http://www.lybrary.com/index.php?cPath=1943 Copyright © 2013 Lybrary.comThese 366 daily affirmations and meditations extend support and wisdom to women who have survived childhood sexual abuse. With understanding, compassion, and strength, the author addresses issues such as intimacy, fear, play, sharing secrets, and anger. She also shares her personal knowledge of sexual abuse to illustrate that we can not only survive, but thrive.http://www.lybrary.com/daybreak-meditations-for-women-survivors-of-sexual-abuse-p-295326.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/daybreak-meditations-for-women-survivors-of-sexual-abuse-p-295326.htmlSun, 19 May 2013 23:30:45 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/child-protection-and-family-support-p-291083.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/child-protection-and-family-support-p-291083.htmlTue, 07 May 2013 16:43:30 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-domestic-violence-p-289753.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-domestic-violence-p-289753.htmlSun, 05 May 2013 00:42:17 EDT This book tests the explanatory and descriptive power of the doctrine of sin in relation to two concrete situations: sexual abuse of children and the holocaust. Taking seriously the explanatory power of secular discourses for analysing and regulating therapeutic action in relation to such situations, the book asks whether the theological language of sin can offer further illumination by speaking of God and the world together. Through its discussion of abuse and the holocaust, an engagement with Augustine, original sin and feminism, a fresh and sometimes surprising perspective is offered, both on the theology of sin and on the pathologies under consideration. The understanding of sin that emerges is centred on joyful worship of the trinitarian God. This essay is more systematic and more theological than most practical, pastoral or applied theology and more practical and concrete than most systematic or constructive theology. It is a genuinely concrete, systematic theology.http://www.lybrary.com/bound-to-sin-p-289539.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bound-to-sin-p-289539.htmlSat, 04 May 2013 15:43:13 EDT At the age of ten, Clara Newman is discovered in the front yard of her home, covered in blood, incoherent and non-responsive. Inside, the butchered body of her father is found slumped at the kitchen table. Because Clara is mute, a confession cannot be obtained. After a search for Clara's mother and relatives is unsuccessful, Clara becomes a ward of the state. Clara is eventually taken in by a foster family, and, completely illiterate, she is put in the first grade to jump-start her nonexistent education. For the first time in her life, though remaining mute and socially and emotionally crippled, she slowly begins to thrive. Clara, who has never been in a car, on an escalator or in a movie theater, has never seen a giraffe or an elephant and has never tasted ice cream or pizza, absorbs her new world in utter amazement mixed with distrust and wonder. Two years later, as Clara continues to fight to overcome her devastating past and to struggle her way through the days and nights of her new life, the District Attorney suddenly and unexpectedly charges her with first-degree murder. Clara crumbles under the pressure and at the prospect of having her freedom taken away from her once more. But just as the attorneys begin their closing arguments and place her fate in the hands of twelve strangers, the defense presents a stunning surprise witness with a staggering, astounding story to tell. A story that will change the course of Clara's future in a way nobody could have ever imagined. Clara narrates Lullabies as the story the way she remembers it.http://www.lybrary.com/lullabies-p-287403.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/lullabies-p-287403.htmlTue, 30 Apr 2013 11:35:53 EDT Decipher the complex interplay of neurology, psychology, trauma, and memory!</br></br>In the midst of the controversies over how repressed, false, and recovered memories should be interpreted, Trauma and Cognitive Science presents reliable original research instead of rhetoric. This landmark volume examines the way different traumas influence memory, information processing, and suggestibility. The research provides testable theories on why people forget some kinds of childhood abuse and other traumas. It bridges the cognitive science and clinical approaches to traumatic stress studies.</br></br>Written by the foremost researchers in the field, including Bessel van der Kolk and Jennifer Freyd, these scientific evaluations of the way traumatic memories are processed offer powerful new perspectives on the interplay of biology and psychology. Trauma and Cognitive Science discusses a range of traumas, including combat, child abuse, and sexual assault across the lifespan. Fascinating perceptual experiments shed light on the cognitive uses of dissociation, the encoding and recall of memory, and the effects of early trauma on subsequent information processing. Trauma and Cognitive Science offers solid information on the most challenging questions in this field: <ul><li> How is memory encoded, stored, and retrieved? How is it forgotten? <li> How does trauma influence these processes? <li> What kinds of memories can be created by suggestion? <li> What physical changes take place in the brain under traumatic stress? <li> How is consciousness disturbed during and after trauma? <li> What are the ethical, clinical, and societal implications of traumatic stress studies? <li> How can people suffering from traumatic memories be healed? </ul>Trauma and Cognitive Science also offers an astonishing array of true case studies, including