Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence - 2023

You are not alone. As many as 40% of police officers have abused their intimate partner or child. Authorities mostly ignore the widespread violence. But help is out there. My award-winning book “Police Wife” explains why so many officers are abusive, what women can do to increase their safety and how we can help them. "I loved your book.... This is a book that should be given to the wife or girlfriend of every single male police officer." - Sgt. Amy Ramsay, Retired, PhD, former president, International Association of Women Police Awards for "Police Wife" (second edition): - 2018 Reader's Favorite International Book Awards, honorable mention - American Book Fest's 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist - 2018 Global Ebook Awards, bronze - 2018 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing, finalist, best nonfiction crime book category - 2018 New York Book Festival, finalist - 2018 Los Angeles Book Festival, finalist - 2018 San Francisco Book Festival, finalist - 2017 New England Book Festival, finalist Awards for the first edition of "Police Wife" include the American Society of Journalists and Authors' Arlene Book Award. _____________________ "5 STARS... SHOCKING.... EYE-OPENING.... You will find yourself shaking your head in disbelief more than once.... Could save a person's life." - Viga Boland, Reader's Favorite review "EXCELLENT JOB.... An important read." - Det. Albert Seng, PhD, Retired, Tucson Police Department, Arizona "NEEDS TO BE WIDELY CIRCULATED" - Leanor Johnson, sociologist, Arizona State University, former member, FBI advisory board on police stress and family violence "A MUST-READ" -Deborah Harrison, sociologist, University of New Brunswick "POLICE WIFE DELIVERS" - Staff Sgt. Margaret Shorter, Retired, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, former president, International Association of Women Police _____________________ WE CALL THE POLICE HEROES. They're the ones breaking up fights and putting the bad guy in jail. But what happens when they go home to their families? Journalist Amy Morrison lived another side of policing in her marriage to a violent, controlling cop who drove her to the brink of suicide. In "Police Wife," Morrison and other police wives share their gripping and inspiring survival stories with award-winning investigative journalist Alex Roslin as he takes you inside the tightly closed police world and one of its most explosive secrets: domestic violence in up 40% of police homes, which departments mostly ignore or let slide. Now in an updated and revised second edition, "Police Wife" gives a rare front-seat look at the amazing struggles and courage of abused police spouses worldwide--from Los Angeles to Montreal, Puerto Rico and South Africa--the ordeals of a handful of intrepid cops trying to change policing from within and why the abuse is an epidemic, one that may be getting worse. We learn that police officers commit up to 15 times more domestic violence than the public. But most police departments don't fire an officer even after a criminal conviction for domestic violence. Officers in some departments are disciplined more severely for stealing or lying than for domestic violence. "Police Wife" is the first journalistic book on the abuse epidemic. It shows how violence in police families affects us all and is closely linked to botched responses to 911 domestic calls at other homes, police killings of African Americans, officer sexual misconduct and growing inequality in our communities. ALSO READ ADVICE for survivors, loved ones, advocates and researchers and recommendations for change. LEARN MORE or connect with the author at his blog PoliceDomesticViolence.Blogspot.com and the Police Wife page on Facebook.
ASIN: 0994861761
VSKU: LFV.0994861761.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Roslin, Alex
Binding: Paperback