What causes men's violence against women? [[electronic resource] /] / Michele Harway, James M. O'Neil, editors ; foreword by Joseph R. Biden

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.8292
• Soggetto topico: Abusive men; Men - Socialization; Sex role; Women - Abuse of; Wife abuse
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HarwayMichele O'NeilJames M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I - Book Context and Critiques of O'Neil and Harway's Multivariate Model Explaining Men's Violence against Women; Chapter 1 - What Causes Men to be Violent against Women? The Unanswered and Controversial Question; Chapter 2 - Preliminary Multivariate Model Explaining the Causes of Men's Violence against Women; Chapter 3 - Feminist Perspectives on Male Violence against Women: Critiquing O'Neil and Harway's Model; Chapter 4 - Male Offenders: Our Understanding from the Data ; Part II - Biological, Neuroanatomical, Hormonal, and Evolutionary Factors Explaining Men's Violence against WomenChapter 5 - Biological Perspectives on Violence against Women; Chapter 6 - The Evolutionary Origins of Male Violence against Women; Part III - Men's and Women's Gender-Role Socialization and Gender-Role Conflict Factors Explaining Men's Violence against Women; Chapter 7 - Men's Gender-Role Conflict, Defense Mechanisms, and Self-Protective Defensive Strategies: Explaining Men's Violence against Women from a Gender-Role Socialization Perspective ; Chapter 8 - Women's Gender-Role Socialization, Gender-Role Conflict, and Abuse: A Review of Predisposing FactorsPart IV - Relational and Interactional Factors Explaining Men's Violence Against Women; Chapter 9 - Systems Perspectives on Battering: The Importance of Context and Pattern; Chapter 10 - Inter-Gender Relational Dimensions of Violence toward Women: A Co-Constructive-Developmental Perspective; Part V - Macrosocietal, Racial and Cultural Explanations of Violence against Women; Chapter 11 - The Interaction between Societal Violence and Domestic Violence: Racial and Cultural Factors ; Part VI - Theoretical Propositions, Revised Multivariate Model of Men's Risk Factors, New Hypotheses, and Preventive RecommendationsChapter 12 - Revised Multivariate Model Explaining Men's Risk Factors for Violence Against Women: Theoretical Propositions, New Hypotheses, and Proactive Recommendations; References; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume uses various theoretical perspectives to summarise what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men's risk factors.
• Titolo autorizzato: What causes men's violence against women
• ISBN: 1-322-41673-7; 1-4522-6475-9; 1-4522-3192-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910480065903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II