the story of an adult woman who was raped, went to court, and saw her rapist convicted--and then forgot the whole traumatic episode. The independently corroborated accounts of recovered memories and the carefully designed research studies on multiple modes and levels of memory may offer the key to understanding how we remember and why we forget. The results of these controlled scientific studies have wide-ranging implications for abuse survivors, combat veterans, rape victims, and people who have survived traumatic events from earthquakes to car accidents. </br></br>Written in clear, accessible prose, Trauma and Cognitive Science belongs on the bookshelf of all mental health professionals, researchers in the areas of traumatic stress and child abuse, attorneys, judges, and survivors of abuse and trauma. </ul>http://www.lybrary.com/trauma-and-cognitive-science-a-meeting-of-minds-science-and-human-experience-p-284131.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/trauma-and-cognitive-science-a-meeting-of-minds-science-and-human-experience-p-284131.htmlWed, 24 Apr 2013 14:34:58 EDT <p>"Pence and Paymar are right on target again. Their analysis of battering is excellent and their approach...is straightforward, useful and clear. [The book] tells you what to do with abusive men ahttp://www.lybrary.com/education-groups-for-men-who-batter-p-283668.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/education-groups-for-men-who-batter-p-283668.htmlTue, 23 Apr 2013 17:38:01 EDT "Women, Violence and Social Change" focuses on the often troubled relationship between the battered women's movement and government institutions and as such, makes a significant contribution to the study of violence against women. R. Emerson and Russell P. Dobash show how shelters, providing a basis of support and political action for women, form the core of the battered women's movement. From this base, movements in both the United States and Britain have challenged the police, courts, and social services to provide greater assistance to women.http://www.lybrary.com/women-violence-and-social-change-p-282443.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/women-violence-and-social-change-p-282443.htmlSun, 21 Apr 2013 05:37:04 EDT <p><i>Domestic Violence Spills Over into the Workplace</i> presents ways to assess the danger of and address issues associated with domestic violence in the workplace. This 22-minute video presentation of narrated slides provides valuable information on recognizing signs of abuse, the cost to companies, and what actions to take to mitigate the negative impact of domestic violence in your workplace. It also addresses how to develop and communicate a domestic violence policy and a safety plan for survivors.</p><p>Presenter Rosalind W. Jackson has years of experience managing workplace violence prevention programs in both corporate office and manufacturing settings. This presentation is a valuable tool for human resources and security professionals for use in training, business and security executives in the development of a corporate domestic violence policy, and educators in the classroom.</p><p><ul><li>The 22-minute, visual PowerPoint presentation with audio narration format is excellent for group learning </li><li>Discusses ways to assess the danger of and address issues associated with domestic violence spillover into the workplace </li><li>Addresses how to develop and communicate a domestic violence policy and a safety plan for survivors</li></ul>http://www.lybrary.com/domestic-violence-spills-over-into-the-workplace-proven-practices-p-277576.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/domestic-violence-spills-over-into-the-workplace-proven-practices-p-277576.htmlWed, 10 Apr 2013 16:37:18 EDT <br />Boot camps—what are their effects on criminal behavior?<br /><br />Public and political support for boot camps as alternative correctional facilities has rarely faltered since their inception decades ago, though their efficacy remains uncertain. Rehabilitation Issues, Problems, and Prospects in Boot Camp explores all facets of the controversial issue, from the attitudes and perceptions of the public, to the political motivations in maintaining them, on to the latest research on the camps and their graduates. Respected authorities discuss boot camps' effectiveness on diverse groups according to age, gender, race, and correctional facility. Cost factors between boot camps and other correctional institutions are compared, along with the latest criminal recidivism data. <br /><br />Boot camps provide inmates with an uncomfortable, paramilitary-style environment with an eye toward shorter incarceration time, lower costs, and more positive effects on criminal behavior. Does this correctional model work as anticipated? Rehabilitation Issues, Problems, and Prospects in Boot Camp gives you the facts, revealing the public and political arguments for and against boot camps as well as the research on the theoretical predictors of criminal recidivism and the differing attitudes of attendees toward the facilities according to gender and race. Critical policy issues are identified and discussed in-depth, with particular emphasis given to the positive and negative aspects of rehabilitation possibilities of boot camps. Helpful tables clearly illustrate statistics while extensive references provide opportunities for further insight.<br /><br />Rehabilitation Issues, Problems, and Prospects in Boot Camp explores questions such as:<br /><ul><li> criminal recidivism—what are the theoretical predictors?<br /><li> what effect does gender have on criminal recidivism?<br /><li> what is the effect of this hypermasculine paramilitary prison environment have on males— and females?