ABSTRACT
"Homicide Survivors: Misunderstood Grievers" is about families that have faced murder and how they have dealt with the trauma. It offers an interpretation of personal accounts of homicide survivors in order to understand the particular nature of homicide bereavement. The author herself a homicide survivor, Judie Bucholz offers a unique perspective and experiential base for examining the phenomenon of homicide bereavement. Her intent is to help the reader understand the homicide griever's situation both as one who grieves and one who grieves within a social context, as one who confronts horrific death at the personal level as well as at the social level.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |17 pages
Introduction
chapter |9 pages
Homicide Bereavement Chart
part |2 pages
PART ONE — OUR STORIES
chapter 1|10 pages
Jack
chapter 2|8 pages
Miriam
chapter 3|6 pages
Sue
chapter 4|10 pages
Ray
chapter 5|8 pages
Mike
chapter 6|6 pages
Ron, Jean, and Kim
chapter 7|12 pages
Amanda and Angie
chapter 8|4 pages
Rita
chapter 9|6 pages
Rose
chapter 10|6 pages
Jud ie
part |2 pages
PART TWO — REACTIONS OF GRIEVING LOVED ONES
chapter 11|18 pages
Themes from the Survivors’ S to r ie s
part |2 pages
PART THREE — SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR COMFORT