Lenore E. Walker
Lenore E. Walker | |
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Born | Lenore Edna Walker October 3, 1942 New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Notable work | The Battered Woman |
Website | drlenoreewalker |
Lenore Edna Walker is an American psychologist who founded the Domestic Violence Institute, documented the cycle of abuse and wrote The Battered Woman, published in 1979, for which she won the Distinguished Media Award that year. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1987.
Biography
Lenore Edna Walker was born in New York City on October 3, 1942.
She has testified as an expert witness in trials involving domestic abuse and had developed domestic violence training programs and drafted legislative reform.[2] Walker interviewed 1,500 women who had been subject to domestic violence and found that there was a similar pattern of abuse, called the "cycle of abuse".[3] She wrote the book The Battered Woman for which she won the Distinguished Media Award the same year.[2]
In 1995, Walker testified for
Published works
- The Battered Woman, 1979[2]
- Getting it All Women in the Eighties, Women and Mental Health[2]
- The Battered Woman Syndrome[2]
References
- ISBN 978-0-313-26091-9. p. 396.
- ^ a b c d e f Lenore Walker, EdD. Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-4129-6047-2. p. 257.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "Abuse Expert Stirs Uproar With Simpson Defense Role : Trial: Psychologist Lenore Walker says she is testifying to bar either side from distorting data on battered women". Los Angeles Times. January 29, 1995. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ISBN 9781631680731.
- ^ "Jack Walraven's Simpson Trial Transcripts – DECEMBER 5, 1996". simpson.walraven.org. Retrieved August 15, 2020.