| Description |
xii, 539 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Theoretical explanations for violence against women / Jana L. Jasinski -- Definitional issues / Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz -- Measurement issues for violence against women / Sujata Desai, Linda E. Saltzman -- Special topic : Men researching violence against women / Neil Websdale -- Ethical issues in research on violence against women / Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Jacqueline D. Dienemann -- Collaborating for women's safety : partnerships between research and practice / Jeffrey L. Edleson, Andrea L. Bible -- Victimization of female children / Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett -- Special topic : Female genital mutilation / Tamar Diana Wilson -- From prevalence to prevention : closing the gap between what we know about rape and what we do / Karen Bachar, Mary P. Koss -- Violence against women by intimate relationship partners / Patricia Mahoney, Linda M. Williams, Carolyn M. West -- Violence against older women / Linda Vinton -- Mainstreaming immobility : disability pornography and its challenge to two movements / R. Amy Elman -- Sexual harassment : violence against women at work / Phoebe Morgan -- Services for sexual assault survivors : the role of rape crisis centers / Rebecca Campbell, Patricia Yancey Martin -- Special topic : Sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) program / Linda E. Ledray -- Shelters and other community-based services for battered women and their children / Cris M. Sullivan, Tameka Gillum -- Intervention programs for men who batter / Larry W. Bennett, Oliver J. Williams -- The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 : the federal commitment to ending domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and gender-based crimes of violence / Roberta L. Valente ... [et al.] -- Criminal justice system responses to domestic violence : law enforcement and the courts / LeeAnn Iovanni, Susan L. Miller -- Advocacy on behalf of battered women / Ellen Pence -- Health intervention with battered women : from crisis intervention to complex social prevention / Evan Stark -- Religious issues and violence against women / Marie M. Fortune -- School-based education and prevention programs / Mary K. O'Brien -- Getting the message out : using media to change social norms on abuse / Marissa Ghez -- Domestic violence as a welfare-to-work barrier : research and theoretical issues / Jody Raphael -- Special topic : Criminalization of pregnancy / Drew Humphries -- Prostitution, the sex industry, and sex tourism / Jody Miller, Dheeshana Jayasundara -- Violence against women as a human rights violation : international institutional responses / Johanna Bond, Robin Phillips. |
| Subject |
Women -- Crimes against.
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Women -- Crimes against. |
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Abused women.
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Abused women. |
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Family violence.
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Family violence. |
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Sex discrimination against women.
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Sex discrimination against women. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Renzetti, Claire M.
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Edleson, Jeffrey L.
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Bergen, Raquel Kennedy.
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| ISBN |
0761920056 paperback |
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0761920048 |
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