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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480799903321

Autore

Schwartz Martin D

Titolo

Researching Sexual Violence against Women [[electronic resource] ] : Methodological and Personal Perspectives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 1997

ISBN

1-4522-4914-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

362.883

Soggetti

Dating violence -- Research

Physical education for women -- Crimes against -- Research

Rape -- Research -- Psychological aspects

Rape -- Research

Sexual harassment of women -- Research

Rape - Research

Rape - Research - Psychological aspects

Dating violence - Research

Sexual harassment of women - Research

Women - Crimes against - Research

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I - Introduction: Research on Sexual Assault on College Campuses; Chapter 1 - Stepping on Toes: Social Roots of Date Rape Lead to Intractability and Politicization; Chapter 2 - A Longitudinal Approach to the Study of Sexual Assault: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Chapter 3 - Measuring Sexual Abuse in Canadian University/College Dating Relationships: The Contribution of a National Representative Sample Survey; Chapter 4 - Acquaintance Rape is Real Rape; Chapter 5 - Self-Blame in Hidden Rape Cases



Part II - Emotion in Researching Violence Against WomenChapter 6 - ""I Second That Emotion"": Reflections on Feminism, Emotionality, and Research on Sexual Violence; Chapter 7 - Activist Research and Social Narratives: Dialectics of Power, Privilege, and Institutional Change; Chapter 8 - Field Research with Phone Sex Workers: Managing the Researcher's Emotions; Chapter 9 - The Sexual Harassment of Researchers by Research Subjects: Lessons from the Field; Part III - Doing Research on Violence Against Women

Chapter 10 - Confessions of a Reformed Positivist: Feminist Participatory Research as Good Social ScienceChapter 11 - Researching Violence Against Street Prostitutes: Issues of Epistemology, Methodology, and Ethics; Chapter 12 - Measuring Violence Against Women: The Interview as a Gendered Social Encounter; Chapter 13 - Studying Violence against Women of Color: Problems Faced by a White Woman; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This compelling book provides cutting-edge information on studies on sexual violence against women conducted on North American campuses - and simultaneously contradicts backlash critics who claim that feminists exaggerate their statistics.    Well-known researchers in the field describe their own work and that of others to illustrate both large-scale and local studies. Topics discussed include: researchers' own emotional experiences of working with rape research; experiences of harassment by subjects; feminist participatory research into lesbian battering; reflexivity in studying pro