Intimate Warfare

The community in which children are nursed; the family, should by all means be a safe haven. However, it is not. People in family relations are more likely to be threatened, hit, kicked, raped or beaten up. Such violence in the domestic circle conjures up a lot of questions. The authors have been engaged with this problematical issue for years and are now trying to make the dynamics of violence within the family more comprehensive. This book is a reflection of on their dialogue.

Martine Groen

Series Editor's Foreword , Foreword , Introduction , Domestic violence: characteristics and size , Together you will progress , The downward spiral of violence between partners , From ill-behaviour to relational behaviour , Escalation and de-escalation , Violence in families of various cultural backgrounds , The coherence between shame and violence , Rituals of revenge , The reproduction of violence , Of young rulers and the terror at home , The therapist as a person , Apprehensive heroes , Conclusion