Selected Bibliography

General Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence and Alcohol


General Domestic Violence

Bograd, M. and K. Yllo, eds. Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1987.

Bowker, Lee. Ending the Violence: A Guidebook Based on the Experiences of 1,000 Battered Women. Holmes Beach, FL: Learning Publications, 1986.

Browne, Angela. When Battered Women Kill. New York: The Free Press, 1987.

Dobash, R.E., and R.P. Dobash. Violence Against Wives: A Case Against the Patriarchy. New York: The Free Press, 1979.

Ewing, C.P. Battered Women Who Kill: Psychological Self-Defense as Legal Justification. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Co., 1987.

Finkelhor, David, Richard J. Gelles, Gerald T. Hotaling and Murray A. Straus, eds. The Dark Side of Families, Current Family Violence Research. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1983.

Finkelhor, David and Kersti Yllo. License to Rape. New York: Holt Reinhart and Winston, 1985.

Fortune, Marie. Sexual Violence: The Unmentionable Sin. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1983.

Fortune, Marie. Keeping the Faith: Questions and Answers for the Abused Woman. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987.

Gelles, Richard. Family Violence. Sage Library of Social Research, Vol. 84, 1987.

Gelles, R.J. and M.A. Straus. Intimate Violence. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Gondolf, Edward W. Men Who Batter: An Integrated Approach For Stopping Wife Abuse. Holmes Beach, FL: Learning Publications, 1985.

Gordon, Linda. Heroes of Their Own Lives. New York: Penguin Books, 1989.

Horton, Ann and Judith Williamson. Abuse and Religion: When Praying Isn't Enough. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Co., 1988.

Hotaling, Gerald T., et al, ed. Family Abuse and its Consequences. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1988.

Jones, A. Women Who Kill. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.

Jones, Ann. Next Time, She’ll Be Dead: Battering & How to Stop It. Boston: Beacon Press, 1994.

Kim, Bok-Lim. "Recommendations for Working with Battered Asian Wives and Their Spouses" in Women in the Shadows. National Committee Concerned with Asian Wives of U.S. Servicemen, 964 La Jolla Rancho Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, 1981.

Levy, B. Dating Violence. Washington: Seal Press, 1991.

Lobel, Kerry, ed. Naming the Violence: Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering. Seattle: The Seal Press, 1986.

Martin, Del. Battered Wives. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.

NiCarthy, Ginny. Getting Free: A Handbook for Women in Abusive Relationships. Seattle: The Seal Press, 1982.

NiCarthy, Ginny. The Ones Who Got Away: Women Who Left Abusive Partners. Seattle: The Seal Press, 1982.

NiCarthy, Ginny and Sue Davidson. You Can Be Free. Seattle: The Seal Press, 1989.

Pence, E. In Our Best Interest: A Process for Personal and Social Change. Minnesota Program Development, Inc., 206 4th St., Duluth, MN, 55806. 1987.

Pillemer, Karl A. and Rosalie S. Wolf, eds. Elder Abuse: Conflict in the Family. Dover: Auburn House Publishing Company, 1986.

Pizzey, E. Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear. Short Hills: Ridley Enslow, 1974.

Pleck, Elizabeth. Domestic Tyranny: The Making of American Social Policy against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Roy, Maria, ed. Battered Women: A Psychosociological Study of Domestic Violence. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977.

Russell, Diana E.H. Rape in Marriage. New York: Macmillan, 1982.

Schechter, Susan. Women and Male Violence: The Visions and Struggles of the Battered Women's Movement. Boston: South End Press, 1982.

Schechter, Susan and Ann Jones. When Love Goes Wrong - What To Do When You Can't Do Anything Right: Strategies for Women With Controlling Partners. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.

Sonkin, D.J., ed. Domestic Violence on Trial: Psychological and Legal Dimensions of Family Violence. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1987.

Straus, M.A., R. Gelles, and S. Steinmetz. Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family. New York: Doubleday, 1980.

Walker, Lenore E. The Battered Woman. New York: Harper & Row, 1979.

Walker, Lenore E. Terrifying Love: Why Battered Women Kill and How Society Responds. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.

White, Evelyn C. Chain, Chain, Change: For Black Women Dealing with Physical and Emotional Abuse. Seattle: The Seal Press, 1985.

Wohl, Agnes and Bobbie Kaufman. Silent Screams and Hidden Cries. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1985.

Wolf, Rosalie S. and Karl Pillemer. Helping Elderly Victims: The Reality of Elder Abuse. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.

Zambrano, Myrna M. Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompanada: Para la Mujer Golpeada/For the Latina in an Abusive Relationship. (Bilingual Spanish/English). Seattle: The Seal Press, 1985.


Domestic Violence and Alcohol

 American Medical Association Council on Scientific Affairs Report, Alcohol, Drugs and Family Violence. Report A-93. 1993.

Babcock, Marguerite and Christine McKay. Challenging Codependency: Feminist Critiques. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995.

Bennett, L., and M. Lawson. "Barriers to Cooperation between Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse Programs." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, pp. 277-286, 1994.

