Trauma Bonding and Interpersonal Crimes

Trauma Bonding and Interpersonal Crimes explores the emotional attachment victims develop toward their abusers or captors in various contexts of interpersonal violence, offering insights into its formation, persistence, and positive resolution in survivors. It provides a holistic approach to the subject, highlighting the complexities of intervention and treatment, exploring the implications for policy, and recommending potential avenues for integrated theory and research.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2024
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Trauma bonding, the emotional attachment victims develop toward their abusers or captors, has been repeatedly observed in victims of interpersonal crimes. Yet little is known about its formation, persistence, and positive resolution in survivors. Trauma Bonding and Interpersonal Crimes provides a timely review of existing theoretical conceptualizations and research findings on trauma bonding in relation to various forms of interpersonal crimes, including human trafficking, intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, cults, kidnapping, gang violence, and terrorism. With an accessible and reader-friendly style, lead author Joan A. Reid examines the concept of trauma bonding while offering insights into the consequences of how the phenomenon is framed in the public discourse and the professional sectors. Twelve chapters investigate key topics ranging from methodological issues and research limitations to current debates on victimology within academic disciplines such as criminology, psychology, social work, sociology, and public health. Providing a holistic approach to the subject, Trauma Bonding and Interpersonal Crimes: Highlights the complexities of intervention and treatment for trauma survivors and clinicians Explores the implications for policy related to trauma bonding Recommends potential avenues for integrated theory and research Features case studies that combine individual examples and evidence-based research Includes definitions of terms, critical thinking questions, and further readings in each chapter Part of Wiley's Psycho-Criminology of Crime, Mental Health, and the Law series, Trauma Bonding and Interpersonal Crimes is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working to address the complex issues surrounding trauma bonding and its impact on survivors and society as a whole.

ISBN-13: 9781394182213