Abusive endings : separation and divorce violence against women / Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz, Molly Dragiewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeKeseredy, Walter S., author.

Dragiewicz, Molly, author.

Schwartz, Martin D., author.

Series:

Gender and Justice ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family violence--United States.

Family violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Abusive Endings offers a thorough analysis of the social-science literature on one of the most significant threats to the health and well-being of women today-abuse at the hands of their male partners. The authors provide a moving description of why and how men abuse women in myriad ways during and after a separation or divorce. The material is punctuated with the stories and voices of both perpetrators and survivors of abuse, as told to the authors over many years of fieldwork. Written in a highly readable fashion, this book will be a useful resource for researchers, practitioners, activists, and policy makers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Conceptualizing Separation/Divorce Violence against Women

2. The Extent and Distribution of Separation/Divorce Assault

3. New Technologies and Separation/Divorce Violence against Women

4. Explaining Separation/Divorce Violence against Women

5. Children as Collateral Victims of Separation/Divorce Woman Abuse

6. What Is to Be Done about Separation/Divorce Violence against Women?

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780520961159

0520961153

OCLC:

974992435