Download or read book A Profile of California Women written by California Commission on the Status of Women and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women in California Prisons written by Barbara Bloom and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Victimology written by Burgess and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 763 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victimology explores all crimes impacting victims, including child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, cybercrime, and hate crimes. The history and theories of victimology are explored, as well as definitive laws and policies, strategies for intervention, and future research areas.
Download or read book News Coverage of Violence against Women written by Marian Meyers and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1996-09-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marian Meyers explores evidence that shows that news coverage in North American cities routinely depicts criminal violence against females differently from the way it depicts violence against males. She argues that this serves to perpetuate traditional, inegalitarian gender stereotyping. Using original research and qualitative textual analysis, the author discloses the underlying ideology, myths and assumptions within news coverage, and points out the ways in which news broadcasting affects how we view the world and our lives. Meyers advocates a re-examination of crime news from a feminist perspective and a broadening of traditional understandings of the social construction of news to include issues of gender, race and clas
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence written by Nicky Ali Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence is a modern reference from the leading international scholars in domestic violence research. This ground-breaking project has created the first ever publication of an encyclopedia of domestic violence. The primary goal of the Encyclopedia is to provide information on a variety of traditional, as well as breakthrough, issues in this complex phenomenon. The coverage of the Encyclopedia is broad and diverse, encompassing the entire life span from infancy to old age. The entries include the traditional research areas, such as battered women, child abuse and dating violence. However, this Encyclopedia is unique in that it includes many under-studied areas of domestic violence, such as ritual abuse-torture within families, domestic violence against women with disabilities, pseudo-family violence and domestic violence within military families. It is also unique in that it examines cross-cultural perspectives of domestic violence. One of the key special features in this Encyclopedia is the cross-reference section at the end of each entry. This allows the reader the ability to continue their research of a particular topic. This book will be an easy-to-read reference guide on a host of topics, which are alphabetically arranged. Precautions have been taken to ensure that the Encyclopedia is not politically slanted; rather, it is hoped that it will serve as a basic guide to better understanding the myriad issues surrounding this labyrinthine topic. Topics covered include: Victims of Domestic Violence; Theoretical Perspectives and Correlates to Domestic Violence; Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Religious Perspectives; Understudied Areas within Domestic Violence Research; Domestic Violence and the Law; and Child Abuse and Elder Abuse.
Download or read book Female Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence written by Lisa M. Conradi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perpetration of intimate partner violence by women has long been a controversial topic. More recently, researchers, treatment providers and other professionals have begun to critically examine theoretical, research and practice perspectives to gather a better understanding of this controversial issue. The current text will provide the reader with a more thorough discussion on our current understanding of the context and motivation of women's use of violence against intimate partners. This text will discuss the controversies related to the arrest and treatment of women arrested for domestic violence from a variety of theoretical perspectives while also providing updates on the current research focusing on typologies of female offenders. The text also provides a critical review of current treatment strategies for women arrested for domestic violence. The contributors are the foremost leaders in the field of research and practice on intimate partner violence offending and have written chapters that provide a key review of the work that is currently emerging in the field. As a result, this text is the most comprehensive guide to date that discusses female perpetration of intimate partner violence. Recommendations for specific treatment with this population and implications for practice and policy are provided throughout. This book was published as a special double issue of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma.
Download or read book Victimology written by Burgess and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victimology explores all crimes impacting victims, including child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, cybercrime, and hate crimes. The history and theories of victimology are explored, as well as definitive laws and policies, strategies for intervention, and future research areas.
Download or read book Women Gender and Crime written by Stacy L. Mallicoat and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, Crime, and Justice: Core Concepts, provides a complete and concise view into the world of women, gender, and the interaction with the criminal justice system. Supported by contemporary research and discussions of issues around victimization, criminalization, and work within criminal justice, author Stacy L. Mallicoat explores a wide range of topics including rape and sexual assault, crimes and processing of women and LGBTQ+ individuals, and the impacts of gender in both the criminal justice and legal systems.