<br /><li> what are the differences between Native American and non-Native American perceptions of boot camp?<br /><li> is the perceived severity of boot camp different for gender?<br /><li> what is the process for policymaking in creating and maintaining boot camps?<br /><li> what role does politics play in the continuation of boot camps?<br /><li> what corrections to boot camp facilities should be made based upon evidence and research?<br /><br /></ul>Rehabilitation Issues, Problems, and Prospects in Boot Camp is a thorough examination of the social and political issues about boot camps that makes essential reading for educators, students, sociologists, criminologists, psychologists, counselors, and criminal justice professionals.http://www.lybrary.com/rehabilitation-issues-problems-and-prospects-in-boot-camp-p-276823.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rehabilitation-issues-problems-and-prospects-in-boot-camp-p-276823.htmlTue, 09 Apr 2013 01:35:32 EDT An international look at the similarities and differences of long-lasting trauma<br /><br />Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective examines the psychological, sociological, political, economic, and cultural aspects of trauma and its consequences on people around the world. Dispelling the myth that trauma-related dissociative disorders are a North American phenomenon, this unique book travels through more than a dozen countries to analyze the effects of long-lasting traumatization-both natural and man-made-on adults and children. Working from theoretical and clinical perspectives, the field's leading experts address trauma in situations that range from the psychological effects of “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland to the emergence of “Hikikomori,” the phenomenon of social withdrawal in Japanese youth.<br /><br />Reactions to trauma can be both unique according to a person's culture and similar to the experiences of others around the world. Dissociation, intense grief, anger, and survivor's guilt are common responses as people split off mentally, physically, and emotionally from the source of the trauma, whether it's an act of nature (tsunami, earthquake, flood, etc.) or the trauma created by violence, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, assault, confinement, kidnapping, and war. Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective examines the efforts of clinicians and researchers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Australia, and New Zealand to develop sociopsychological methods of providing counseling to people who are suffering physically, emotionally and spiritually, training for professionals counted on to dispense that counseling, and economic and political solutions that might help to limit the devastating effects of natural disasters.<br /> <br />Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective examines:<br /><ul><li> the tensions between the National Health Service and the private sector in the United Kingdom<br /><li> how the Mandarin version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) is used in China<br /><li> Djinnai, a culture-bound syndrome and possession trance disorder found in Iran<br /><li> how colonialism has transmitted trauma to the Maori people of New Zealand<br /><li> transgenerational trauma in Turkey<br /><li> religious rituals and spirit possession in the Philippines<br /><li> “memory wars” in Israel<br /><li> traumatic syndromes among the French<br /><li> differences in dissociative experiences among Chinese and Japanese youth<br /><li> childhood trauma in Argentina <br /> <li> and much more</ul>Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective is an enlightening professional resource for anyone working in psychology, sociology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy.</ul>http://www.lybrary.com/trauma-and-dissociation-in-a-crosscultural-perspective-not-just-a-north-american-phenomenon-p-275477.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/trauma-and-dissociation-in-a-crosscultural-perspective-not-just-a-north-american-phenomenon-p-275477.htmlSat, 06 Apr 2013 00:34:30 EDT To Know A Fallen Angel is a coming of age story about a boy who tries not to become a sexual predator. Based on a true story, it is serious yet inspirational. The main theme is the ability to triumph over the lasting effects of sexual abuse. The story explains what happened to the mind of a sexually abused child, while taking the reader on an expedition through the mind of a sexual predator. The book gives the reader insight into the reality of sexual abuse, and the mind of a sexual predator.http://www.lybrary.com/to-know-a-fallen-angel-understanding-the-mind-of-a-sexual-predator-p-272596.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/to-know-a-fallen-angel-understanding-the-mind-of-a-sexual-predator-p-272596.htmlSat, 23 Mar 2013 14:35:20 EDT Based on a true story It is 2003. The front page of the Sun newspaper is filled with a picture of Sam, aged thirteen, his face pixelated to disguise his identity. Sam has won his case in the High Court. His extraordinary story is all over the newspapers; it's on Sky News and on BBC News 24. They interview a city solicitor to try to give an explanation. Fast rewind to 1993. Gregory Franks is a criminal law barrister whose work defending criminals influences his violent and abusive behavior. His wife, Joanne, has had enough and divorces him, taking her son Sam with her. Joanne meets Chris, a loving and caring doctor, and they are blissfully happy. Joanne gives birth to Alex, a brother for Sam, and they all think they can live happily ever after, oblivious to what is lurking in the shadows of Gregory Frank's mind. Gregory wants revenge. This is just the moment that he has been waiting for. His plan is to take Joanne's son Sam away from her, and he has friends in high places to help him. The odds are stacked up against Joanne and Chris. They find that the judges will only listen to Gregory Franks, the barrister. Court recordings are carefully choreographed; the police are powerless, and CAFCASS is concealing the evidence. But what nobody has reckoned on is Joanne and Chris's tenacity and determination not to give up on Sam. As a doctor, Chris cannot let Gregory Franks continue to abuse Sam, and Joanne's instinct is to protect her son. How long will this corruption go on?http://www.lybrary.com/aundressing-the-judge-he-could-have-everything-but-not-her-son-p-271878.