"Four States of Abuse" is my journey of experiencing abuse from childhood to adulthood, living in four states. I did not know at the time that I was being abused, but it was abuse, both mentally and physically. I was born in the South, and at a young age, I learned that my mother did not want me and sent me to live with my Aunt and Uncle, who did not have kids. I was raised with the rod, sheltered from society, and taught not to question adults but to follow commands without argument or hesitation. With so many barriers against me, I was an open target for bullies including my Aunt and, eventually, my ex husband. "Four States of Abuse" is my survival story from Georgia to New Jersey. I hope to inspire people to escape their situations and seek help.

Representing the International Task Force on Abuse, Catherine Clark Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark help us hear the cries of abused women and find concrete ways for the church to respond so that no home will be a place of abuse.

Rich in scholarly references and case materials, Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse, Second Edition by Denise A. Hines and Kathleen Malley-Morrison is a thought-provoking book that encourages students to question assumptions, evaluate information, formulate hypotheses, and design solutions to problems of family violence in the United States. Using an ecological framework, the authors provide an informative discussion of not only of the most well-recognized forms of maltreatment in families, but also of less understood and more controversial issues such as husband abuse, parent abuse, and gay/lesbian abuse. It reviews and evaluates major efforts at intervention and prevention.

The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence is a modern reference from the leading international scholars in domestic violence research. The first ever publication of an encyclopedia of domestic violence, the principal aim of this title is to provide information on a variety of traditional and breakthrough issues in this complex phenomenon.