| Description |
1 online resource (x, 157 pages :) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Criminal justice: recent scholarship
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Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-153) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Influence of patriarchy and traditional gender role attitudes on violence against women -- Social capital and violence against women -- Methodological approach and hypotheses -- Dynamics associated with traditional gender attitudes and social capital -- Research implications -- Appendix A : Results of the feasibility -- Appendix B : Country demographics. |
| Summary |
York seeks to answer the question of the extent to which traditional beliefs about gender or gender roles are associated with increased levels of sexual assault and/or domestic violence. She also investigates the extent to which social capital serves as a protective factor with respect to the safety of women. The prevalence of traditional gender attitudes predicted rates of violence against women, specifically sexual assault and domestic violence, while social capital serves as a mitigating factor. In counties with less social capital and more traditional gender attitudes, there were substanti. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Violence against.
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Women -- Violence against. |
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Sex role -- Psychological aspects.
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Sex role -- Psychological aspects. |
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Men -- Attitudes.
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Men -- Attitudes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Gender roles. |
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Men. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: York, Melinda R., 1980- Gender attitudes and violence against women. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 9781593324636 1593324634 (DLC) 2011002371 |
| ISBN |
1593326785 (electronic book) |
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9781593326784 (electronic book) |
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9781593324636 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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1593324634 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
| Standard No. |
3644215 |
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