Archive for August, 2007

Systemic Abuse: The Challenge Facing Domestic Abuse Survivors, Part III

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

How do you know you are engaged in systemic abuse?

There are a few compelling tip-offs that evidence systemic abuse.

A) Law enforcement denies you the right to press charges or file a complaint for a documented breach of the criminal law.

B) Your civil attorney throws your case to opposing counsel. (more…)

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Systemic Abuse: The Challenge Facing Domestic Abuse Survivors, Part II

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

What causes systemic abuse?

A) Systemic abuse players’ greed, ignorance and absence of their professional ethics and fiduciary responsibility.

B) Intimate partner abuser’s need to save face, get even and, last but not least, to maintain control. (more…)

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Systemic Abuse: The Challenge Facing Domestic Abuse Survivors, Part I

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Brief Description

Far too often, domestic abuse survivors go from the frying pan to the fire on their way out of an abusive relationship. And they wonder how this can happen. While it doesn’t always happen, it’s more common than most people realize. This article shines the light on the concept of “systemic abuse,” what causes it, symptoms of it and what to do when entangled in it.

Body of Article

I lived systemic abuse; I write about it, I know it from the core of my being. But, I never understood it so thoroughly until I was asked to explain it to someone whose life was altered dramatically by it.

What is “systemic abuse?” (more…)

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