Title: The sourcebook on violence against women /
Authors: Renzetti, Claire M.; Edleson, Jeffrey L.; Bergen, Raquel Kennedy
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Börngen, ...; Women Crimes against; Abused women; Family violence; Sex discrimination against women; Battered Women
Abstract: This text provides comprehensive coverage of the complex theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues surrounding violence against women.
Contents: Theoretical explanations for violence against women / Jana L. Jasinski -- Definitional issues / Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz -- Measurement issues for violence against women / Sujata Desai and Linda E. Saltzman -- Special topic : Men researching violence against women / Neil Websdale -- Ethical issues in research on violence against women / Jacquelyn C. Campbell and Jacqueline D. Dienemann -- Collaborating for women's safety : partnerships between research and practice / Jeffrey L. Edleson and 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 and Mary P. Koss -- Violence against women by intimate relationship partners / Patricia Mahoney, Linda M. Williams, and Carolyn M. West -- Violence against older women / Linda Vinton -- Manistreaming 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 and 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 and Tameka Gillum -- Intervention programs for men who batter / Larry W. Bennett and Oliver J. Williams -- The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 : the fede