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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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Drawing the contours of victim dilemmas
- The violent victimization of women: an overview of legal, empirical, and measurement issues
- Media, gender, and crime victims
- Sexual victimization: offenders speak out about their victims
- How battered women lose: unintended consequences of well-intentioned legal and criminal justice policies
- Assessing where we are, where we should go, and how best to get there.
