The victimization of women : law, policies, and politics /
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| Author / Creator: | Meloy, Michelle L. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | 246 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8294812 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Drawing the contours of victim dilemmas
- The violent victimization of women: an overview of legal, empirical, and measurement issues
- Media, gender, and crime victims
- Sexual victimization: offenders speak out about their victims
- How battered women lose: unintended consequences of well-intentioned legal and criminal justice policies
- Assessing where we are, where we should go, and how best to get there.