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/aundressing-the-judge-he-could-have-everything-but-not-her-son-p-271878.htmlThu, 21 Mar 2013 10:49:23 EDT Child sexual abuse is not something we have not heard of. In fact, many of us must have encountered it too. It is extremely difficult to acknowledge that sexual abuse of children happens every day... in all sections, castes and educational backgrounds of our society. Samira and Kajri- two little girls of 12 and 8 years old belong to different backgrounds, brought up with dissimilar values and live a life that is poles apart from each other. But one thing that connects them is the horrifying experience of childhood sexual abuse. The book shadows the heart wrenching struggle of these innocent girls in comprehending the ghastly episodes which has left them petrified for life. The situation becomes worse when their parents turn their backs to them. Now they both must accept, howsoever reluctantly, their existence as an abused one. "The story of Samira and Kajri stirred me and changed the way I thought. Along with the issue, rises a strong voice." By Vijay Kumar Chopra. Editor, Punjab Kesari Group.http://www.lybrary.com/battered-existence-an-abused-childhood-p-271302.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/battered-existence-an-abused-childhood-p-271302.htmlWed, 20 Mar 2013 01:45:17 EDT This book tells the true story of my childhood abuse, shameful secrets, and my strength of survival while living on the mean and evil streets. At a young age, I have experience the pain of being neglected, rejected and insecure, and was also traumatized from psychological, emotional and sexual abuse. It all began, at the tender age of five, after watching my mother being brutally attacked as her blood painted the floor and walls. A beast within me yearned for revenge, with a promise of killing my mother's assailant. As years went by, my little world became revengeful, confused, damaged, and rebellious, which was deeply misunderstood by everyone. In loving memory of my beloved mother ̶ please join me on this long and painful journey of healing, as I slowly remove my mask and faced my fears; to make a difference in the lives of our children, especially those that are greatly misunderstood, with hearts that are broken, bruised and battered...
<p>Funny, how one moment of my life changes many after; from mommy's little girl to a motherless child. Thanks in advancehttp://www.lybrary.com/behind-the-maskfrom-a-child-abuse-survivor-p-268292.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/behind-the-maskfrom-a-child-abuse-survivor-p-268292.htmlTue, 12 Mar 2013 06:49:50 EDT Is your kids in danger of being lured by a stranger on the internet? Every year the percentage of child victims from this epidemic continues to grow and majority of them are below 16.<p>Is your kids in danger of becoming a statistic? They are being approached online by stranger at an alarming rate.<p>What can you do as a parent to protect your child safety and privacy? As a parent, the choice is really yours. If you love your kids, then do not just sit back and do nothing.<p>Take action now to protect your child's well-being on the internet.<br>If you are not going to pay attention to your children, soon you will find them in the hands of the cyber-crimes. You as a parent should acquire the knowledge and resources to prevent such things to occur. Learn more tips and advice inside this amazing guide...http://www.lybrary.com/how-to-protect-your-children-online-internet-safety-tips-for-kids-p-268250.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/how-to-protect-your-children-online-internet-safety-tips-for-kids-p-268250.htmlTue, 12 Mar 2013 04:40:36 EDT Prevention of a chronic societal problem such as sexual victimization requires looking beyond individuals to the systemic factors that maintain the problem. Sexual Assault and Abuse addresses the need to change social and cultural beliefs and practices that permit the sexual victimization of women and children. Potential rapists and victims are viewed within the context of the social and cultural factors that shape sexual behavior. The book discusses rape prevention approaches ranging from changing individuals and groups to changing the social and cultural factors that permit and promote sexual victimization.</br></br>Research in the social sciences, in education, and in the media documents the promise as well as the problems with efforts to change social and cultural beliefs and practices to create a sexually safe society. Sexual Assault and Abuse integrates recent advances in research on sexual assault and prevention into strategies to prevent sexual victimization, with a focus on the role of sociocultural factors.