Sandra Cook, Judith Bessant

Women's Encounters with Violence

Australian Experiences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While research findings in this volume take an Australian perspective, they extend beyond national boundaries and are pertinent to readers in all societies. Contributors explore violence against women with disabilities, homeless women and lesbians in addition to culture-specific topics, such as injustices suffered by Australian Aboriginal women. The editors introduce the book with an overview of violence in Australian history, examining how culturally embedded laws and customs have aided the oppression of women. They stress that those involved in strategies for prevention should bear in mind political and social policies that may impede progress.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780761904328
• ISBN-10: 0761904328
• Artikelnr.: 37042162

Inhaltsangabe

Australian History, Policy and Denial - Sandy Cook and Judith Bessant Violence against Women PART ONE: SEXUAL VIOLENCE Violence and Women with Disabilities - Lesley Chenoweth Silence and Paradox Mother/Daughter Rape - Lee FitzRoy A Challenge for Feminism (Hetero)sexed Hostility and Violence toward Lesbians - Gail Mason PART TWO: LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Aboriginality and Lawyering - Linda Hancock Problems of Justice for Aboriginal Defendants Focus on Partner Homicide Cases Judicial Bias - Jocelynne A Scutt Confronting Prejudice in the Courtroom Shame, Defiance and Violence against Women - Julie Stubbs A Critical Analysis of `Communitarian
Conferencing Rethinking Theories of Victimology - Thérèse McCarthy Men
s Violence against Women PART THREE: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES Violence against Indigenous Women - Melissa Lucashenko Private and Public Dimensions Women, War and the Violence of History - Susanne Davies An Australian Perspective Men
s Violence in the News - Adrian Howe The War against Women The Violence of Displacement - Suzanne E Hatty The Problematics of Survival for Homeless Young Women Governing Sexual Violence - Kerry Carrington Criminalization and Citizenship