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

Sipe, Beth M.; Hall, Evelyn J.

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9780761901457: I Am Not Your Victim: Anatomy of Domestic Violence (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

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ISBN 10: 0761901450 ISBN 13: 9780761901457

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

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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; the reasons why battered women stay; and the dynamic consequences of domestic violence.

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Beth Sipe is a formerly battered woman who is now a survivor. After sixteen years of abuse, she left her violent husband, only to be more severely harassed and threatened when she became independent. The mother of three adult children, she has reclaimed her identity and lives a quiet, productive life.

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