Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence

You are not alone. As many as 40% of police officers have abused their intimate partner or child. Authorities mostly ignore the widespread violence. But help is out there. My award-winning book Police Wife explains why so many officers are abusive what women can do to increase their safety and how we can help them. I loved your book.... This is a book that should be given to the wife or girlfriend of every single male police officer.- Sgt. Amy Ramsay Retired PhD former president International Association of Women PoliceAwards for Police Wife (second edition): - 2018 Readers Favorite International Book Awards honorable mention- American Book Fests 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist- 2018 Global Ebook Awards bronze- 2018 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing finalist best nonfiction crime book category- 2018 New York Book Festival finalist- 2018 Los Angeles Book Festival finalist- 2018 San Francisco Book Festival finalist- 2017 New England Book Festival finalistAwards for the first edition of Police Wife include the American Society of Journalists and Authors Arlene Book Award._____________________5 STARS... SHOCKING.... EYE-OPENING.... You will find yourself shaking your head in disbelief more than once.... Could save a persons life.- Viga Boland Readers Favorite reviewEXCELLENT JOB.... An important read.- Det. Albert Seng PhD Retired Tucson Police Department ArizonaNEEDS TO BE WIDELY CIRCULATED- Leanor Johnson sociologist Arizona State University former member FBI advisory board on police stress and family violencePOLICE WIFE DELIVERS- Staff Sgt. Margaret Shorter Retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police former president International Association of Women PolicePOLICE ARE supposed to be the ones breaking up fights and putting the bad guy in jail. But what happens when they go home? Journalist Amy Morrison lived another side of policing in her marriage to a violent controlling cop who drove her to the brink of suicide.In Police Wife Morrison and other police wives share their harrowing and inspiring survival stories with award-winning investigative journalist Alex Roslin as he takes you inside the tightly closed police world and one of its most explosive secrets: domestic violence in up 40% of police homes which departments mostly ignore or let slide.Police Wife gives a rare front-seat look at the amazing struggles and courage of abused police spouses worldwide--from Los Angeles to Montreal Puerto Rico and South Africa--the ordeals of a handful of intrepid cops trying to change policing from within and why the abuse is an epidemic one that may be getting worse.We learn that police officers commit up to 15 times more domestic violence than the public. But many police agencies dont typically fire an officer even after a sustained domestic violence complaint or criminal conviction.Police Wife shows how violence in police families affects us all and is closely linked to botched responses to 911 domestic calls at other homes police killings of African Americans officer sexual misconduct and growing inequality in our communities.ALSO READ ADVICE for survivors loved ones advocates and researchers and recommendations for change.