. 37 |
| Do These Numbers Help or Hinder? | p. 38 |
| Some Measuring Tools | p. 39 |
| Time to Stop and Think | p. 40 |
| Domestic Violence Homicides | p. 42 |
| Marginalizing Victims | p. 42 |
| Conclusion | p. 43 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 44 |
| Dating Abuse | p. 47 |
| The Massachusetts Constitution | p. 47 |
| Article I | p. 47 |
| Article I | p. 47 |
| Valentine's Day in America's Hometown | p. 48 |
| An Overview | p. 49 |
| Battering Behavior | p. 50 |
| Dating Violence or Family Conflict | p. 50 |
| Risk Factors for Dating Abuse | p. 51 |
| One-Solution-Fits-All | p. 52 |
| Women's Rights Research | p. 52 |
| Jane Doe | p. 54 |
| Definition | p. 55 |
| Liz Claiborne Inc. | p. 56 |
| Findings | p. 57 |
| Power and Control Issues | p. 58 |
| Emotional Abuse | p. 59 |
| It's Time to Talk Day | p. 59 |
| Keeping the Silence | p. 61 |
| Is There a Gender Agenda? | p. 61 |
| Gender Symmetry | p. 63 |
| The Violence Against Women Act | p. 64 |
| Juvenile Violent and Non-Violent Crime Rate | p. 66 |
| The 2004 Boston Youth Survey | p. 67 |
| The College Campus | p. 68 |
| Self-Defense and Aggression | p. 70 |
| Avoiding the Obvious | p. 74 |
| Senator Joseph Biden | p. 75 |
| Circumstances and Context | p. 75 |
| Ideology Skews Public Policy | p. 76 |
| The National Center for Victims of Crime | p. 77 |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | p. 78 |
| Safety First | p. 79 |
| Conclusion | p. 82 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 85 |
| The California Conundrum: Keeping the Promise | p. 87 |
| Introduction | p. 87 |
| Keeping the Promise (KtP) | p. 89 |
| Permeating the System | p. 90 |
| One-Solution-Fits-All | p. 91 |
| Domestic Violence Is Not Treated the Same as Other Crimes | p. 91 |
| Battering Behavior | p. 93 |
| Family Conflict | p. 93 |
| The Domestic Violence Problem | p. 93 |
| The Fear Factor Gender Differential | p. 94 |
| Reporting | p. 94 |
| Dating Relationships | p. 96 |
| Domestic Violence Homicides | p. 97 |
| Limited Understanding and a Lack of Knowledge | p. 98 |
| Research Ignored | p. 99 |
| Mandatory | p. 99 |
| Helpful for Some, Harmful for Others | p. 100 |
| One Size Does Not Fit All | p. 101 |
| Why Ignore These NIJ-Sponsored Reports | p. 102 |
| The National Research Council | p. 102 |
| Justice for All | p. 103 |
| Restraining Orders | p. 104 |
| The Facts | p. 104 |
| The Premise | p. 105 |
| Deterrence | p. 106 |
| Connecting the Dots | p. 106 |
| The Cart and the Horse | p. 107 |
| Prosecuting Domestic Violence Misdemeanors: Ignoring the Obvious | p. 109 |
| An Imperfect Idea | p. 110 |
| It's All about Choice | p. 110 |
| What Not to Do | p. 111 |
| Read the Studies | p. 112 |
| Holding Batterers Accountable: Batterer Intervention Programs, Probation Departments, and the Courts | p. 114 |
| The Nexus of the Problem | p. 114 |
| It Gets Worse | p. 114 |
| The Duluth or Cognitive-Behavioral Model | p. 116 |
| The Family Conflict Model | p. 116 |
| The Psychotherapeutic Model | p. 116 |
| And Worse Still | p. 117 |
| Law Enforcement's Response to Health Practitioner Reports of Domestic Violence | p. 118 |
| Empirical Data, Not Hunches and Hopes | p. 118 |
| Look before You Leap | p. 118 |
| Leaping without Looking | p. 119 |
| Autonomy and Confidentiality | p. 120 |
| California Mandatory Reporting Law: A Summary | p. 120 |
| Why Confusion Reigns | p. 121 |
| The Letter of the Law | p. 122 |
| Recommendations for KtP Change | p. 123 |
| Criminal Justice Data | p. 124 |
| A Central Premise | p. 125 |
| An Emerging Awareness | p. 126 |
| Recommendations for the California Attorney General | p. 126 |
| Recommendation One | p. 126 |
| Recommendation Two | p. 128 |
| Recommendation Three | p. 128 |
| Recommendation Four | p. 128 |
| Conclusion | p. 129 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 130 |
| Rape and Sexual Assault | p. 133 |
| Introduction | p. 133 |
| Those That Stand Accused | p. 133 |
| Engaging Men | p. 134 |
| A Crime That Spawned a Center | p. 135 |
| Experts | p. 136 |
| Law Enforcement Intervention | p. 138 |
| Educational Intervention | p. 139 |
| Invisible Victims | p. 140 |
| Further Complications | p. 141 |
