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Title: Domestic Violence: Facts and Fallacies by Richard L. Davis ISBN: 0-275-96126-5 Publisher: Praeger Publishers Pub. Date: 30 August, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $85.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Agree that criminal justice system is no panacea
Comment: As the former Executive Director of an agency that provides batterer intervention services to men arrested for domestic violence, this book comes as a refreshing statement. I wholly subscribe to his thesis that the criminal justice system, especially in Massachustts where Richard Davis and I both have worked, does not provide the panacea in solving domestic violence. The criminal justice system, as Richard Davis asserts, does have its place, but there is the need for greater attention and resources to go into prevention. His call for women to bcome more assertive in taking over the leadership of the society, certainly in the Legislature, is important. But the society also needs to cultivate more good men like Richard Davis so that the commitment to the reduction of violence can continue.

Rating: 5
Summary: A refreshing point of view on a difficult subject.
Comment: Domestic Violence Facts and Fallacies by R.L. Davis is a refreshing much needed look at a serious societal problem. Through the eyes of a police officer we come to see and understand the magnitude of this epidemic. Who better to speak to the subject than a police officer, someone who experiences and witnesses it daily in the course of their duties. I found the author gets right to the heart of the problem as no other has. As a 20 year police veteran I found the book compelling. reading.

Rating: 4
Summary: It will no doubt be in demand by academics
Comment: Davis is well equipped to write such a book. He has had 10 years of street experience responding to domestic violence calls as a cruiser officer; eight years as a police detective then sergeant; and three years as a lieutenant, training and lecturing on the subject. In addition, he writes in a lucid style, that can be easily understood by students, professionals and the general public. This book should be a major resource in understanding of the domestic violence problem and will no doubt be a text book in demand by academics.