Women, policing, and male violence
Subtitle: international perspectives
By: Jalna Hanmer, Jill Radford, and Elizabeth A. Stanko
Contributors: Radford, Jill, 1947-; Stanko, Elizabeth Anne, 1950-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1989
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780415006927; 9780415006934
Subjects: Gewalt; Crimes against; Kriminalpolitik; Verbrechensopfer; Crimes contre les Femmes; Rechtsvergleich; Viktimologie; Government policy; Polizei; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice pénale; Internationaler Vergleich; Frau; Politique gouvernementale; Victimes d'actes criminels; Women; Victims of crimes; Aufsatzsammlung
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 202-215.
Table of contents: title: Policing, men's violence: an introduction; title: Women and policing: contradictions old and new; title: Missing the mark? Policing battering; title: Policing and male violence in Australia; title: Women and policing in Britain; title: Policing woman beating in the Netherlands; title: The legal response to woman battering in the United States; title: Improving policing for women: the way forward.