TAKE ACTION This October - Instead of The DV Awareness (Useless Feel-Goods) Month

Again, we can stop this..... Question is do we want to? This Book is under $20.00. Absolutely every victim/ survivor/ advocate/ city council, DA, State, AG, and it should be in EVERY University and Public Library in this Nation!

I want this to be the standard read when it comes to intimate terrorisim. Simple, money gaining vs. costing, the only way that it would even be possible to continue these horrible human rights atrocities is by those powers that be.... Society can now be outraged and DEMAND, without repercussion, armed with the facts, the easy truths in resolving humanity's basic human rights to freedom, to safety.
And, it is simple common sense that will GAIN $$ - not need more $ tossed at it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Quincy-Solution-Barry-Goldstein/dp/1934759864

Would you like to share a $500 billion reward?  It might sound too good to be true, but this is the benefit to society of adopting the Quincy Solution with its proven practices to dramatically reduce domestic violence crime.  Barry Goldstein has spent his career working to prevent abuse so he knew how to synthesize history and research about practices that stop domestic violence with medical research about the enormous health impact from stress related to domestic violence and child abuse.

Barry started by reviewing the successful practices in Quincy, San Diego, and Nashville.  Domestic violence is not inevitable, and it is not surprising it can be prevented with a group of best practices.  He updated the proven practices with new research, technology, and inclusion of the custody courts.  The primary obstacle was inertia and money.  Then the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) research established that children exposed to domestic violence, child abuse, and other traumas suffer more illnesses and injuries throughout their lives.  We can reduce societal problems like cancer, heart disease, substance abuse, and crime—and dramatically improve our economy.  This is the Quincy Solution.

• Domestic violence is not inevitable.  The Quincy Solution is based on successful practices in Quincy, Nashville, and San Diego so we know it works.
• The $500 billion in annual savings from the Quincy Solution comes from prevention of illnesses and injuries, reduced crime, and victims reaching their economic potential.
• The Quincy Solution is more than an absence of abuse.  Women and children will be safe in their homes and free to reach their potential.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Barry Goldstein has dedicated his career to stopping men’s violence against women and preventing the mental, emotional and physical trauma it inflicts on their children.  A passionate and sought-after speaker, Barry’s the author of four other books on domestic violence.

“I can’t help but think of all the courageous women who died and all the anguished faces of the children they left behind -- who might have been saved by this book.”~ Rita Smith, Former Executive Director, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

“Barry Goldstein compiles shocking data showing how our legal system enables violence against women and children.  Buy this book.”~ Wendy Murphy, New England Law Boston, Author “And Justice For Some”

“Domestic violence can be stopped.  This book proves it.”~ Andrew Willis, Survivor, Founder Stop Abuse Campaign

“Barry Goldstein has eloquently captured the crisis that is domestic violence in America today, but his real gift is that of hope.”  ~ Sarah Buel, Survivor, Advocate, Law Professor and former Quincy Prosecutor

“A must-read for advocates, police officers, lawyers, judges and anyone who cares about saving the lives of domestic violence victims.” ~ Lt. Mark Wynn (ret), Nashville PD

“A long-awaited, desperately-needed gift to battered women and their children.  This plan could become the Holy Grail of custody litigation.”~ Mo Therese Hannah, PhD, Chair of the Battered Mothers Custody Conference

“Preventing domestic violence can interrupt the cycle of violence that harms children, families and communities.  It’s critical to use science to demonstrate what works, then move from science to practice.”~ Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN, Former Director, NationalCenter for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC

“Shocked to learn the courts don’t already make the health and safety of children priority one when deciding custody and visitation.”~ Kelly Rutherford

Actress

Sales of this book support the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Stop Abuse Campaign's implementation of the Quincy Model.

(DV/IPV) Coercive Control Targets Gender Identity with an Emphasis on Male Domination, Sexual Inequality and Personal Liberty

Because coercive control is so closely linked to inequality, 
to confront it effectively, the advocacy movement should refocus on domination, prioritize “freedom” alongside “safety,” and openly support the feminist agenda.

Sage Journal
Violence Against Women

Source:2013 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2014)

http://vaw.sagepub.com/content/15/12/1509

Rethinking Coercive Control

1. Evan Stark
   1. Rutgers University, Eds203@juno.com

Abstract

The critical appraisals of Coercive Control focus largely on what my analysis implies for intervention, a matter to which the book devotes only limited space. In this reply, I reiterate core concepts in the book and acknowledge that much more work is needed to translate the realities of coercive control into practical legal and advocacy strategies.

 I review how coercive control differs from partner assaults and so why it merits a distinct response; the extent to which coercive control targets gender identity; the wisdom of complementing the focus on violence with an emphasis on male domination, sexual inequality and personal liberty; what this implies for shelters and the law; why sexual inequality differentiates coercive control from female partner abuse of men; how sexual equality can be both cause and antidote for coercive control; why I think an affirmative concept of freedom is essential to grasp the human rights violations inflicted by coercive control; and what it means to “story” coercive control by integrating women into the larger liberty narrative on which our national identity rests. 

1. Full Text (PDF)

Profit Over Protection. Changing Abusers’ Behavior: What Works What Doesn’t

[Special call out to the Kansas Peace Initiative - Alternatives to Battering Program (with their so called 80% success rate), it is time to re-evaluate, and place PROTECTION over profit.]

Changing Abusers’ Behavior: What Works What Doesn’t

By Barry Goldstein

Introduction

 A few years ago, I attended a national conference for and about batterer programs. One of my colleagues aptly referred to it as a marketing conference for the batterer program industry. I am sure there were many people at the conference that sincerely sought to reduce domestic violence and believed their programs could help accomplish this. Nevertheless, I was appalled at practices that undermined the safety of women partnered with abusive men and frequent inaccurate claims that their programs could change men’s behavior and make it safe for women to live with them.

 The modern movement to end domestic violence began in the mid to late 1970s and helped make men’s violence against women a public issue. This focused attention on the question of how to stop men in heterosexual relationships from abusing their partners. At the time, there was little research available to help policy makers and most of the decisions on how to respond to domestic violence were made by people who did not understand domestic violence dynamics. This led to attempts to promote partner safety through ineffective approaches that continue to the present.

 One of the fundamental questions was whether to respond by changing individuals one at a time or to promote societal changes. The primary response has been to focus on the individual such as by creating shelters and counseling for survivors and batterer programs and forms of treatment for abusers. This has undermined recognition of the need to make fundamental changes to the status quo by creating an appearance that society is engaged in an effective response to domestic violence. Ironically, the present response has resulted in a substantial reduction in the number of men killed by their heterosexual partners, but only a small decrease in the number of women murdered by their abusers.

Common Practices Providing Little Protection for Women (read the rest of the article here)