Attachment and Sexual Offending: Understanding and Applying Attachment Theory to the Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders. Phil Rich, $71.99

This book provides a broad overview of the literature, theory, and clinical treatment of attachment deficit. It discusses its application in understanding the etiology of juvenile sexual offending, as well as implications for treatment. Issues addressed include the components of attachment and social connection, attachment and the development of personality, neurology and attachment, the development of social competence, and consideration of whether attachment can be learned.

Bait. Alex Sanchez, $9.99 (novel, 12 and up)

When a guy in his class looks at him funny, Diego punches him in the face, and ends up on probation. At first he wants nothing to do with his probation officer. But as Diego starts to open up, he begins to realize that Mr. Vidas is the first person in his life who ever really wanted to listen to him. With Vidas's help, Diego begins to make real progress in controlling his anger. But only if Diego can find the courage to trust Vidas with the darkest secrets from his past will he be able to heal completely.

The emotional terrorism that infuses violence between adults affects not only the adult victims but also the children who witness the abuse. Safeguarding children, building trust and breaking the cycle of violence is the goal of Breaking Free. It will interest not only parents who are victims of family violence, but also foster parents dealing with the aftermath of family violence, counselors, teachers, social workers, clergy, and students of the behavioral sciences.

But He’ll Change: End the Thinking That Keeps You in an Abusive Relationship. Joanna Hunter, $17.50

A survivor of domestic violence offers women the tools needed to work through the excuses they tell themselves that keep them in abusive relationships and to make positive changes in their lives.

Child pornography, particularly that available via the Internet, has become a cause of huge social concern in recent years. Drawing on extensive new research findings, it examines how child pornography is used on the Internet and the social context in which such use occurs, and develops a model of offending behavior to better help understand and deal with the processes of offending. Detailed case studies and offenders' own accounts are used to illustrate the processes involved in offending and treatment. Only by improving our understanding of this complex and very controversial topic can we hope to deal effectively with offenders and with their child victims. This is a book which will become an essential read for anyone involved with offenders or victims from a psychological, judicial or social background.

Children Exposed to Violence. Edited by Margaret Feerick & Gerald Silverman, $35.95

In the past decade, children’s exposure to violence has attracted more public interest and media attention than ever before. Addressing this problem requires a comprehensive, focused research agenda. This timely, practical resource brings current research together, identifies gaps in our understanding of the effects of exposure to violence on children, and sets a direction for future research to support interventions and violence prevention. Focusing on three major types of violence — war and terrorism, domestic violence and community violence — two dozen foremost authorities discuss and assess up-to-date statistics and research on the prevalence of each type of violence in the lives of children from birth to age 17.

The Courage to Heal: a Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 4th Edition. Laura Davis & Ellen Bass, $29.50

This 20th anniversary edition of The Courage to Heal brings contemporary research and tools to this compassionate classic. Completely revised, updated and expanded, this edition brings personal stories together with clear explanations, practical suggestions and support throughout the healing process.

Many new features include:

• Current research on trauma and the brain
• An overview of powerful new healing tools such as imagery, meditation, and body-centered practices
• Additional stories that reflect a greater diversity of survivor experiences
• A comprehensive, up-to-date resource guide
• Insights from the authors’ experience since the first edition was published

A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern Day Slavery. E. Benjamin Skinner, $21.00

There are more slaves in the world today than at any other time in history. This book tells the story of a dozen countries where slavery flourishes and of individuals who live in slavery, who have escaped from bondage and those who own or traffic in slaves. Informative and infuriating, this thoroughly research report examines a reality most of us don’t even want to consider and shows us how to take steps toward combating this horrific crime.

Cruel But Not Unusual: Violence in Canadian Families, 2nd Edition. Ramona Alaggia & Cathy Vince, Editors, $52.99

Violence in families and intimate relationships affects a significant proportion of the population — from very young children to the elderly — with far-reaching and often devastating consequences. CRUEL BUT NOT UNUSUAL draws on the expertise of scholars and practitioners to present readers with the latest research and thinking about the history, theory, and impact of violence throughout the life course and across diverse groups and communities. For this new edition, chapters have been revised to reflect developments in research, practice and legislation. New chapters offer additional perspectives and topics including the interrelationship of trauma and resilience, putting gender back into the family violence equation, and re-examining violence against women by bringing in voices from the margins. While advancing new research and theoretical developments, these additions echo the book’s central goal of engaging readers in a collective effort to use knowledge to end violence.