Bepko, Claudia, ed. Feminism and Addiction. New York: Haworth Press, 1991.

Bland, Patricia J. "Strategies for Improving Women's Safety and Sobriety." The Source: National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center, Winter, 1997.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence Treatment Improvement Protocol #25. May be ordered by contacting The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), 800-729-6686 or (301) 468-2600; TDD 800-487-4889. Online at http://www.samhsa.gov/csat/csat.htm.

Coleman, D. and Murray A. Straus. Alcohol abuse and family violence. In E. Gottheil, ed., Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Aggression. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1983.

Collins, James J., Larry A. Kroutil, E. Joyce Roland and Marlee Moore-Gurrera. "Issues in the Linkage of Alcohol and Domestic Violence Services." Recent Developments in Alcoholism, Volume 13: Alcoholism and Violence, ed., Marc Galanter. New York: Plenum Press, 1997.

Cruz, J. Michael and Robert L. Peralta. "Family Violence and Substance Use: The Perceived Effects of Substance Use Within Gay Male Relationships." Violence and Victims, Vol. 16 No. 2, 2001.

Downs, William R., Denise D. Werner and Brenda A. Miller. "Differential Patterns of Partner-to- Woman Violence: A Comparison of Samples of Community, Alcohol Abusing, and Battered Women." A paper presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Reno, NV, 1989.

El-Bassel, Nabila, Louisa Gilbert, Valli Rajah, Anthony Foleno and Victoria Frye. "Social Support Among Women in Methadone Treatment Who Experience Partner Violence." Violence Against Women, Vol. 7 No., 3, 246-274, March 2001.

Frank, Phyllis B. and Gail Kadison Golden. "Blaming by Naming: Battered Women and the Epidemic of Codependence." Social Work, Vol. 37, No. 1, January 1992.

Hart, Barbara J. Esq., and Frank Jans, M.A., C.A.C., C.C.S. Drugs, Alcohol and Addiction: A Resource Manual for Advocates Working to End Domestic Violence. Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Harrisburg: 1997. (Available from PCADV, 6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA. 17112, 717-545-6400.)

Kasl, Charlotte Davis. "The Twelve-Step Controversy." Ms. Magazine, November/December, 1990.

Kaufman Kantor, Glenda and Murray A. Straus. "The 'Drunken Bum'Theory of Wife Beating." Social Problems, Vol. 34, No. 3, June 1987.

Krestan, Jo-Ann and Claudia Bepko. "Codependency: The Social Reconstruction of Female Experience." In Claudia Bepko, ed., Feminism and Addiction. New York: Haworth Press, 1991.

Lang, A.R, D.J. Gaeskner, V.J. Adesso and G.A. Marlatt. "Effects of Alcohol on Aggression in Male Social Drinkers." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol. 84, No. 5, 508-518, 1975.

Levy, A.J., and J.S. Brekke. "Spouse Battering and Chemical Dependency: Dynamics, Treatment, and Services Delivery." In Aggression, Family Violence and Chemical Dependency, ed., D. Finnegan, pp. 81-97. Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 1990.

Marlatt, G. Alan and Damaris J. Rohsenow. "Cognitive Processes In Alcohol Use: Expectancy and the Balanced Placebo Design." In Nancy K. Mello, ed., Advances in Substance Abuse Behavioral and Biological Research. Greenwich, CT: Jai Press Inc., 1980.

MacAndrew, C. and R.B. Edgerton. Drunken Comportment: A Social Explanation. Chicago: Aldine, 1969.

Miller, B.A., W.R. Downs and D.M. Gondoli. "Spousal Violence Among Alcoholic Women as Compared to a Random Household Sample of Women." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 60, No. 6, 533-540, 1989.

Miller, Brenda A., William R. Downs, Maria Testa and Denise Panek. The Relationship Between Victims’/Perpetrators’ Alcohol Use and Spousal Violence. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Crimnology. Baltimore, MD, November 1990.

Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women. Safety First: Battered Women Surviving Violence When Alcohol and Drugs are Involved. Minneapolis: 1992.

Roth, Paula, ed. Alcohol and Drugs are Women's Issues, Volumes One and Two. Metuchen, N.J. & London: Women's Action Alliance and The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1991.

Surrey, Janet. "The ‘Self-in-Relation': A Theory of Women's Development." Stone Center for Developmental Services and Studies, Wellesley College, 1985.

Wright, Janet. "Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse: A Cooperative Approach Toward Working With Dually Affected Families." In Edith M. Freeman, ed., Social Work Practice With Clients Who Have Alcohol Problems. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1985.

Zubretsky, Theresa M. "Promising Directions for Helping Chemically-involved Battered Women Get Safe and Sober." In Albert R. Roberts, ed., Handbook of Intervention Strategies with Domestic Violence. New York: Oxford University Press, in press for publication in March 2002.

Zubretsky, Theresa M. and Karla M. Digirolamo. "The False Connection Between Adult Domestic Violence and Alcohol." In Albert R. Roberts, ed., Helping Battered Women, 2nd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

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