Intimate Violence
PART ONE: CHILD ABUSE
Richard J Gelles
The Youngest Victims
Violence towards Children
Evan Stark and Anne Flitcraft
Women and Children at Risk
A Feminist Perspective on Child Abuse
Questions for Discussion
PART TWO: INCEST
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and Roberta Marshall
Sexual Victimization of Children
Incest and Child Sexual Abuse
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
Suggestions for New Directions in Sociological Research
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
Theoretical and Empirical Issues
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
Date and Acquaintance Rape Are Significant Problems for Women
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
Defining Violence against Women by Immigration, Race and Class
Questions for Discussion
PART SEVEN: WIFE RAPE
Patricia Peacock
Marital Rape
Raquel Kennedy Bergen
The Reality of Wife Rape
Women's Experiences of Sexual Violence in Marriage
Questions for Discussion
PART EIGHT: ELDER ABUSE
Karl Pillemer and J Jill Suitor
Violence and Violent Feelings
What Causes Them among Family Caregivers?
Linner Ward Griffin, Oliver J Williams, and Joyce G Reed
Abuse of African American Elders
Questions for Discussion