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One survivor's inside-out argument that domestic violence demands more than justice - it requires healing. In this memoir, Alli O'Malley takes readers inside an experience that rarely gets told. Not the sensationalized moments that make headlines, but the ordinary terror, the complicated love, and the invisible barriers that make leaving so much harder than outsiders imagine. O'Malley offers what she calls an inside-out perspective: the view from within, told with raw honesty and compassion by someone who has lived it. It's a perspective rarely found in the broader conversation about domestic abuse - one forged through her own journey from survivor to advocate, leader, and CEO of an intimate partner violence organization committed to breaking intergenerational cycles of abuse. More than a Crime is not simply a story of survival. It is an argument. O'Malley challenges the way we've been taught to think about domestic violence - as a criminal problem best solved through prosecution and punishment. She makes the case that justice and healing are not the same thing, and that confusing the two has left too many survivors behind. Her conclusion is both urgent and hopeful: domestic violence is not inevitable. It is preventable. And the systems built to respond to it will keep missing the mark until they learn to see survivors not as cases, but as people. Whether you're a survivor seeking your own way home, a loved one trying to help, or a professional working to change the systems meant to protect survivors and hold offenders accountable, More than a Crime invites you to rethink everything you believe about domestic violence and what true healing requires.

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Bravo! I highly recommend this important work for everyone who is personally or professionally touched by domestic violence. In More Than a Crime, Alli masterfully bridges raw humanity with transformative insight, offering a courageous and compassionate roadmap to both healing and empowerment. This is not simply a book. It is a guide for evolving our approach to domestic violence that needs to be considered globally! Her work, life, and thought leadership demonstrate how Integrative Intelligence is elevating humanity one mission at a time. Thank you, Alli!-Laurel Elders, MCC, CEC, founder of the Institute for Integrative Intelligence More than a Crime offers a rare and unique window into the complexities of the traumatic experience of Intimate Partner Violence. Through offering her lived experience, Alli is able to provide insight into how trauma affects both survivors and those who perpetrate violence in these relationships, and how it complicates the healing process. All the while creating ""aha"" moments around the myriads of reasons people might stay in such relationships. As a therapist, I will absolutely make More than a Crime a resource and reference I recommend to survivors, their loved ones, and other providers.-Amy Loblaw, ATR-BC, LCAT, therapist in private practice I am so incredibly proud of my dear friend Alli for bravely sharing her story as a survivor of domestic violence in her new book, More than a Crime. I remember encouraging Alli to write it because I knew her voice would help so many women who feel alone in their pain. As a fellow survivor, I'm in awe of her resiliency and courage. Alli's story is a powerful reminder that abuse does not define us-we get to define it, and reclaim our voices, our strength, and our futures. Books like Alli's can truly be utilized as a preventive tool in educating those about domestic violence. -April Hernandez Castillo, actor, author, and survivor An important read for criminal justice and family court professionals, More than a Crime lets readers experience the complexities of intimate partner violence, coercive control, and trauma through the eyes of one brave survivor and encourages readers to more creatively and collaboratively provide for survivors' long-term needs. Thank God that Alli survived, thrived, and fiercely advocates for other survivors!-Dorislee Gilbert, Chief Domestic Violence Prosecutor, Louisville, KY I highly recommend this important work for everyone who is personally or professionally touched by domestic violence. In More than a Crime, Alli masterfully bridges raw humanity with transformative insight, offering a courageous and compassionate roadmap to both healing and empowerment. This is not simply a book. It is a guide for evolving our approach to domestic violence that needs to be considered globally! Her work, life, and thought leadership demonstrate how Integrative Intelligence is elevating humanity one mission at a time. Thank you, Alli!-Laurel Elders, MCC, CEC, founder of the Institute for Integrative Intelligence More than a Crime offers a rare and unique window into the complexities of the traumatic experience of Intimate Partner Violence. Through offering her lived experience, Alli is able to provide insight into how trauma affects both survivors and those who perpetrate violence in these relationships, and how it complicates the healing process. All the while creating ""aha"" moments around the myriads of reasons people might stay in such relationships. As a therapist, I will absolutely make More than a Crime a resource and reference I recommend to survivors, their loved ones, and other providers.-Amy Loblaw, ATR-BC, LCAT, therapist in private practice I am so incredibly proud of my dear friend Alli for bravely sharing her story as a survivor of domestic violence in her new book, More than a Crime. I remember encouraging Alli to write it because I knew her voice would help so many women who feel alone in their pain. As a fellow survivor, I'm in awe of her resiliency and courage. Alli's story is a powerful reminder that abuse does not define us-we get to define it, and reclaim our voices, our strength, and our futures. Books like Alli's can truly be utilized as a preventive tool in educating those about domestic violence. -April Hernandez Castillo, actor, author, and survivor An important read for criminal justice and family court professionals, More than a Crime lets readers experience the complexities of intimate partner violence, coercive control, and trauma through the eyes of one brave survivor and encourages readers to more creatively and collaboratively provide for survivors' long-term needs. Thank God that Alli survived, thrived, and fiercely advocates for other survivors!-Dorislee Gilbert, Chief Domestic Violence Prosecutor, Louisville, KY

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Alli O'Malley has spent her life learning to name what others were determined not to see. A survivor of both family and intimate partner violence, she is an author, coach, speaker, and founder of ThistleRise Coaching & Consulting, LLC. Her debut memoir, More than a Crime: One Survivor's Mission of Hope in the Shadow of Domestic Violence, is a story of survival, healing, and hard-won hope. It draws on over a decade leading RESOLVE of Greater Rochester - where she championed holistic, trauma-informed care and pushed healthcare and community systems to treat intimate partner violence as a social determinant of health.

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