Abstract: Intimate Violence A Brief Introduction PART ONE: CHILD ABUSE The Youngest Victims - Richard J Gelles Violence towards Children Women and Children at Risk - Evan Stark and Anne Flitcraft A Feminist Perspective on Child Abuse Questions for Discussion PART TWO: INCEST Sexual Victimization of Children - Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and Roberta Marshall Incest and Child Sexual Abuse The Making of a Whore - Diana Russell Questions for Discussion PART THREE: VIOLENCE IN DATING RELATIONSHIPS Male Peer Support and Woman Abuse in Postsecondary School Courtship - Walter S DeKeseredy and Martin D Schwartz Suggestions for New Directions in Sociological Research Violent Men or Violent Women? Whose Definition Counts? - Dawn H Currie Questions for Discussion PART FOUR: VIOLENCE IN GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS Violence and Abuse in Lesbian Relationships - Claire M Renzetti Theoretical and Empirical Issues Understanding Domestic Violence among Gay and Bisexual Men - Gregory S Merrill Questions for Discussion PART FIVE: ACQUAINTANCE RAPE Facing the Facts - Mary P Koss and Sarah L Cook Date and Acquaintance Rape Are Significant Problems for Women Fraternities and Rape on Campus - Patricia Yancey Martin and Robert A Hummer Arrest and Conviction Rates for Athletes Accused of Sexual Assault - Jeffrey Benedict and Alan Klein Questions for Discussion PART SIX: WIFE ABUSE Why Do Men Batter Their Wives? - James Ptacek Old Problems and New Directions in the Study of Violence against Women - Demie Kurz Women's Realities - Shamita Das Dasgupta Defining Violence against Women by Immigration, Race and Class Questions for Discussion PART SEVEN: WIFE RAPE Marital Rape - Patricia Peacock The Reality of Wife Rape - Raquel Kennedy Bergen Women's Experiences of Sexual Violence in Marriage Questions for Discussion PART EIGHT: ELDER ABUSE Violence and Violent Feelings - Karl Pillemer and J Jill Suitor What Causes Them among Family Caregivers? Abuse of African American Elders - Linner Ward Griffin, Oliver J Williams, and Joyce G Reed Questions for Discussion
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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