Domestic Violence at the Margins

Domestic Violence at the Margins

Author: Natalie J. Sokoloff

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0813535700

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Reprints of the most influential recent work in the field as well as more than a dozen newly commissioned essays explore theoretical issues, current research, service provision, and activism among Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, and lesbians. The volume rejects simplistic analyses of the role of culture in domestic violence by elucidating the support systems available to battered women within different cultures, while at the same time addressing the distinct problems generated by that culture. Together, the essays pose a compelling challenge to stereotypical images of battered women that are racist, homophobic, and xenophobic.


Gender, Pleasure, and Violence

Gender, Pleasure, and Violence

Author: Agnieszka Kościańska

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0253053102

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Behind the Iron Curtain, the politics of sexuality and gender were, in many ways, more progressive than the West. While Polish citizens undoubtedly suffered under the oppressive totalitarianism of socialism, abortion was legal, clear laws protected victims of rape, and it was relatively easy to legally change one's gender. In Gender, Pleasure, and Violence, Agnieszka Kościańska reveals that sexologists—experts such as physicians, therapists, and educators—not only treated patients but also held sex education classes at school, published regular columns in the press, and authored highly popular sex manuals that sold millions of copies. Yet strict gender roles within the home meant that true equality was never fully within reach. Drawing on interviews, participant observation, and archival work, Kościańska shares how professions like sexologists defined the notions of sexual pleasure and sexual violence under these sweeping cultural changes. By tracing the study of sexual human behavior as it was developed and professionalized in Poland since the 1960s, Gender, Pleasure, and Violence explores how the collapse of socialism brought both restrictions in gender rights and new opportunities.


Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization

Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization

Author: R. Barry Ruback

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001-05-23

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780761910411

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Publisher's description: What are the effects that violent crime has on our everyday lives, both in terms of the individual victims and their larger community? This unique text draws from both the fields of criminology and psychology to provide a comprehensive examination of the two major areas that are most significantly effected by violent crime - the crime victims themselves and the larger sphere of their families, friends, neighborhoods, and communities. Beginning with a discussion of the how we measure and study violent victimization, the authors R. Barry Ruback and Martie P. Thompson, look at the immediate and long-term impact violent acts has upon the direct victims. Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization examines "secondary victims"--Family members, neighbors, friends, and the professional involved with investigating and prosecuting the crime and helping the victim, and also impacts of violent crime on neighborhoods and communities. The authors conclude with recommendations of effective interventions that can be made at the levels of the individual, the community, and the criminal justice and mental health systems. This book's one-of-a kind focus on both the psychological and social impact of crime makes it an invaluable supplementary text for criminal justice and criminology courses dealing with victimization, violent crimes, and the criminal justice process. The book will also interest professionals in victim services, crime prevention, criminal justice, and social work.


Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Author: Angela Carstensen

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2011-05-27

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 083899315X

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More than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.


Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence

Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence

Author: Geoffrey Ribbans

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9781557531063

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Contains 46 articles by various authors concerned with cruelty to animals and how that relates to violent human relations.


Girls, Women, and Crime

Girls, Women, and Crime

Author: Meda Chesney-Lind

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2012-01-24

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1452289131

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What characterizes women′s and girls′ pathways to crime? Girls, Women, and Crime: Selected Readings, Second Edition is a compilation of journal articles on the female offender written by leading researchers in the fields of criminology and women′s studies. The contributors reveal the complex worlds females in the criminal justice system must often negotiate—worlds that are frequently riddled with violence, victimization, discrimination, and economic marginalization. This in-depth collection leaves readers with a greater understanding of the complexities and nuances of the realtionship between girls and women and crime.


Unsafe in the Ivory Tower

Unsafe in the Ivory Tower

Author: Bonnie S. Fisher

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2009-11-24

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1483314537

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An unprecedented look at college women′s risks of and experiences with sexual victimization Unsafe in the Ivory Tower examines the nature and dimensions of a salient social problem—the sexual victimization of female college students today, and how women respond when they are, in fact, sexually victimized. The authors discuss the research that scholars have conducted to illuminate the origins and extent of this controversial issue as well as what can be done to prevent it. Students and other interested readers learn about the nature of victimization while simultaneously gaining an understanding of the ways in which criminologists, victimologists, and social scientists conduct research that informs theory and policy debates. Key Features Provides detailed information about sexual victimization on college campuses today Introduces broad lessons about the interactions of ideology, science and methodology, and public policy Integrates current data, research, and theory, based on the authors′ national studies of more than 8,000 randomly selected female college students Intended Audience This supplemental text is ideal for courses such as Sex Crimes, Violence and Abuse, Victimology, Gender and Crime, Sociology of Violence, Sociology of Women, and the Sociology of Sex and Gender in departments of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and women′s studies. It is also useful for those involved in studying or creating public policy related to this issue and for those interested in sexual victimization on campuses generally.


Women, Violence, and the Media

Women, Violence, and the Media

Author: Drew Humphries

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2009-04-15

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781555537036

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Provocative collection of essays designed to give students an understanding of media representations of women's experience of violence and to educate a new generation to recognize and critique media images of women


Ending the Cycle of Violence

Ending the Cycle of Violence

Author: Einat Peled

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0803953690

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This work covers the complex issues involved in intervention with children of battered women and provides an overview of current practice including strategies and program models.