Understanding violence against women / / Nancy A. Crowell and Ann W. Burgess, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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""
• Sommario/riassunto: Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault. The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered? Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help. Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders. The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs. How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge. Despite the news coverage and talk shows, the real fundamental nature of violence against women remains unexplored and often misunderstood. Understanding Violence Against Women provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding violence against women
• ISBN: 9786610192243; 9780309175838; 0309175836; 9781280192241; 1280192240; 9780309588812; 0309588812; 9780585021768; 0585021767
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910965910103321
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