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons from Survivors’ Narratives for Effective Protection, Prevention and Treatment. Martina Higgins & John Swain, $43.95

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.

Domestic Violence and Children: a Handbook for Schools and Early Years Settings. Abigail Sterne & Liz Poole, $40.95

Domestic Violence and Children draws on the expertise of a wide range of professionals, including specialist domestic violence children’s workers and counsellors, psychologists, teachers, mentors and family support workers. It provides essential help and information to all children’s service directorates, as well as a range of professionals in education, social care, health and the voluntary sector.

Don’t Tell: the Sexual Abuse of Boys. Michel Dorais, $24.95

First-hand accounts by male victims and insightful analysis and strategies for coping with sexual abuse.

Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment. Edited by Paris Goodyear-Brown, $83.00

A comprehensive guide to the identification, assessment, and treatment of child sexual abuse

HANDBOOK OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE combines the most current research with a wealth of clinical experience.

Offering a snapshot of the state of the field as it stands today, the text explores a variety of issues related to child sexual abuse, from identification, assessment, and treatment methods to models for implementation and prevention, including:

• The impact of sexual abuse on the developing brain
• The potential implications of early sexual victimization
• Navigating the complexities of multidisciplinary teams
• Forensic interviewing and clinical assessment
• Treatment options for children who have traumagenic symptoms as a response to their sexual victimization
• Treating children with sexual behavior problems and adolescents who engage in illegal sexual behavior
• Secondary trauma and vicarious traumatization
• Cultural considerations and prevention efforts

Health Consequences of Abuse in the Family: a Clinical Guide for Evidence-Based Practice. Edited by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, $26.95

HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF ABUSE IN THE FAMILY translates research into practice by examining the intersection of family violence and health. Specifically this volume looks at the healthcare needs of people who have experienced abuse and subsequently have related chronic diseases and conditions.

HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF ABUSE IN THE FAMILY broadly summarizes research and clinical cases and offers practical suggestions to the psychologists and other healthcare providers working in a variety of settings. Chapters address the implications for clinical practice as well as review relevant studies and provide additional resources. In addition, the special needs of children with disabilities, elders, and women are discussed.

Hearing Young People Talk about Witnessing Domestic Violence. Susan Collis, $34.95

This book explores the cases of five young people who have been victims of domestic violence. Allowing the young people to speak out in their own voices, it provides deep insight into how their experiences have affected their emotional behaviour, the complexities of issues related to it and those aspects of support which provide the greatest benefit to them. Author Susan Collis emphasizes the importance of giving voice to victims of domestic violence and highlights the importance of acknowledging the emotional and spiritual lives of victims in order to provide holistic support and understanding, and it's potential to instigate healing. HEARING YOUNG PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WITNESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is a vital resource for mental health professionals, social care workers, school counsellors and all professionals working in the field of domestic abuse.

Helping Her Get Free: a Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women. Susan Brewster, $16.95

Helping Her Get Free shows readers how to recognize the signs of abuse in, handle negative feelings, become an effective advocate, deal with the abuser, and more. With a new introduction and updated resource section, this straightforward and compassionate book offers the information needed to help give strength to women who are trying to break free.

How Intimate Partner Violence Affects Children: Developmental Research, Case Studies and Evidence-Based Intervention. Sandra Graham-Bermann & Alytia Levendosky, Editors, $75.95

Intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure affects children's physical health, social and emotional behavior, cognitive functioning, and neurobiological and relational development. Using a developmental framework, this book presents the most up-to-date research on how exposure to IPV affects children and how clinicians can treat these children. It combines outcome research, evidence-based interventions, and case study material for four different age groups: prenatal to infancy, toddler to early childhood, school-age children, and adolescents.

Hurting Yourself: for Young People Who Have Attempted Suicide or Intentionally Injured Themselves. Jeanne Harper, $4.00

A simple, compassionate booklet that offers both understanding and practical support for teens in crisis.

In the Name of Love: Women’s Narratives of Love and Abuse. Heather Fraser, $39.95

Using a feminist narrative approach, stories about love, abuse, and social work are told with the purpose of understanding domestic violence and other forms of abuse. Based on interviews with 84 women of varying ages in Canada and Australia, the author shows how the pain and shame of intimate abuse can leave its mark on the bodies, minds, and souls of victims/survivors long after abusive episodes have ended. Additionally, Fraser also discusses the importance of hope, ‘enlightened witnesses’, income support, and educational opportunities for women who refuse to renounce love relationships altogether, but are instead, trying to foster relationships that are respectful as well as erotic.

Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking. Benjamin Perrin, $32.00

Hidden in plain sight, occurring in our own communities, the global problem of human trafficking is only beginning to be recognized in Canada. Invisible Chains exposes cases of human trafficking, recording in-depth interviews with people on the front lines — police officers, social workers, and the victims themselves — and bringing to light government records released under access-to-information laws.

Benjamin Perrin, an award-winning law professor and policy expert, demands we pay attention to this national tragedy and passionately advocates what we as a responsible society can do to stop it.

Invisible Girls: the Truth About Sexual Abuse. Patti Feuereisen, $21.50

A book for teen girls, young women and everyone who cares about them.

It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence. Meg Kennedy Dugan & Roger Hock, $25.95

Survivors of domestic abuse know that leaving is not the end of the nightmare. It is the beginning of an often difficult and challenging journey toward healing and happiness. It’s My Life Now offers readers the practical guidance, emotional reassurance, and psychological awareness that survivors of relationship abuse and domestic violence need to heal and reclaim their lives after leaving their abusers.

The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help. Jackson Katz, $22.95

The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help makes the case that violence against women is a male issue as well as a female one, and that men have an obligation to better understand it and to do something about it. Pioneering anti-violence educator Jackson Katz offers cogent explanations for why so many men harass and hurt women - including those women closest to them - and he shows both women and men what they can do to stop the violence. The book incorporates the voices and experiences of women and men who have confronted the problem of gender violence from all angles, specifically highlighting what works and what does not work in dealing with this issue. By working together as allies, Katz shows both men and women how they can end the abuse and mistreatment of women.

My Body Belongs to Me. Jill Starshevsky, $16.95 (ages 3-10)

My Body Belongs to Me helps children learn that when it comes to their bodies, there are boundaries. It assures them that it is okay to tell if someone touches their “private parts.” Rhyming text and colourful illustrations help parents, caregivers and educators initiate this important dialogue with children.

Safeguarding Babies and Very Young Children from Abuse and Neglect. Harriet Ward, Rebecca Brown & David Westlake, $40.95

Safeguarding babies and very young children is a highly complex process, involving difficult decisions surrounding their needs, care, and whether they need to be separated from their families. This book, based on a research study which followed babies who were identified as likely to suffer significant harm before they were three years old, explores key issues surrounding the safeguarding process. These include how the decision whether to remove children from their families are made, whether social work interventions work and the impact they have on children's life pathways. It also examines the role various participants, including parents, have in decision-making. The findings of the study show a close link between decisions, maltreatment and children's developmental problems, and provide key implications and recommendations for policy and practice.

STOP Domestic Violence: Innovative Skills, Techniques, Options, and Plans for Better Relationships. David B. Wexler, $40.00; Handouts & Homework packet, $15.00

This comprehensive treatment program for domestic violence offenders is an all-in-one manual for therapists, social workers, and other counselors. The manual teaches group leaders how to effectively and successfully administer Wexler’s internationally-recognized program by integrating cognitive behavioral skills and a client-centered, skill-building approach that emphasizes respect for the offender himself.

Treatment providers will find the open-ended 26-week psycho-educational treatment model packed with innovative specific skills-training exercises, handouts, and homework … The accompanying workbook and the skills learned from the CD-ROM exercises are invaluable take-home resources for the group members, fully engaging the abusive male in his own education and healing process.

Survivor Moms: Women’s Stories of Birthing, Mothering and Healing after Sexual Abuse. Mickey Sperlich & Julia Seng, $39.95

Sexual abuse and the reactions to it affect mothers' whole lives—from thinking about having children all the way to being grandmothers. These effects are far-reaching and deeply felt. Survivor Moms shares narrative excerpts from interviews with women who have survived abuse; along with the clinical perspectives of midwives and contributions from other healthcare professionals. Whether you are a survivor, a midwife, a mental health provider, or you know a survivor who is on this path, you will learn from this book about mothering and the ongoing journey of healing and surviving.

Talking about Domestic Abuse: a Photo Activity Workbook to Develop Communication Between Mothers and Young People. Cathy Humphreys, et al, $31.95

Talking About Domestic Abuse is an activity pack for children of 9 years and above and adolescents where families have experienced domestic abuse, to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their experiences. A practical and compassionate tool for use by therapists, social workers and other professionals helping the families of domestic violence.

