< P> < P> Despite mounting references to the transgenerational transmission of violence, we still lack a compelling understanding of the linkage between the interpersonal violence of early life and the criminal violence of adulthood. In < EM> Prologue to Violence< /EM> , Abby Stein draws on the gripping narratives of 65 incarcerated subjects and extensive material from law enforcement files to remedy this lacuna in both the forensic and psychodynamic literature. In the process, she calls into question prevailing beliefs about criminal character and motivation.<...
< P> < P> Despite mounting references to the transgenerational transmission of violence, we still lack a compelling understanding of the linkage betwe...
Much domestic violence literature has called attention to the fact that women's material needs for shelter, daycare, employment, and legal protection may render them helpless to leave toxic relationships. Yet, even with the provision of these, many women remain tightly wound in their abusers' embrace. In Cupid's Knife: Women's Anger and Agency in Violent Relationships, Abby Stein draws on the gripping narratives of physically and emotionally abused women to illuminate how splitting off their own aggression undermines women's agency, making it almost impossible for them to...
Much domestic violence literature has called attention to the fact that women's material needs for shelter, daycare, employment, and legal protecti...
This is a down and dirty, no holds barred get it done book full of quick and useful tips to help de-clutter and organize the home. The perfect solution for urban mamas who are juggling children, family and careers in the cramped quarters of high rise condos, apartments and residential flats. A great how-to book for any busy mom who lives in the real world with real kids, partners and pets. Abby Stein knows what its like and her no-nonsense, down to earth, approach helps moms rocket past the self-imposed purgatory of should-have's to the streamlined promise of making it so. While every mom is...
This is a down and dirty, no holds barred get it done book full of quick and useful tips to help de-clutter and organize the home. The perfect solutio...
