Advancing the federal research agenda on violence against women / Steering Committee for the Workshop on Issues in Research on Violence Against Women ; Candace Kruttschnitt, Brenda L. McLaughlin, and Carol V. Petrie, editors ; Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kruttschnitt, Candace.

McLaughlin, Brenda L.

Petrie, Carol.

National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Workshop on Issues in Research on Violence Against Women.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Crimes against--United States--Congresses.

Women.

Women--Crimes against--Research--United States--Congresses.

Women--Violence against--United States--Congresses.

Women--Violence against--Research--United States--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report expands on the work of an earlier National Research Council panel whose report, Understanding Violence Against Women , was published in 1996. The report is based on the presentations and deliberations of a workshop convened in January 2002, at the request of Congress, to develop a detailed research agenda on violence against women. While some of the research recommendations in the earlier report have been funded and carried out, the workshop demonstrated that important gaps remain. For example, prevalence and incidence data are still inadequate to measure trends or to reveal whether interventions being designed under federal programs are, in fact, working. Among its primary recommendations, the committee underscored the importance of strengthening the data and research infrastructure in this area, especially the need for better prevalence data and longitudinal data to determine the causes of violent victimization of women and the impact of interventions.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Nature and Scope of Violence Against Women

3 Social Ecological Risks of Violence Against Women

4 Prevention and Deterrence

5 Identifying and Treating Offenders

6 The Future of Research on Violence Against Women: Final Thoughts

References

Appendices

APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches

APPENDIX B Workshop Agenda

APPENDIX C Commissioned Papers.

Notes:

Based on a workshop convened by the National Research Council in January 2.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610176656

9780309166799

0309166799

9781280176654

1280176652

9780309528382

0309528380

OCLC:

61455334