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The victimization of women : law, policies, and politics / Michelle L. Meloy, Susan L. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meloy, Michelle L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Crimes against.
- Women.
- Women--Violence against.
- Victims of crimes.
- Victims of violent crimes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this work, Michelle Meloy and Susan Miller present a balanced, comprehensive, and objective summary of the most significant research on the victimizations, violence, and victim politics that disproportionately affect women.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Drawing the contours of victim dilemmas
- The violent victimization of women: an overview of legal, empirical and measurement issues
- Media, gender, and crime victims
- Sexual victimization: offenders speak out about their victims
- How battered women lose: unintended consequences of well-intentioned
- Legal and criminal justice policies
- Assessing where we are, where we should go and how best to get there.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612953224
- 0-19-983029-0
- 1-282-95322-2
- 0-19-983078-9
- 0-19-976511-1
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