Locked in a violent embrace : understanding and intervening in domestic violence

Abstract

Introduction Constructing the Script The Violent Event From Violent Incidents to Violent Rituals In Search of Paradise Lost The Aftermath of Intimate Violence Scripts of Everyday Life From Emotions in Violence to Violent Emotions The Metaphoric Understanding of Violence Accounts of Intimate Violence Public Exposure and Private Meaning Battered Women and Battering Men Interaction with Social Agents Guidelines for Intervention Postscript The End Is the Beginning