Intimate Partner Violence: Enduring Abuse and Twenty-First-Century Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities - Paperback

by Laura Elizabeth (Author)

Victimologist Laura Elizabeth combines academic research with case studies to examine domestic violence from every angle. From basic definitions to laws, services, and intervention strategies, this textbook guides students through the scholarship with real life experiences to objectively assess how far we have come and how far we have to go.

Author Biography

Laura Elizabeth, PhD, most recently served as Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She completed her undergraduate work at Duke University, and her master's and Ph.D. at Virginia Commonwealth University before embarking on her academic career. Her research focus is intimate partner violence, and this is her first textbook on the topic. She invites readers to contact her for further questions and discussion on the issue of IPV.