This hard hitting book describes domestic violence from the male victim's point of view. Male victims of domestic violence are not only victimized by abusive women but also by a justice system that refuses to protect men from violent women. This book details how local law enforcement agencies do not take action to deter female to male domestic violence. Even when allegations of abuse are reported and clearly documented in police reports. For decades, law enforcement agencies have not been properly trained to identify female batterers or false reporters, largely because of political considerations. Therefore, responding officers rarely question women's statements during a report because they lack training and fall back on faulty gender stereotypes. In most cases, female batterers count on gender stereotypes when making a false allegation. Using the harmful myth of "men are abusers" and "women are victims" in domestic violence situations gives female batterers even more power and control over their male victims. However, when men report abuse they will often receive no sympathy or protection from their batterer. Abused men, more often than not, are arrested when woman provide a flimsy statement to hide the abuse she inflicted on her victim. This book highlights a case in shocking detail were an abusive woman used the justice system as one of many tools of domestic violence. The abusive woman described in this case is a public school teacher in Arizona and may be in a classroom teaching your child today! As this book highlights, there is a real and inherent danger to the general public when female batters are not arrested when men report domestic violence. Clearly, when male domestic violence victims lose, we all do.
About the Author: After high school, Richard Cassalata worked for two law enforcement agencies with the state of Arizona. After five years of law enforcement service he attended college and pursued an academic career. He went on to earn Associate degrees in Anthropology and Biology from Central Arizona College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology at Arizona State University with a focus on Family Issues and Domestic Violence Sociology. Shortly after graduating, he attended Northern Arizona University and earned a Masters in Educational Leadership focusing in Community College Administration and Teaching. Finally, after earning his masters' degree, he enrolled in a doctoral program in Higher and Postsecondary Education at Arizona State University with an emphasis in Institutional Research and Statistical Analysis. During graduate school, he worked as a Investigator for Arizona Child Protective Services for four years in various roles from on-going Case Management to Intake/Investigations. In addition to his full time position, Mr. Cassalata was an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Central Arizona College, several Maricopa Community Colleges and Mohave Community College for a combined eight years. He has also instructed a range of college level sociology courses including general sociology, family sociology, domestic violence and contemporary issues in society courses. Currently, Mr. Cassalata is the Arizona Chapter President for the National Coalition for Men and founding Director of the Men's Rights Group of Arizona LLC. He resides in Arizona and works to document questionable domestic violence, false allegations, divorce cases and a range of other men's rights issues throughout Arizona. Mr. Cassalata has four children Tyler, Kevin, Sarah and Luke who has made their father proud. In 2015, he married Lisa, a devout Christian woman who helped him through his own personal trials.