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Issues in intimate violence /

This volume provides the basis for understanding a wide range of interpersonal violence: child abuse; incest; violence in heterosexual, gay and lesbian relationships; acquaintance rape; wife abuse and rape; and elder abuse. There is no single accepted explanation for interpersonal violence, and the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bergen, Raquel Kennedy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, ©1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Intimate Violence: A Brief Introduction; Acknowledgments; Section I
  • Child Abuse; Chapter 1
  • The Youngest Victims: Violence toward Children; Chapter 2
  • Women and Children at Risk: A Feminist Perspective on Child Abuse; Section II
  • Incest; Chapter 3
  • Sexual Victimization of Children: Incest and Child Sexual Abuse; Chapter 4
  • The Making of a Whore; Section III
  • Violence in Dating Relationships; Chapter 5
  • Male Peer Support and Woman Abuse in Postsecondary School Courtship: Suggestions for New Directions in Sociologica Research
  • Chapter 6
  • Violent Men or Violent Women? Whose Definition Counts?Section IV
  • Violence in Gay and Lesbian Relationships; Chapter 7
  • Violence and Abuse in Lesbian Relationships: Theoretical and Empirical Issues; Chapter 8
  • Understanding Domestic Violence among Gay and Bisexual Men; Section V
  • Acquaintance Rape; Chapter 9
  • Facing the Facts: Date and Acquaintance Rape are Significant Problems for Women; Chapter 10
  • Fraternities and Rape on Campus; Chapter 11
  • Arrest and Conviction Rates for Athletes Accused of Sexual Assault; Section VI
  • Wife Abuse
  • Chapter 12
  • Why do Men Batter Their Wives?Chapter 13
  • Old Problems and New Directions in the Study of Violence against Women; Chapter 14
  • Women's Realities: Defining Violence against Women by Immigration, Race, and Class; Section VII
  • Wife Rape; Chapter 15
  • Marital Rape; Chapter 16
  • The Reality of Wife Rape: Women's Experiences of Sexual Violence in Marriage; Section VIII
  • Elder Abuse; Chapter 17
  • Violence and Violent Feelings: What Causes Them among Family Caregivers?; Chapter 18
  • Abuse of African American Elders
  • Appendix: Resource List of Organizations Concerned with Intimate ViolenceIndex; About the Contributors