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What causes men's violence against women? / Michele Harway, James M. O'Neil, editors ; foreword by Joseph R. Biden.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abusive men.
- Men--Socialization.
- Men.
- Sex role.
- Women--Abuse of.
- Women.
- Wife abuse.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 296 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume uses various theoretical perspectives to summarise what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men's risk factors.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I - Book Context and Critiques of O'Neil and Harway's Multivariate Model Explaining Men's Violence against Women; Chapter 1 - What Causes Men to be Violent against Women? The Unanswered and Controversial Question; Chapter 2 - Preliminary Multivariate Model Explaining the Causes of Men's Violence against Women; Chapter 3 - Feminist Perspectives on Male Violence against Women: Critiquing O'Neil and Harway's Model; Chapter 4 - Male Offenders: Our Understanding from the Data
- Part II - Biological, Neuroanatomical, Hormonal, and Evolutionary Factors Explaining Men's Violence against WomenChapter 5 - Biological Perspectives on Violence against Women; Chapter 6 - The Evolutionary Origins of Male Violence against Women; Part III - Men's and Women's Gender-Role Socialization and Gender-Role Conflict Factors Explaining Men's Violence against Women; Chapter 7 - Men's Gender-Role Conflict, Defense Mechanisms, and Self-Protective Defensive Strategies: Explaining Men's Violence against Women from a Gender-Role Socialization Perspective
- Chapter 8 - Women's Gender-Role Socialization, Gender-Role Conflict, and Abuse: A Review of Predisposing FactorsPart IV - Relational and Interactional Factors Explaining Men's Violence Against Women; Chapter 9 - Systems Perspectives on Battering: The Importance of Context and Pattern; Chapter 10 - Inter-Gender Relational Dimensions of Violence toward Women: A Co-Constructive-Developmental Perspective; Part V - Macrosocietal, Racial and Cultural Explanations of Violence against Women; Chapter 11 - The Interaction between Societal Violence and Domestic Violence: Racial and Cultural Factors
- Part VI - Theoretical Propositions, Revised Multivariate Model of Men's Risk Factors, New Hypotheses, and Preventive RecommendationsChapter 12 - Revised Multivariate Model Explaining Men's Risk Factors for Violence Against Women: Theoretical Propositions, New Hypotheses, and Proactive Recommendations; References; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-278) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781506338774
- 1506338771
- 9781322416731
- 1322416737
- 9781452264752
- 1452264759
- 9781452231921
- 1452231923
- OCLC:
- 809773247
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