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Domestic violence : a global view / edited by Randal W. Summers and Allan M. Hoffman.
LIBRA HV6626 .D64 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- World view of social issues 1526-9442
- A world view of social issues, 1526-9442
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family violence--Cross-cultural studies.
- Family violence.
- Wife abuse--Cross-cultural studies.
- Wife abuse.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Compares and contrasts the ways in which domestic abuse is viewed and handled among thirteen different countries from around the world.
- Contents:
- 1 Australia / Sharon Pickering 1
- 2 Canada / Mila Buset, Debra Pepler 13
- 3 England and Wales / Shirley Rawstorne 25
- 4 Germany / Annette Jolin, Wiebke Steffen 39
- 5 Italy / Anna Costanza Baldry 55
- 6 Jamaica / G. Frederick Allen, Su-Je Cho 69
- 7 Japan / Noriyoshi Watanabe 83
- 8 Russia / Lydia Voigt, William E. Thornton 97
- 9 Slovenia / Milan Pagon, Gorazd Mesko, Branko Lobnikar 111
- 10 South Africa / Anna Elizabeth van der Hoven 125
- 11 Spain / Javier Garcia-Perales 143
- 12 Thailand / John C. Quicker 155
- 13 United States / Randal W. Summers, Allan M. Hoffman 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313311641
- OCLC:
- 46503927
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