Women's encounters with violence : Australian experiences /

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Imprint:Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1997.
Description:xii, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Sage series on violence against women ; v. 4
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2759074
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Other authors / contributors:Cook, Sandy.
Bessant, Judith.
ISBN:076190431X (cloth : acid-free paper)
0761904328 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-251) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Australian History, Policy and Denial
  • Violence against Women
  • Part 1. Sexual Violence
  • Violence and Women with Disabilities
  • Silence and Paradox
  • Mother/Daughter Rape
  • A Challenge for Feminism
  • (Hetero)sexed Hostility and Violence toward Lesbians
  • Part 2. Law And Criminal Justice
  • Aboriginality and Lawyering
  • Problems of Justice for Aboriginal Defendants Focus on Partner Homicide Cases
  • Judicial Bias
  • Confronting Prejudice in the Courtroom
  • Shame, Defiance and Violence against Women
  • A Critical Analysis of 'Communitarian' Conferencing
  • Rethinking Theories of Victimology
  • Men's Violence against Women
  • Part 3. Cultural And Social Issues
  • Violence against Indigenous Women
  • Private and Public Dimensions
  • Women, War and the Violence of History
  • An Australian Perspective
  • Men's Violence in the News
  • The War against Women
  • The Violence of Displacement
  • The Problematics of Survival for Homeless Young Women
  • Governing Sexual Violence
  • Criminalization and Citizenship