The Duluth Model is the dominating force in the domestic violence industry. But does it actually address domestic violence?
Malignant Mothers
There is an apocryphal story I read that tells of a doting mother who has a son that cuts out her heart in an attempt to get away from her. He throws her heart down on the ground and when, stricken with guilt, he stands over her severed head she looks up at him and […]
When did you last beat your wife?
Edmund Burke remarked ‘For evil to triumph, it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.’ For nearly thirty years men have done very little to protect themselves from being disenfranchised from their homes and their children.
A terrorist in the family
Erin Pizzey provides a succint overview of the family terrorist, and just as importantly the componants of personality, the “will to health” that must be embraced by their victims in order to move out the chaos and into more functional living
A comparative study of battered women and violence-prone women
The most accurate way to define domestic violence is intergenerational, says domestic violence research pioneer, Erin Pizzey, calling for a new model on which to address the problem
Marinated in violence: Therapeutic intervention for victims of domestic abuse
The effort to work with violence-prone people is not just the story of an emerging social movement. It is a lesson about violence and what can and should be done about it. Erin Pizzey, the woman who started it all, lays bare what you have always wanted to know about this issue but were afraid to ask.