Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Domestic violence : far more serious than you think -- The invisible tactics of control -- The truth about leaving -- Intimate partner violence risk -- Gimme shelter : responding to intimate partner violence -- The future and intimate partner violence -- Authors' notes -- Appendix I: Power and control wheel -- Appendix II: Danger assessment tool -- Appendix III: Biderman's chart of coercion -- Appendix IV: Safety plan.