The victimization of women : law, policies, and politics /
In The Victimization of Women, Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller present a balanced and comprehensive summary of the most significant research on the victimizations, violence, and victim politics that disproportionately affect women. They examine the history of violence against women, the surrou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | In The Victimization of Women, Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller present a balanced and comprehensive summary of the most significant research on the victimizations, violence, and victim politics that disproportionately affect women. They examine the history of violence against women, the surrounding debates, the legal reforms, the related media and social-service responses, and the current science on intimate-partner violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. They augment these victimization findings with original research on women convicted of domestic battery and m. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199830787 0199830789 9780199830299 0199830290 |