</br></br>In Sexual Assault and Abuse, editor Carolyn F. Swift brings together authors who thoughtfully examine the perpetrators and victims of sexual assault/abuse in an effort to change or obliterate sociocultural factors which maintain or promote this behavior. Topics covered include: <ul><li>the sociocultural context of sexual assault/abuse <li>the need to develop multiple-level prevention programs <li>development of sexually abusive behavior in men and boys <li>the relationship between pornography and sexual assault/abuse <li>the need for culturally-sensitive prevention programs <li>the significance of sexual revictimization in the lives of African American women <li>an ecological approach to the prevention of sexual harassment <li>utilization of social science research to develop public policy on pornography <li>use of public information campaigns to prevent intrafamilial child sexual abuse within Hispanic families</br></br>Sexual Assault and Abuse identifies sociocultural risks associated with sexual assault/abuse and explores ways to reduce these risks, from a prevention perspective, for diverse populations. Risks addressed include gender inequities, pornography, worksites hostile to women, previous victimization in African American females, sexist and racist beliefs, and media violence against women. Prevention programs range from interventions to stop the development of sexually abusive behavior in boys and men, through programs that take account of ethnic diversity in language, history, and culture, to those that promote empowerment of women. By addressing the environmental context in which sexual assault occurs, the authors in Sexual Assault and Abuse broaden their focus to incorporate both potential perpetrators and potential victims in an ecological perspective which permits new approaches to prevention. This book is of special interest and value to academics and practitioners of psychology, psychiatry, and social work, therapists and counselors, women's studies professionals, sociologists, anthropologists, feminists, rape crisis center staff and volunteers, and battered women center staff and volunteers.</ul>http://www.lybrary.com/sexual-assault-and-abuse-sociocultural-context-of-prevention-p-267455.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sexual-assault-and-abuse-sociocultural-context-of-prevention-p-267455.htmlSun, 10 Mar 2013 07:32:17 EDT The first workbook designed for counsellors to help abusers recognise and deal with the issues underlying their behaviour.http://www.lybrary.com/alternatives-to-domestic-violence-a-homework-manual-for-battering-intervention-groups-p-267183.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/alternatives-to-domestic-violence-a-homework-manual-for-battering-intervention-groups-p-267183.htmlSat, 09 Mar 2013 16:33:29 EST <p>Intimate partner violence is now recognised as a serious human rights abuse and increasingly as an important public health problem with severe consequences for women's physical, mental and sexual health. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of intimate partner violence is an essential aspect of good-quality social work practice. This is an accessible introduction to the complexities of social work practice with abused women, as well as men.</p><p>Designed for those new to practice in this area, it outlines and explores some of the key issues from an international perspective, such as the role and responsibilities of a social worker, prevalence rates and research around causes and consequences. It includes chapters on working with women with additional vulnerabilities, working with perpetrators, impacts on physical and mental health, child protection issues, assessment and intervention strategies, and long-term approaches.</p><I><p>Social Work and Intimate Partner Violence</I> is an up-to-date book bringing together all the most important information in the area for social workers, and is essential reading for all students and newly qualified professionals.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/social-work-and-intimate-partner-violence-p-266367.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/social-work-and-intimate-partner-violence-p-266367.htmlFri, 08 Mar 2013 02:39:24 EST <p>Gender-based violence is a multi-faceted public health problem with numerous consequences for an individual's physical and mental health and wellbeing. This collection develops a comprehensive public health approach for working with gender-based violence, paying specific attention to international budgets, policies and practice and drawing on a wide selection of empirical studies.</p><p>Divided into two parts, the text looks at how public health budgets and policies can be used to influence a range of risk factors and outcomes, and then outlines a theoretical and conceptual framework. The second section draws on empirical studies to illustrate ways of managing the risks and impacts of, and responses to, the problem. It concludes by summarising those risk factors that can be effectively addressed through appropriately budgeted public health programmes globally. Highlighting ways of bolstering protective and resilience factors and identifying early interventions, it demonstrates the importance of inter-agency interventions through coordinated effort from a wide range of sectors including social services, education, religious organisations, judiciary, police, media and business.</p><p>This inter-disciplinary volume will interest students and researchers working on gender-based violence, gender budgeting and public health policy from a range of backgrounds, including public health, sociology, social work, public policy, gender studies, development studies and economics.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/genderbased-violence-and-public-health-international-perspectives-on-budgets-and-policies-p-266102.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/genderbased-violence-and-public-health-international-perspectives-on-budgets-and-policies-p-266102.htmlThu, 07 Mar 2013 07:40:06 EST