Issues in Intimate Violence
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Issues in Intimate Violence

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Issues in Intimate Violence

About this book

Designed specifically for undergraduate students, Issues in Intimate Violence provides a comprehensive and accessible anthology that prepares the foundation for understanding a wide range of violence that commonly occurs in families and between intimates. This collection of 22 scholarly yet readable chapters represents a variety of disciplines from both a theoretical and an applied approach. Many articles offer a feminist perspective that addresses the gendered nature of violence and the consequences of power inequality in our society. Created to make learning about intimate violence an accessible and cohesive process, each section is introduced by editor Raquel Kennedy Bergen and concludes with discussion questions.

A variety of violence topics are included:

  • Child abuse
  • Incest
  • Violence in heterosexual dating relationships
  • Violence in gay and lesbian relationships
  • Acquaintance rape
  • Wife abuse and wife rape
  • Elder abuse

While primarily directed to undergraduate students, this book is also well-suited for similar courses at the graduate level and will appeal to anyone working with survivors of intimate violence as well as the interested lay reader.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Intimate Violence: A Brief Introduction
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Section I - Child Abuse
  6. Chapter 1 - The Youngest Victims: Violence toward Children
  7. Chapter 2 - Women and Children at Risk: A Feminist Perspective on Child Abuse
  8. Section II - Incest
  9. Chapter 3 - Sexual Victimization of Children: Incest and Child Sexual Abuse
  10. Chapter 4 - The Making of a Whore
  11. Section III - Violence in Dating Relationships
  12. Chapter 5 - Male Peer Support and Woman Abuse in Postsecondary School Courtship: Suggestions for New Directions in Sociologica Research
  13. Chapter 6 - Violent Men or Violent Women? Whose Definition Counts?
  14. Section IV - Violence in Gay and Lesbian Relationships
  15. Chapter 7 - Violence and Abuse in Lesbian Relationships: Theoretical and Empirical Issues
  16. Chapter 8 - Understanding Domestic Violence among Gay and Bisexual Men
  17. Section V - Acquaintance Rape
  18. Chapter 9 - Facing the Facts: Date and Acquaintance Rape are Significant Problems for Women
  19. Chapter 10 - Fraternities and Rape on Campus
  20. Chapter 11 - Arrest and Conviction Rates for Athletes Accused of Sexual Assault
  21. Section VI - Wife Abuse
  22. Chapter 12 - Why do Men Batter Their Wives?
  23. Chapter 13 - Old Problems and New Directions in the Study of Violence against Women
  24. Chapter 14 - Women's Realities: Defining Violence against Women by Immigration, Race, and Class
  25. Section VII - Wife Rape
  26. Chapter 15 - Marital Rape
  27. Chapter 16 - The Reality of Wife Rape: Women's Experiences of Sexual Violence in Marriage
  28. Section VIII - Elder Abuse
  29. Chapter 17 - Violence and Violent Feelings: What Causes Them among Family Caregivers?
  30. Chapter 18 - Abuse of African American Elders
  31. Appendix: Resource List of Organizations Concerned with Intimate Violence
  32. Index
  33. About the Contributors