Talking to My Mum: a Picture Workbook for Workers, Mothers and Children Affected by Domestic Abuse. Cathy Humphreys et al, $31.95

Talking to My Mum is an activity pack for 5–8-year-olds whose families have experienced domestic abuse, to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their distressing experiences … an essential tool for families with children who have lived through domestic abuse, as well as social workers and other professionals working with them.

Testifying in Court: Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness, 2nd Edition. Stanley Brodsky, $32.95

Testifying in court can be a challenging experience. Novices who are unfamiliar with the judicial environment can feel insecure about many aspects of their testimony, from the language they use to the clothes they wear. Even experienced expert witnesses can be flustered by a skillful lawyer's cross-examination.

For over 20 years, Stanley Brodsky's TESTIFYING IN COURT has been a trusted guide for expert witnesses across a variety of professions. Readers have come to know and trust his sage and good-humored advice on every aspect of the experience from initial preparations to maintaining power and control during cross-examination. In this extensively updated edition of his classic text, the author has combined a wealth of new research with feedback from users of the first edition and his own evolving experience as an expert witness. As in the first edition, key principles are addressed in brief essays that draw on real-life scenarios and end in a take-home maxim.

If you grew up in a dysfunctional, abusive, or addictive home, you are intimately familiar with violence, uncertainty, and suppressing your feelings. What you may not know, though, is how to create a sane, structured, and serene home for your own family when you never experienced these things yourself. Now you can. Part courageous memoir, part influential how-to guide, The TurnAround Mom offers the tools you need to end the legacy of toxicity. With chilling vignettes from author Carey Sipp's own abusive past, plus the tips and techniques she used to turn her life — and the lives of her children — around, this stirring story will be the daily touchstone that you and your family deserve.

Understanding Child Abuse: the Partners of Child Sex Offenders Tell Their Stories. Terry Philpot, $55.95

Much of Understanding Child Abuse is devoted to the voices of the partners, telling their stories and how they feel about the situations in which they found themselves, how they coped, and how they remade their lives and those of their families. Combining theory, practice and personal testimony in a concise and accessible manner, Understanding Child Abuse is essential reading for social work practitioners and students as well as probation officers and anyone involved with child protection.

The Unsayable: the Hidden Language of Trauma. Annie Rogers, $34.95

In her twenty years as a clinical psychologist, Annie Rogers has learned to understand the silent language of girls who will not—who cannot—speak about devastating sexual trauma. Abuse too painful to put into words does have a language though, a language of coded signs and symptoms that conventional therapy fails to understand … The Unsayable is a book with the power to change the way we think about suffering and self-expression. For those who have experienced psychological trauma, and for those who yearn to help, this brave, compelling book will be a touchstone of lucid understanding and true healing.

Violent Partners: a Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse. Linda Mills, $21.50

A radical new take on the crisis of intimate abuse, Violent Partners argues that as a culture we misunderstand the root causes and basic effects of abuse, and until that changes, there is no hope of fixing the problem.

Controversial, provocative, and accessible, Violent Partners highlights in great detail the complexities of violence through the stories of men and women who have acknowledged their abuse and sought to do something about it. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand violence in their own relationship, friends and family members of victims and abusers, and legal and mental health practitioners looking for a new and valuable approach to treating families in crisis.

When Violence Begins at Home: a Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse. K.J. Wilson, $33.95

This extensive reference provides victims of abuse and their caregivers with guidance on everything from indicators of an abusive relationship to advice on leaving an abusive partner, from anti-burnout tips for helpers and social workers to current trends in domestic violence prevention. This new edition includes current research in the parenting behaviors of batterers, drug-facilitated sexual assault (also known as date rape drugs), stalking, cyber-stalking, pregnancy and domestic violence, and the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs. Controversial issues such as mutual battering, child welfare and “failure to protect” policies, child custody and visitation rights for batterers, mandatory arrests, and welfare reform have also been addressed in this edition. Two new chapters devote attention to domestic violence in the military and to the challenging—and rewarding—role of those who work with battered women and their children.

Women Who Hurt Themselves: a Book of Hope and Understanding. Dusty Miller, $22.50

Dusty Miller is widely recognized as the first expert to identify the roots of "cutting" and other self-injurious behavior in women. These women suffer from … a pattern of behavior in which they reenact severe psychological or physical harm done to them as children. In the decade since her work was first published, new research has supported Miller's perspective. In her introduction to this tenth anniversary edition, Miller discusses what self-harming women and abuse survivors have known all along: that self-injury activates endorphins that actually calm the psychic pain of old wounds. She describes the latest treatments geared to this view and offers hope and understanding to the women themselves and to those who care for them.