What is the Duluth model? How effective are batterers' programs? These and many other questions are canvassed in this New York Times article When Men Hit Women by Jan Hoffman, February 16, 1992. [April 5, 2023: The linked article contains multiple pages. Editors.] Although this article was written twenty years ago, it's very worth reading.… Continue reading The Duluth Model and programs for abusers
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Do Some Abuse Victims Have a “Need” to Suffer?
We have considered recommending the book Toxic Relationships and How to Change Them by Clinton McLemore. It is valuable for presenting certain types and styles of personalities that are, as the author puts it, toxic. This is the only book, for example, that we have found which identifies and discusses two types of toxic personality… Continue reading Do Some Abuse Victims Have a “Need” to Suffer?
