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Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling
Kenneth H. Kolb
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Description for Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling
Paperback. Offers the reader a vivid depiction of what it is like to work inside an agency that assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. This book shows how victim advocates and counselors - who don't enjoy extrinsic benefits like pay, power, and prestige - are sustained by a different kind of compensation. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Moral Wages offers the reader a vivid depiction of what it is like to work inside an agency that assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Based on over a year of fieldwork by a man in a setting many presume to be hostile to men, this ethnographic account is unlike most research on the topic of violence against women. Instead of focusing on the victims or perpetrators of abuse, Moral Wages focuses exclusively on the service providers in the middle. It shows how victim advocates and counselors - who don't enjoy extrinsic benefits like pay, power, and prestige ... Read more
Moral Wages offers the reader a vivid depiction of what it is like to work inside an agency that assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Based on over a year of fieldwork by a man in a setting many presume to be hostile to men, this ethnographic account is unlike most research on the topic of violence against women. Instead of focusing on the victims or perpetrators of abuse, Moral Wages focuses exclusively on the service providers in the middle. It shows how victim advocates and counselors - who don't enjoy extrinsic benefits like pay, power, and prestige ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
316g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520282728
SKU
V9780520282728
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About Kenneth H. Kolb
Kenneth Kolb is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University.
Reviews for Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling
"I highly recommend this insightful, lyrically crafted study of work in an emotion-laden organization that deals with women victims of interpersonal violence."
Patricia Yancey Martin Men and Masculinities "A useful contribution to qualitative literature on human service processes and encounters."
Gale Miller Symbolic Interaction "Moral Wages makes an important contribution to research on victim advocacy."
Emily Cabaniss ... Read more
Patricia Yancey Martin Men and Masculinities "A useful contribution to qualitative literature on human service processes and encounters."
Gale Miller Symbolic Interaction "Moral Wages makes an important contribution to research on victim advocacy."
Emily Cabaniss ... Read more