Download or read book What Causes Men s Violence Against Women written by Michele Harway and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1999-09-09 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully organized and tightly edited, this insightful book considers potential causes of men′s violence against women, utilizing a variety of theoretical perspectives. It summarizes what is known about the multiple causes of men′s violence against women and the importance of identifying men′s risk factors in order to prevent future violence. The editors′ approach is unique but systematic. In chapter 2, the editors present a preliminary multivariate model that explains men′s violence against women by identifying four content areas: macrosocietal, biological, gender role socialization, and relation factors. Within these four areas, the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about the causes of men′s violence against women. In the subsequent chapters the contributing authors critique or react to specific parts of the multivariate model and address one or more of the 13 hypotheses in the presentation of their own ideas about the causes of men′s violence against women. In the concluding chapter, the editors summarize the contributors′ reactions to the original hypotheses by creating a revised multivariate model of risk factors for men′s violence against women. The final model includes biological, socialization, psychological, psychosocial, relational, and macrosocietal factors. Furthermore, the model is explained through 13 theoretical propositions, 40 research hypotheses, and over 60 risk variables related to men′s violence against women. The book closes with a discussion of men′s protective, resiliency, and vulnerability factors as well as future directions for theory development, advocacy, and the prevention of violence against women.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime written by Eric Hickey, Ph.D. and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2003-07-22 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a good encyclopedia does, the Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime brings together articles that offer diverse insights into the topic, while at the same time giving the reader a feel for its overall scope." --AGAINST THE GRAIN This comprehensive single-volume encyclopedia contains a wealth of material on killing and other violent behavior, as well as detailed information on a host of criminal cases from local decisions to Supreme Court rulings. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime includes nearly 500 entries that range from Antisocial Personality Disorder and the Beltway Snipers to the infamous Zodiac Murders. Entries take several formats, including: substantial essays on criminal terms, pathologies, and criminal justice concise case studies of serial murderers, infamous crimes, and their investigations relatively brief definitions of relevant legal and criminological terms. The Encyclopedia is written by an impressive group of contributors, many leading experts in their fields of criminology, criminal justice, and more. Extra features such as a handy, easy-to-use Reader's Guide, a lavish art program of approximately 50 photographs, and several appendixes enhance and complete the volume. This valuable reference is designed for academic, school, public, and special/private libraries as well as criminal justice agencies.
Download or read book Convicted Survivors written by Elizabeth Dermody Leonard and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a woman survives a deadly assault by her male abuser by using lethal self-defense, she often faces a punitive criminal justice system—one that largely failed to respond to her earlier calls for help. In this book, Elizabeth Dermody Leonard examines the lives and experiences of more than forty women in California who are serving lengthy prison sentences for killing their male abusers. She contrasts them with other women prisoners in the state and finds substantial differences. Leonard's in-depth interviews reveal that the women are slow to identify themselves as battered women and continue to minimize the violence done to them, make numerous and varied attempts to end abusive relationships, and are systematically failed by the systems they look to for help. While in jail, these women receive liberal dosages of psychotropic drugs, damaging their ability to aid in their self-defense. Moreover, trials and plea bargains feature little or no evidence of the severe intimate abuse inflicted upon them. Despite a clear lack of criminal or violent histories, the majority of women found guilty of the death of abusive men receive first- or second-degree murder convictions and serve long, harsh sentences. Leonard concludes the book with a discussion of policy implications and recommendations arising from this research.
