Intimate partner violence : race, social class, and masculinity / Elizabeth A. Mansley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansley, Elizabeth A., 1978-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intimate partner violence.

Masculinity.

Race--Social aspects.

Race.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mansley examines how race and class impact the construction of masculinity as demonstrated through men's accounts of intimate partner violence. Using an Ecological Nested Model, she examines race and class differences in the role that institutions and culture play in promoting violence against women. These differences support the call for culturally sensitive batterer treatment programs that are not just reflective of race, but of class as well. Knowledge of these differences would allow treatment providers to tailor their treatment plans to account for such diversity and to develop culturally

Contents:

Expressing race, social class, and masculinity through intimate partner violence

Masculinity and other risk factors for intimate partner violence

Researching intimate partner violence

The microsystem level : the continuing influence of childhood socialization on adult masculinity

The mesosystem level : "masculinity and the double bind" performing gender in relationships

The exosystem level : the impact of institutions on intimate partner violence

The macrosystem level : using violence to establish and maintain masculinity

Policy recommendations for developing culturally sensitive treatment programs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-552-5

OCLC:

46359695