Issues in Intimate Violence

Edited by:

Raquel Kennedy Bergen - Saint Joseph's University, USA

Other Titles in:
Interpersonal/Domestic Violence (General)

June 1998 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Description
Contents

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

A Brief Introduction

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

You are here

Issues in Intimate Violence

For instructors

Select a Purchasing Option