CONJUGALCRIME

CONJUGAL CRIME Understanding and Changing the Wifebeating Pattern

Half of America's married women are victims of wifebeating bu but it does not have to be a wife's silentsacrifice any longer

“A MOVING, CAREFULLY RESEARCHED, AND IMPORTANT BOOK……OFFERS WISE ADVICE FOR WOMEN NOT YET READY OR ABLE TO BREAK OUT IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE”THE NEW YORK TIMES

by TERRY DAVIDSON

Contents

1. Conjugal Crime : It Hppens in the Best of Families
2. What Kind of Man Would Beat His Wife?
3. What Kind of Women Becomes a Battered Wife?
4. How Society Keeps Her There
5. How Does He Get Away with It? Historical Precedents for the Toleration of Wifebeating
6. How It Affects the Children
7. My Own Story: The Skeleton in the Parsonage
8. A Personal Investigation: One Week in the Life of a Shelter for Battered Wives
9. What to Do, What to Avoid: Guidelines to Help for Battered Wives, Wifebeaters, Children, Friends and Family, Counselors and Clergy
10. The Future: The Fastest-growing Social Movement in America

Appendixes:

• Directory of More Than Three Hundred Shelters for Battered Wives and Their Children, Including Hotline Telephone Numbers
• Recommended Publications and Useful
• Addresses
• Legal Procedures to Take Immediately After or During Wifebeating
• Rehabilitation Programs for Wifebeaters