Intimate partner violence and women's economic insecurity [[electronic resource] /] / Stella M. Resko

• Autore: Resko Stella M. <1978->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82/920973
• Soggetto topico: Intimate partner violence; Women - Violence against; Abused women - Economic conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-237) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Universal risk ideology and intimate partner violence -- Women's economic well-being and intimate partner violence -- Theoretical perspectives on intimate partner violence -- Survey research on intimate partner violence -- "Fragile families" and intimate partner violence -- Male-to-female physical violence within urban families -- Male-to-female coercive control within urban families -- Conclusions and recommendations.
• Sommario/riassunto: Resko examines the relationship between women's economic wellbeing and intimate partner violence. Using data from the Fragile Families Survey, she examines hypotheses shaped by stress theory and social exchange theory and investigates racial and ethnic differences in these models. Her results support the notion that improving women's economic position can reduce intimate partner violence. Little evidence supported the backlash hypothesis, but in some situations men's poor performance in the labor force may be associated with an increased abuse. The strength of these results, however, differs a
• Titolo autorizzato: Intimate partner violence and women's economic insecurity
• ISBN: 1-59332-551-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781363303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)