| Rape Statistics | p. 141 |
| Conclusion | p. 144 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 144 |
| Mandatory Domestic Violence Arrest Policies | p. 145 |
| What Is Domestic Violence? | p. 145 |
| Battering | p. 146 |
| Family Conflict | p. 146 |
| A False Premise | p. 147 |
| The Rise in Arrests for Females | p. 148 |
| Questioning Mandatory Arrest | p. 149 |
| Outcomes | p. 150 |
| Conclusion | p. 151 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 152 |
| The Colorado Star Chamber | p. 155 |
| Introduction | p. 155 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice | p. 156 |
| The Star Chamber | p. 157 |
| The Fifth Amendment | p. 157 |
| The Sixth Amendment | p. 157 |
| The Fourteenth Amendment-Section 1 | p. 158 |
| Moral and Legal Rights | p. 158 |
| Injustice Indeed | p. 159 |
| Plea Bargain | p. 160 |
| The 2002 Colorado Star Chamber | p. 161 |
| Thinking and Nonthinking | p. 164 |
| Unsubstantiated Beliefs | p. 167 |
| Logic and Common Sense | p. 168 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 169 |
| Ain't I a Victim | p. 171 |
| Introduction | p. 171 |
| Domestic Violence Awareness | p. 171 |
| Equality and Equity | p. 172 |
| Abusive Not Violent Behavior | p. 173 |
| The "Experts" Cannot See Them | p. 173 |
| Why Male Victims Seem Invisible | p. 176 |
| Facts Ignored | p. 177 |
| The Search for the Whole Truth | p. 177 |
| Can't They Handle the Truth? | p. 178 |
| And What about Our Children? | p. 179 |
| The Patriarchy Makes Them Do It | p. 179 |
| The Invisible Victim | p. 180 |
| And The Truth Shall Set Us Free | p. 182 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 183 |
| In Memoriam | p. 185 |
| Introduction | p. 185 |
| Implicit Bias | p. 185 |
| The 2003 Massachusetts Domestic Violence Homicide Report | p. 186 |
| The Silent Voices | p. 186 |
| January 14, 2003 | p. 186 |
| February 7, 2003 | p. 187 |
| March 25, 2003 | p. 187 |
| March 31, 2003 | p. 187 |
| April 19, 2000 | p. 187 |
| April 19, 2003 | p. 187 |
| June 1, 2003 | p. 188 |
| June 11, 2003 | p. 188 |
| June 16, 2003 | p. 188 |
| June 26, 2003 | p. 188 |
| June 29, 2003 | p. 188 |
| July 23, 2003 | p. 189 |
| October 2, 2003 | p. 189 |
| October 28, 2003 | p. 189 |
| November 2, 2003 | p. 189 |
| November 26, 2003 | p. 189 |
| December 1, 2003 | p. 190 |
| Implicit Bias | p. 190 |
| Lessons Ignored | p. 191 |
| Domestic Violence Homicide Is Preventable | p. 192 |
| Conclusion | p. 193 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 194 |
| Rethinking Victimization | p. 195 |
| Some Perspective | p. 195 |
| Differing Domestic Violence Data | p. 196 |
| Compromise | p. 197 |
| The Duluth Model | p. 198 |
| The Family Conflict Model | p. 198 |
| The Psychological Model | p. 198 |
| A Complex and Multifaceted Issue | p. 198 |
| Batterers | p. 200 |
| Family Conflict | p. 201 |
| Assessments Needed | p. 202 |
| The Value of Assessments | p. 202 |
| The Need for a More Objective View | p. 203 |
| Unbiased Reporting of Facts | p. 204 |
| Conclusion | p. 204 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 206 |
| Afterword | p. 207 |
| Introduction | p. 207 |
| The Resolution | p. 208 |
| Resolution | p. 208 |
| Thinking about Thinking | p. 210 |
| "Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women" | p. 211 |
| "The Exposure Reduction or Backlash? The Effects of Domestic Violence Resources on Intimate Partner Homicide" | p. 211 |
| Controlling Violence against Women: A Research Perspective on the 1994 VAWA's Criminal Justice Impacts | p. 211 |
| Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Overview | p. 212 |
| Conclusion | p. 213 |
| References | p. 215 |
| Recommendations | p. 255 |
| Recommendation One | p. 255 |
| Recommendation Two | p. 257 |
| Recommendation Three | p. 257 |
| Recommendation Four | p. 259 |
| Recommendation Five | p. 260 |
| Recommendation Six | p. 261 |
| Recommendation Seven | p. 261 |
| Recommendation Eight | p. 263 |
| Recommendation Nine | p. 263 |
| The Family Violence Act | p. 263 |
| Recommendation Ten | p. 264 |
| Unaware of the Data? | p. 264 |
| Selected Resources | p. 267 |
| Index | p. 281 |
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