Woman battering in the United States : till death do us part / Helen M. Eigenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eigenberg, Helen M.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Crimes against--United States.

Women.

Women--Crimes against.

Women--Violence against.

United States.

Women--Violence against--United States.

Wife abuse--United States.

Wife abuse.

Physical Description:

x, 369 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, [2001]

Contents:

1. "Night to His Day" The Social Construction of Gender / Judith Lorber 31

2. A Letter From a Battered Wife / Del Martin 52

Chapter 2 The Nature, Extent, and Context of Woman Battering 57

3. Minority Women and Domestic Violence The Unique Dilemmas of Battered Women of Color / Christine E. Rasche 86

4. Effects of the Redesign on Victimization Estimates / Charles Kindermann, James Lynch, David Cantor 103

5. Societal Change and Change in Family Violence from 1975 to 1985 As Revealed by Two National Surveys / Murray A. Straus, Richard J. Gelles 113

Chapter 3 Explaining Battering 129

6. Violence Against Women in the Family What Causes Violence Against Women in the Home / The United Nations 147

7. The Causes of Domestic Violence From Theory to Intervention / Kerry Healey, Christine Smith, Chris O'Sullivan 161

8. Voices of Strength and Resistance A Contextual and Longitudinal Analysis of Women's Responses to Battering / Jacquelyn Campbell, Linda Rose, Joan Kub, Daphne Nedd 180

Chapter 4 Legal Aspects of Battering 197

9. The Decontextualization of Domestic Violence / Lisa G. Lerman 226

10. When the Batterer Wears Blue A National Study of the Institutional Response to Domestic Violence Among Police / Helen M. Eigenberg, Victor E. Kappeler 246

Chapter 5 Criminal Justice System Response 269

11. Contributory Factors Affecting Arrest in Domestic and Non-Domestic Assaults / Helen M. Eigenberg, Kathryn E. Scarborough, Victor E. Kappeler 298

12. To Go or Not To Go? Preliminary Findings on Battered Women's Decisions Regarding Court Cases / Joanne Belknap, Ruth E. Fleury, Heather C. Melton, Cris M. Sullivan, Amy Leisenring 319

13. A Community Checklist Important Steps To End Violence Against Women "... what can we do about it?" / Advisory Council on Violence Against Women 349

14. Write Out a Safety Plan 358.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

1577661699

OCLC:

45665442