Rural woman battering and the justice system : an ethnography / Neil Websdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Websdale, Neil.

Series:

Sage series on violence against women ; v. 6.

Sage series on violence against women ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abused women--Kentucky.

Abused women.

Rural women--Kentucky--Social conditions.

Rural women.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Kentucky.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Social conditions.

Kentucky.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 263 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1998]

Summary:

Drawing on his ethnographic research in rural areas of Kentucky, the author of this book presents a thorough look at the experiences of battered women in rural communities. Neil Websdale demonstrates how rural patriarchy and an insidious ol? boy's network of law enforcement and local politics sustains and reproduces the subordinate, vulnerable, isolated position of many rural women.

Taking into account that traditional patterns of intervention can often put women in isolated communities at further risk, the author recommends a coordinated multi-agency approach to rural battering, spearheaded by the agencies of state feminism.

Contents:

For batter or for worse

Rural patriarchy, crime, and criminal justice

Woman battering and criminal justice

Policing rural woman battering

Courting revictimization

Regulating rural women

Rural battering and social policies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-250) and index.

ISBN:

076190851X

0761908528

OCLC:

37451864