Women, Violence, and Strategies for Action
Subtitle: Feminist Research, Policy, and Practice
Contributors: Jill Radford (Editor); Melissa Friedberg (Editor); Lynne Harne (Editor)
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780335203697
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Domestic violence; Feminism; Social work; Criminology; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Violence in Society; Women's Studies - General; Social Science; Crimes against; Great Britain; Prevention; Sexual abuse victims; Women; Sociology
First sentence: In 1997 two pieces of legislation with potentially far-reaching benefits for the protection of women and children became law: the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PFHA) and the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (SOA).