Bancroft, Lundy.

Why does he do that? : inside the minds of angry and controlling men / Lundy Bancroft - N. Y. : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2002 - vii, 408 p. ; 24 cm.

Note on terminology. - Introduction. - Pt. I. The nature of abusive thinking. 1. The mystery. 2. The mythology. 3. The abusive mentality. 4. The types of abusive men. - Pt. II. The abusive man in relationships. 5. How abuse begins. 6. The abusive man in everyday life. 7. Abusive men and sex. 8. Abusive men and addiction. 9. The abusive man and breaking up. - Pt. III. The abusive man in the world. 10. Abusive men as parents. 11. Abusive men and their allies. 12. The abusive man and the legal systems. - Pt. IV. Changing the abusive man. 13. The making of an abusive man. 14. The process of change. 15. Creating an abuse-free world. - Resources. - Index.

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Abusive men--Psychology.--United States
Family violence--United States.
Victims of family violence--United States.
Wife abuse--United States.

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