Recovering from Romantic Terrorism
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Jeffries, Samantha
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This fourth and final chapter explores the journey to recovery from romantic terrorism, the ongoing impact and strategies for regaining identity and subjectivity. The authors suggest that one of the key strategies for raising awareness in victims is a form of guided narrative therapy, which helps the victims explore their experiences while shedding light on the nature of abuse and highlighting the impracticality of trying to “help” or “fix” the abusive partner. Awareness is the only the first step, however. The process of recovery may be long, especially for those victims who share children with their offenders. Recovery for these women requires a suite of restorative practices aimed at rebuilding the victim’s sense of self and place in the world. On the back of these strategies, this chapter also makes suggestions for restorative practices in policy as well as in domestic violence service provision and legislation.
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Romantic Terrorism: An Auto-Ethnography of Domestic Violence, Victimization and Survival
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Criminology
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Hayes, S; Jeffries, S, Recovering from Romantic Terrorism, Romantic Terrorism: An Auto-Ethnography of Domestic Violence, Victimization and Survival, 2015, pp. 73-92