{"product_id":"in-control-by-jane-monckton-smith-9781526613202","title":"In Control","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBLOWS ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS OUT OF THE WATER...A GAME-CHANGER. - Caitlin Moran\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePOWERFUL BOOK OFFERS STRATEGIES FOR INTERVENTION THAT WOULD SAVE LIVES - \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA woman is killed by her partner or ex-partner every four days in the UK.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDomestic homicide is a pandemic so pervasive that the soaring figures cause weary resignation rather than alarm. For thirty years, Professor Jane Monckton Smith has been fighting to change this. A former police officer and internationally renowned professor of public protection, she lectures on sexualised and fatal violence; works with families bereaved through homicide; and trains police and other professionals on how to best handle cases involving coercive control, domestic abuse, and stalking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKillers do not snap and lose control.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer ground-breaking research led to the creation of the eight-stage homicide timeline, laying out identifiable stages in which coercive relationships can escalate to murder and revolutionising our understanding of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are signs, if you know how to see them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eIn Control\u003c\/em\u003e, Monckton Smith shares a glimpse into a world of toxic masculinity and coercive control, one in which the tools are shame and fear, helped along by a media and justice system that are far from shedding sexist notions of men and women's roles in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on disciplines including psychology, sociology, and law, she talks to victims, their families, and killers, putting together pieces of the puzzle of how these relationships can end in murder, and bringing to light the reasons why—for so many of us—there is no such thing as the safety of one's own home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536705667308,"sku":"9781526613202","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526613202-in-control.jpg?v=1776386330","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/in-control-by-jane-monckton-smith-9781526613202","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}