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Library Resources on

Domestic Violence

SWAN Online Catalog

About Domestic Violence

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  Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse by Linda G. Mills
NEW/362.82/MIL
                 
                                            Domestic Violence: Opposing Viewpoints Series        
  Domestic Violence: Opposing Viewpoints Series edited by Mike Wilson
362.8292/DOM
         
             
 

Child Abuse by Jean Marie Leverich
362.76/CHI

The Domestic Violence Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know by Dawn Bradley Berry
362.8292/BER

Battered Women edited by Louise Gerdes
362.8292/BAT

Dangerous Relationships: How to Stop Domestic Violence Before it Stops You by Noelle C. Nelson
362.8292/NEL

Violence in American Society by Frank McGuckin
303.6/VIO

Biographies

 
                                            Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survival by Carmina Salcido    
  Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survival by Carmina Salcido
NEW/921/SAL
       
                                               
 

Scared Silent: The Mildred Muhammad Story, A Memoir: When the One You Love...Becomes the One You Fear by Mildred Muhammad
NEW/921/MUH

A Brother’s Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse by Richard B. Pelzer
921/PEL

A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive by David Pelzer
362.76/PEL

A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness by David J. Pelzer
362.76/PEL

The Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family by David J. Pelzer
362.76/PEL

   
                                                           
 

Movies on Domestic Violence

Woman Thou Art Loosed starring Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, and Bishop T.D. Jakes
DVD/DRAMA/WOM 323

             
                                            Precious starring Mo'nique, Paula Patton, and Lenny Kravitz      
  Precious starring Mo'nique, Paula Patton, and Lenny Kravitz
NEW/DVD/DRAMA/PRE 2324
                   
                                                 
 

Case Studies

Children Who See too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violent Project by Betsy McAlister Groves
303.6/GRO

Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation by Julie Salamon
364.15/SAL

Because I Love You: The Silent Shadow of Child Sexual Abuse by Joyce Allan
364.1536/ALL

SWAN Online Catalog

Prevention

Predators and Child Molesters: What Every Parent Needs to Know to Keep Kids Safe: A Sex Crimes D.A. Answers the 100 Most Asked Questions by Robin Sax
NEW/362.76/SAX

Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect its Children by Marci Hamilton
345.73/HAM

To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids from Online Enemies Already in Your Home by Chris Hansen
363.25/HAN

Ending Child Abuse: New Efforts in Prevention, Investigation, and Training edited by Victor Vieth and Bette L. Bottoms
362.7609/END

Fiction

 
                                            A Woman’s Worth by Nikita Nichols    
  A Woman’s Worth by Nikita Nichols
NEW/FIC/NIC
     
                                               
 

Push: A Novel by Sapphire
NEW/FIC/SAP

Breaking the Cycle by Zane
FIC/BRE

Somebody’s Knockin’ at My Door by Francis Ray
FIC/RAY

Something on the Inside by T.N. Williams
FIC/WIL

Grace Notes by Charlotte Vale Allen
FIC/ALL

In My Bedroom by Donn O. Hill
FIC/LP/HIL

Getting Help and Healing

 
                                            When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse by Lundy Bancroft    
  When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse by Lundy Bancroft
362.8292/BAN
     
                                               
 

Stolen Tomorrows by Steven Levenkron
616.85/83/LEV

Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness by David J. Pelzer
158.1/PEL

Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse by Mike Lew
362.76/LEW

Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotiona Healing by Joyce Meyer
248.86/MEY

Libros en Español

El Niño sin Nombre: La Lucha de un Nino por Sobrevivir por David J. Pelzer
SP/362.76/PEL

Las Formas del Abuso: La Violencia Fisica y Física en la Familia y Fuera del Ella por Juan Luis Linares
SP/362.82/LIN

   
     
     
     
     
                                            Cuando el Monstruo Despierta: Confesiones de Padres de Adolescentes por Maria Antonieta Collins      
  Cuando el Monstruo Despierta: Confesiones de Padres de Adolescentes por María Antonieta Collins
SP/364.1555/COL
       
                                                 
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