Intimate Partner Violence : Race, Social Class, and Masculinity.

Mansley examines how race and class impact the construction of masculinity as demonstrated through men's accounts of intimate partner violence. Using an Ecological Nested Model, she examines race and class differences in the role that institutions and culture play in promoting violence against...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mansley, Elizabeth A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Intimate partner violence.
Masculinity.
Race > Social aspects.
Violence entre partenaires.
Masculinité.
Race > Aspect social.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
Electronic publications
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Expressing race, social class, and masculinity through intimate partner violence
  • Masculinity and other risk factors for intimate partner violence
  • Researching intimate partner violence
  • The microsystem level : the continuing influence of childhood socialization on adult masculinity
  • The mesosystem level : "masculinity and the double bind" performing gender in relationships
  • The exosystem level : the impact of institutions on intimate partner violence
  • The macrosystem level : using violence to establish and maintain masculinity
  • Policy recommendations for developing culturally sensitive treatment programs.

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