Understanding violence against women [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy A. Crowell and Ann W. Burgess, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82/92
• Soggetto topico: Women - Crimes against - United States; Women - Crimes against - Research - United States; Wife abuse - United States; Rape - United States
• Altri autori: CrowellNancy A BurgessAnn Wolbert
• Note generali: "Panel on Research on Violence Against Women, Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-202) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Understanding Violence Against Women""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN""; ""IMPROVING RESEARCH METHODS""; ""BUILDING KNOWLEDGE""; ""DEVELOPING THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""1 Introduction""; ""WHAT IS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?""; ""Rape and Sexual Assault""; ""Physical Violence""; ""Psychological Abuse""; ""Stalking""; ""THE PANEL'S CHARGE AND SCOPE""; ""NOTES""; ""2 Nature and Scope of Violence Against Women""; ""FATAL VIOLENCE""; ""NONFATAL VIOLENCE""; ""Official and Survey Data""; ""Research Findings"" ; ""Accounting for Differences in Findings""""Using the Available Data""; ""Data Gaps""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Definitions and Measurement""; ""Research on Context""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Causes and Consequences of Violence Against Women""; ""CAUSES""; ""Theories of Violent Offending""; ""Individual Determinants""; ""Dyadic Contexts""; ""Institutional Influences""; ""Societal Influences""; ""Multifactor Models""; ""Risk Factors for Victimization""; ""CONSEQUENCES""; ""Consequences to Victims""; ""Physical Consequences""; ""Psychological Consequences"" ; ""Consequences to Family and Friends""""Consequences to Society""; ""Fear of Crime""; ""Economic Effects""; ""Indirect Costs""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""NOTE""; ""4 Prevention and Intervention""; ""PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS""; ""School-Based Preventive Programs""; ""Media Roles""; ""Deterrence""; ""Other Issues in Rape Prevention""; ""INTERVENTIONS FOR VICTIMS""; ""Individual-Level Interventions""; ""Community-Level Interventions""; ""Crisis-Oriented Services: Shelters, Rape Crisis Centers, and Advocacy""; ""Health and Criminal Justice Services"" ; ""Other Services and Service Seeking""""CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERVENTIONS WITH OFFENDERS""; ""Batterers""; ""Arrest""; ""Prosecution""; ""Protective Orders""; ""Courts and Judicial Processing""; ""Coordinated Community Responses""; ""Sex Offenders""; ""Rape Statute Reform""; ""Law Enforcement and Prosecution""; ""Stalking""; ""TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS""; ""Batterers' Groups""; ""Couples Therapy""; ""Sex Offenders""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Preventive Interventions""; ""Interventions with Victims""; ""Interventions with Offenders""; ""Criminal Justice System""; ""NOTES"" ; ""5 Research Infrastructure """"TRAINING RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS""; ""FUNDING""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Government Coordination and Leadership""; ""Improving Research Capacity and Strengthening Research-Provider Collaboration""; ""NOTE""; ""References""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix B Workshop Topics and Speakers""; ""Workshop On Violence Against Women: Research, Practice, And Policy""; ""Measuring Violence Against Women: Epidemiology And Data Collection""; ""The Role Of Psychological Abuse""; ""Sexual Offenders And Batterers"" ; ""Culturally Sensitive Research And Practice""
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding violence against women
• ISBN: 0-309-17583-6; 1-280-19224-0; 9786610192243; 0-309-58881-2; 0-585-02176-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778660203321
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