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Violence Against Women in Families and Relationships
Eve S. Buzawa (Ed.)
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Description for Violence Against Women in Families and Relationships
Hardcover. This comprehensive overview of domestic violence against women and children in America covers the services meant to combat it, the legal approaches to prosecuting it, the public's attitudes toward it, and the successes and failures of systems meant to address it. Editor(s): Stark, Evan D.; Buzawa, Eve S. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2077.
This comprehensive overview of domestic violence against women and children in America covers the services meant to combat it, the legal approaches to prosecuting it, the public's attitudes toward it, and the successes and failures of systems meant to address it. The fight to end domestic violence consists of community-based services for battered women, laws and policies to combat the problem, a broad spectrum of frequently-innovative programs to protect or otherwise support abused women and children, a dramatic shift in media portrayals of violence against women, and a growing public critique of unacceptable forms of power and control in ... Read more
This comprehensive overview of domestic violence against women and children in America covers the services meant to combat it, the legal approaches to prosecuting it, the public's attitudes toward it, and the successes and failures of systems meant to address it. The fight to end domestic violence consists of community-based services for battered women, laws and policies to combat the problem, a broad spectrum of frequently-innovative programs to protect or otherwise support abused women and children, a dramatic shift in media portrayals of violence against women, and a growing public critique of unacceptable forms of power and control in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
888
Condition
New
Number of Pages
888
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780275998462
SKU
V9780275998462
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About Eve S. Buzawa (Ed.)
Evan Stark is professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, and chair of the Department of Urban Health Administration at the University of Medicine and Dentistry School of Public Health. Eve S. Buzawa is professor and the chairperson of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, MA.
Reviews for Violence Against Women in Families and Relationships
In this major contribution to understanding the 'domestic violence revolution,' Stark (public affairs and administration, Rutgers U., Newark, New Jersey) and Buzawa (criminal justice, U. of Massachusetts-Lowell) introduce this four-volume set with the story about the first shelter in the US for battered women in 1972. Experts examine the progress that has been made in this area and continuing challenges. ... Read more