Violence against Women: Criminological perspectives on men's violences

ISBN-13: 9781843923992 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 176 str.

Nicole Westmarland

Opis

Violence against women is an enduring problem around the globe, yet very few books look at the full range of men's violences against women - perpetrated in relationships, in the family, in public spaces, and in institutions. While books that look at different types of violence, such as domestic violence, 'honour' based violence and rape in isolation are useful for depth, it is only by looking across these different spheres that the true extent of men's violences against women becomes clear. This book usefully covers all of the main forms of violence against women, looking at it from a research, policy, and practice perspective. Including discussion of fifteen different types of violence against women, this book is original in offering an introduction to such a broad range of topics, and for including chapters on violences that have rarely been written about, as well as those that are more commonly discussed and those that have been sidelined in recent years. By bringing together work on violence against women committed by partners, family members, strangers, acquaintances, institutions and businesses, this book widens the lens through which we view men's violences against women. Violence against Women is essential reading for criminologists and sociologists who want to be up to date with cutting-edge knowledge on this topic. It is also an invaluable text for those training to enter or become qualified in the specialist domestic and sexual violence sector.

Spis treści

Foreword  Section 1: Men's Violences in Relationships  1. Fatal violence against women – partner homicide  2. Physical partner violence  3. Intimate partner sexual violence  4. Psychological abuse  Section 2: Men's Violences in the Family  5. Violence against mothers and grandmothers  6. Forced Marriage  7. ‘Honour’ based violence and killings  8. Female Genital Mutilation  9. Familial rape and abuse  Section 3: Men's Violences in Public Spaces  10.  Sexual violence and harassment in the work place  11. Street and public space violence  12. Stranger and acquaintance rape  Section 4: Men's Violences in Institutions  13. Sexual violence, celebrity culture, and public institutions  14. Institutional abuse in residential care  15. Violence against women in higher education institutions  16. Afterword - On Outrage.

O autorze

Nicole Westmarland is Professor of Criminology at Durham University and Co-Director of the Durham Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse. She has held a number of policy, practice, and activist roles alongside her academic career, including Chair of Rape Crisis (England and Wales) and Special Advisor to the House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights for its Inquiry into Violence against Women and Girls.