Issues in Intimate Violence
Edited by:
- Raquel Kennedy Bergen - Saint Joseph's University, USA
Other Titles in:
Interpersonal/Domestic Violence (General)
Interpersonal/Domestic Violence (General)
June 1998 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This volume provides the basis for understanding a wide range of interpersonal violence: child abuse; incest; violence in heterosexual, gay and lesbian relationships; acquaintance rape; wife abuse and rape; and elder abuse. There is no single accepted explanation for interpersonal violence, and the chapters reflect this by representing a number of disciplines from both theoretical and applied viewpoints. Many chapters take a feminist perspective, addressing the gendered nature of violence.
Intimate Violence
PART ONE: CHILD ABUSE
Richard J Gelles
The Youngest Victims
Evan Stark and Anne Flitcraft
Women and Children at Risk
Questions for Discussion
PART TWO: INCEST
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and Roberta Marshall
Sexual Victimization of Children
Diana Russell
The Making of a Whore
Questions for Discussion
PART THREE: VIOLENCE IN DATING RELATIONSHIPS
Walter S DeKeseredy and Martin D Schwartz
Male Peer Support and Woman Abuse in Postsecondary School Courtship
Dawn H Currie
Violent Men or Violent Women? Whose Definition Counts?
Questions for Discussion
PART FOUR: VIOLENCE IN GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS
Claire M Renzetti
Violence and Abuse in Lesbian Relationships
Gregory S Merrill
Understanding Domestic Violence among Gay and Bisexual Men
Questions for Discussion
PART FIVE: ACQUAINTANCE RAPE
Mary P Koss and Sarah L Cook
Facing the Facts
Patricia Yancey Martin and Robert A Hummer
Fraternities and Rape on Campus
Jeffrey Benedict and Alan Klein
Arrest and Conviction Rates for Athletes Accused of Sexual Assault
Questions for Discussion
PART SIX: WIFE ABUSE
James Ptacek
Why Do Men Batter Their Wives?
Demie Kurz
Old Problems and New Directions in the Study of Violence against Women
Shamita Das Dasgupta
Women's Realities
Questions for Discussion
PART SEVEN: WIFE RAPE
Patricia Peacock
Marital Rape
Raquel Kennedy Bergen
The Reality of Wife Rape
Questions for Discussion
PART EIGHT: ELDER ABUSE
Karl Pillemer and J Jill Suitor
Violence and Violent Feelings
Linner Ward Griffin, Oliver J Williams, and Joyce G Reed
Abuse of African American Elders
Questions for Discussion