| Description |
x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Women and violence : commonalities and diversities / Jalna Hammer -- Men's violence to known women : historical, everyday and theoretical constructions by men / Jeff Hearn -- The organization(s) of violence : men, gender relations, organizations and violences / Jeff Hearn -- Gender, violence and social work organizations / Elizabeth Harlow -- Gender and power in organizations / Wendy Hollway -- Women, mental health and community care : an abusive combination? / Barbara Fawcett -- Men's violence to known women : men's accounts and men's policy developments / Jeff Hearn -- Men's resistance to social workers / Judith Milner -- Working with men who sexually abuse children : the experience of the probation service / Elizabeth Lancaster -- Violence, gender and elder abuse / Terri Whittaker -- Organized abuse : themes and issues / Brid Featherstone and Elizabeth Harlow -- Issues of race and culture in child abuse / Melody Mtezuka -- Victims or villains? : women who physically abuse their children / Brid Featherstone. |
| Summary |
This examination of violence, through a focus on gender relations, demonstrates the relationship between research, theory, policy and practice, and proposes innovative courses of action to combat it. |
| Subject |
Violence.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Abusive men.
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Abused women.
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Child Abuse [MESH]
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Child Abuse, Sexual [MESH]
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Domestic Violence [MESH]
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Sex [MESH]
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Social Work [MESH]
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Spouse Abuse [MESH]
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Violence [MESH]
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Violence
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Battered Women
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violence.
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Abused women
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Abusive men
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Man-woman relationships
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Violence
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| Added Author |
Fawcett, Barbara, 1955-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Violence and gender relations. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1996 (OCoLC)763129985 |
| ISBN |
0803976496 |
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9780803976498 |
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080397650X (pbk.) |
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9780803976504 (pbk.) |
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