Violence and Gender Reexamined (Law and Public Policy: Psychology and the Social Sciences)
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); American Psychological Association
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781557988959
Subjects: Criminal law; Domestic violence; Gender Studies; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Social, group or collective psychology; Violence against; Psychological aspects; Gender Psychology; Offenses Against Women; Women; Social Science; Violence; Psychology; United States; General; Mental Health; Violence in men; Criminology
Description: "Violence and Gender Reexamined challenges one of Western culture's most deeply held assumptions: that violence against women is different from violence against men. In this book, author Richard B. Felson makes a case that this type of violence is rarely the result of sexism or hatred against women. The author cites research suggesting that the motives for violence against women are similar to the motives for violence against men: to gain control or retribution and to promote or defend self-image.

These motives play a role in almost all violence, regardless of gender."--BOOK JACKET.