Gives important insight into the issues and questions that have become central to understandings of women, violence and resistance. This work gathers together the many ideas, discussions and developments arising from the work of the researchers and activists who are part of the British Sociological Association Violence Against Women Study Group.
Gives important insight into the issues and questions that have become central to understandings of women, violence and resistance. This work gathers ...
First published in 1989, this book focuses on the policing of male violence against women. It is an issue that has been criticised substantially in the past, and the book shows how even police themselves have sometimes admitted that women have received inadequate treatment. The book includes contributions from North America, Australia, and Western Europe and looks at different approaches that have been taken by states in intervening into the violence of men against women. Chapters explore the differences and similarities of policing practices in western societies at the time surrounding the...
First published in 1989, this book focuses on the policing of male violence against women. It is an issue that has been criticised substantially in th...
