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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780335203703
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Domestic violence; Feminism; Social work; Violence (Sociological Aspects); Social Science; Sociology; Criminology; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Violence in Society; Women's Studies - General; Crimes against; Great Britain; Prevention; Sexual abuse victims; Women
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).
Description: "This collection gives important insight into the new issues and questions that have become central to understandings of women, violence and resistance. It focuses on the connections between research and the development of strategies for change by providing excellent examples of policy-relevant feminist research, rooted in both academe and activism. The emphasis throughout is on the link between research and strategies for action at the local, national and international level."

"Women, Violence and Strategies for Action is of direct relevance to practitioners working in the professions of probation, social work and law, as well as students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, sociology, social policy, social work, criminology and socio-legal studies. It will also be of interest to women's organizations, including local inter-agency forums."--Jacket.