Recantation : direct byproduct of abuser tampering -- Five-stage model : what abusers say, how they say it, how victims respond -- Recapping the five-stage model-its limitations and strengths -- So this is where you think I need to be? (Case Example 1) -- If I lost you, it's like losing an arm or something (Case Example 2) -- She needs to show up tomorrow and say she was lying (Case Example 3) -- Feed and nurture the "good wolf" (Case Example 4) -- Your mom is mean and evil (Case Example 5) -- The five-stage model, jail calls : relationship to coercive control, family systems, and attachment theories -- Using the five-stage model and jail calls to advance community response to domestic violence.

"Recantation and Domestic Violence empowers people and communities in improving their understanding of and skills in domestic violence cases that involve recantation. The book illustrates the precise interpersonal dynamics of recantation in criminal cases in which felony-level abuse has occurred. This book equips professionals in working more effectively with domestic violence victims, their abusers, family members and other supporters. Using the five-stage model, case examples, and audiotaped telephone conversations between abusers and their victims, it puts the reader directly in touch with what abusers say, how they say it, and how victims respond. The book will be applicable to practitioners and research audiences in fields such as criminal law, family law, child custody, violence prevention, therapeutic interventions, medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, sociology, and behavioral economics"-- Provided by publisher.

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