Download or read book An Epidemiologic Study of the Influence of Victim Age and Relationship to the Suspect on the Results of Evidentiary Examinations and Law Enforcement Outcomes in Cases of Reported Sexual Assault written by Suzanne Parker Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epidemiologic study used a historical prospective study design to examine the relationship between the results of medical sexual assault evidentiary examinations and law enforcement outcomes in cases of reported sexual assault. The study sample consisted of three calendar years of cases reported to law enforcement, 1994-1996. The primary hypothesis of this study was that significant differences in the character and context of sexual assaults based on the age of the victim, and the relationship of the victim to the suspect, may affect evidentiary exam findings and their ultimate use by law enforcement. Twenty variables describing the assault were abstracted from police logs. Significant univariate differences were found both by victim age group and relationship to the suspect. Overall, 57% of the 1,228 victims in the study sample received a medical sexual assault evidentiary examination. Multivariate logistic regression found the largest predictor of the receipt of an evidentiary exam to be the victim's reporting within 72 hours of the assault (OR 12.8 yes/no), followed by the suspect(s) use of a weapon (OR 3.3 yes/no), the suspect(s) use of physical force extrinsic to the rape (OR 1.6 yes/no), and a night assault (OR 1.5 night/day). Sexual assault evidentiary exams were performed using colposcopy. Overall, 73% of the 642 exams abstracted for this study had documented injuries to the victim's genitals, anus or rectum, and 53% had documented non-genital bodily injury. Adults were more likely to sustain multiple sites of non-genital bodily injury than adolescents, however no differences were found by age group or relationship to the suspect in the percent of cases with documented genital or anal/rectal injuries (even among sub-categories of acquaintance assaults). For cases involving adult victims, multivariate logistic regression found four variables to be significantly associated with suspect charging including the suspect(s) use of a weapon, the year of report, and evidence of genital and non-genital injury documented on the medical evidentiary exam. Differences were found in the predictors of suspect charging for cases involving adolescents compared to adult victims. The reasons for these differences are explored. Further studies are needed to determine how medical evidentiary exam results are being used toward prosecutorial outcomes, and to evaluate other factors that affect criminal justice decision-making in cases of reported sexual assault.
Download or read book Mind the Gender Gap written by Siân Lewis and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-25 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Written in the wake of the #MeToo movement and a subsequent shift in public awareness and discourse, this book compliments and challenges our understanding of sexual harassment in public spaces.
Download or read book Biomedical Index to PHS supported Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Challenging the NGOS written by Tamsin Bradley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image of Third World Woman victimhood is one that runs through discourses in Western feminism, the fields of gender and development and also the activities of NGOs. Tamsin Bradley deconstructs this through her exploration of the relationships between NGOs and the people they target, using a unique multi-disciplinary perspective that examines the interfaces between anthropology, development and religion. She argues that dominant approaches in development practice see women as a singular and weak other, a focus for pity and compassion, which obscures the complexities of diverse communities and the ability to respond to real needs. Bradley's extensive fieldwork, on grassroots NGOs in rural Indian Rajasthan, and their Western donor organisations, and combines it with her compelling critique of development theory and practice, which she finds often caught in a macro system unable to connect with social realities. This leads her to a new and unique methodology, one rooted in a more honest, responsive and inclusive approach to encourage development workers to listen to the needs of those they seek to help.
Download or read book Family Interventions in Domestic Violence written by John Hamel, LCSW and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-09-26 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, and Tonia Nicholls go beyond the traditional intervention theories of domestic violence practiced today. Offering alternative, unbiased and sometimes controversial views, theories, and current research, they, along with renowned contributors in the field, provide new treatment options that encompass a wide range of gender dynamics. Here are just some of the key principles covered: Interventions Should Be Based on a Thorough Unbiased Assessment Victim/Perpetrator Distinctions are Overstated, and Much Partner Abuse is Mutual Regardless of Perpetrator Gender, Child Witnesses to Partner Abuse are Adversely Affected, and are at Risk for Perpetrating Partner Abuse as Adults This new gender-inclusive approach to assessment and intervention provides a significant departure from traditional paradigms of domestic violence, and offers a much-needed awareness to effectively prevent violence in our communities today and for future generations.
Download or read book Intervening With Assaulted Women written by Barbara Pressman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic violence against women is a problem that cries out for informed discussion and effective treatments. Intervening With Assaulted Women is a definitive response to those cries. The authors of each of the chapters included in this collection were selected for their ability to address a different issue related to the abuse of women. As a result, a wide range of concerns are confronted and discussed in this book, among them, the socio-political underpinnings of violence against women, the early childhood learning of assaultive men, and the traumatic impact of abuse on women and children. As for possible treatments, a current and uniquely comprehensive range of responses is described and evaluated, making this an excellent text for both front-line and classroom settings.
