The victimization of women : law, policies, and politics /

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Author / Creator:Meloy, Michelle L.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (246 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11243997
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Other authors / contributors:Miller, Susan L.
ISBN:9780199830787
0199830789
9780199830299
0199830290
9780199765102
0199765103
9780199765119
0199765111
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:In The Victimization of Women, Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller present a balanced and comprehensive summary of the most significant research on the victimizations, violence, and victim politics that disproportionately affect women. They examine the history of violence against women, the surrounding debates, the legal reforms, the related media and social-service responses, and the current science on intimate-partner violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. They augment these victimization findings with original research on women convicted of domestic battery and m.
Other form:Print version: Meloy, Michelle L. Victimization of women. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199765102