Violence in the city of women
Subtitle: police and batterers in Bahia, Brazil
By: Sarah J. Hautzinger.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780520252769; 9780520252776
Subjects: Women -- Brazil -- Bahia (State); Policewomen -- Brazil -- Bahia (State); Family violence -- Brazil -- Bahia (State); Masculinity -- Brazil -- Bahia (State); Sex role -- Brazil -- Bahia (State)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: violence in Salvador da Bahia, city of women; title: Womanly webs: in-laws and violence; title: When cocks can't crow: masculinity and violence; title: Paths to a police station; title: Policing by and for women; title: Reluctant champions: policewomen or women police?; title: Conclusion and epilogue.