Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Abuse - Child Abuse

Childhood Emotional Maltreatment, Attachment and Later Intimate Relationships addresses timely topics on the effect of emotional child abuse and neglect on the formation and maintenance of intimate relationships in adolescence and adulthood. This collection of manuscripts addresses current theory, research and practice pertinent to the difficulties experienced by survivors of childhood emotional maltreatment. Topics addressed in this volume include: attachment theory, interpersonal problems, codependency and self silencing, and relationship violence and sexual aggression. The...

Traditionally child sexual abuse has been perceived as a male crime, however, recent research suggests that a significant minority of offenders are female. While recognizing the importance of male perpetrators, this groundbreaking book places the behavior of these offending women into social context, challenging conventional perceptions of female offenders, femininity, and mothering. Including case studies and responses from professionals in the field, this key text highlights the problems inherent in protecting children and identifies ways in which we can develop a clearer understanding...

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-- Rick Warren, Author, The Purpose Driven Life Senior Pastor, Saddleback Church

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In a Bronx bar, long-legged beauty, Maureen, has just bashed the side of her boyfriend's head with a heavy margarita glass and he's about to get creative by using his switchblade on her. A fight erupts and someone gets stabbed. Con-man, Lui Chu, downs his drink and cuts short his visit to the old neighborhood. He's heading back to California in his '64 red Impala before the police arrive. But, at the last minute, three unexpected passengers join him for the cross-country journey: twenty-one year old twins, Alberto and Ramon - and Maureen, the woman who caused it all. How could Lui know...