Domestic Violence and Psychology: Critical Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

ISBN-13: 9780815385226 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 186 str.

Paula Nicolson

Opis

Despite many changes to laws and policies intended to combat violence to women, intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA) remains discouragingly commonplace.Domestic Violence and Psychology showcases women’s harrowing stories of living with and leaving violent partners, offering a psychological perspective on domestic violence.

O autorze

Paula Nicolson is Professor Emeritus, in the Department of Social Work at Royal Holloway, University of London, as well as a founder member of the British Psychological Society’s Psychology of Women Section. She is a Fellow and chartered member of the BPS, Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and has worked as an academic psychologist since 1978. She is author of many psychology books and now also writes novels with a psychological theme.