Death by domestic violence : preventing the murders and murder-suicides /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Van Wormer, Katherine S.
Other Authors:	Roberts, Albert R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Series:	Social and psychological issues.
Subjects:	Family violence > Prevention. Homicide.

Table of Contents:

Women and families at risk : an overview
Risk factors for domestic homicide
The dynamics of murder-suicide in domestic situations
The role of alcohol and other drugs in domestic homicide / Katherine van Wormer, Alissa Mallow, and Kelly Ward
Issues of power and control in the death of a loved one / Kelly Ward and Carolyn A. Bradley
Portraits of life in the aftermath of domestic homicide / Marilyn Peterson Armour
Domestic homicide worldwide / Katherine van Wormer and Woochan S. Shim
Response of the U.S. criminal justice system
Personal narratives of women in prison for partner homicide
Safety plans for the prevention of intimate homicide
Work with dangerous battering men.