Sourcebook on Violence Against Women

by Renzetti, Claire; Edleson, Jeffery; Bergen, Raquel

• ISBN13: 9780761920052
• ISBN10: 0761920056
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-14
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Violence against women is a centuries-old problem, but scholarly discussion has centered on this topic only in recent decades. This explosion of information clearly demonstrates the need for a comprehensive analysis of the complex theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues surrounding this still-controversial area. Editors Claire M. Renzetti, Jeffrey L. Edleson, and Raquel Kennedy Bergen fill this void with the Sourcebook on Violence Against Women, original scholarly writings that extensively cover current research on violence against women. The four parts of this volume examine theoretical and methodological issues in research, types of violence, prevention and direct intervention, and continuing and emerging issues in domestic and international public policy. As a comprehensive information source on violence against women, this book is an unsurpassed resource for students, practitioners, and academics.

Author Biography

Karen Bachar is a doctoral candidate in the Program Evaluation Research Methodology Program and is pursuing a master's degree in public health at the University of Arizona, where she is director of the Arizona Rape Prevention Education Data and Evaluation Project Larry W. Bennett is Associate Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago Raquel Kennedy Bergen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Andrea L. Bible works at the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women in Philadelphia. Johanna Bond is a teaching fellow in Georgetown University Law Center's International Women's Human Rights Clinic Jacquelyn C. Campbell is the Anna D. Wolf Endowed Professor and Associate Dean For the Doctoral Program and Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Rebecca Campbell is Assistant Professor of Community and Quantitative Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago Walter S. DeKeseredy is professor of sociology at Ohio University Sujata Desai is a behavioral scientist on the Family and Intimate Violence Prevention Team, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia Jacqueline A. Dienemann is Clinical Associate Professor at Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health and Science Consultant, Shelter for Battered Women, North Carolina Jeffrey L. Edleson is Professor in the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and director of Mincava -- The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse R. Amy Elman teaches political science at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she is associate director of the Center for European Studies and chair of the Political Science Department Marie M. Fortune is the founder and senior analyst at the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence in Seattle, Washington. She is a pastor, author, educator, and practicing ethicist and theologian. Ordained in 1976 in the United Church of Christ, she has written numerous books Marissa Ghez is a White House Fellow appointed by the President of the United States and the bipartisan Commission on White House Fellowships to serve as a special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy at the U.S. Department of Defense. She served as associate director and communications director of the Family Violence Prevention Fund for several years and was the founding director of its national public education campaign, There's No Excuse for Domestic Violence. Tameka Gillum is a doctoral candidate in the ecological-community psychology program at Michigan State University Barbara J. Hart is the legal director of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence and associate director of the Battered Women's Justice Project Drew Humphries is Associate Professor of Sociology and director of the Criminal Justice Program on the Camden Campus of Rutgers University LeeAnn Iovanni is an independent researcher and consultant based in Denmark Jana L. Jasinski was a National Institute of Mental Health Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire (1997). Her research interests include both lethal and nonlethal interpersonal violence (particularly intimate partner violence), substance abuse, the response of the criminal justice system to violence, and the negative consequences of child sexual assault. She has presented her research at numerous conferences, published several articles, and is the coeditor of two books Dheeshana Jayasundara is a master's student in criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett is a research associate at the Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire Mary P. Koss is Professor of Public Health, Family and Community Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychology in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona in Tucson Linda E. Ledray developed the Sexual Assault Resource Service (SARS) program and has been the director since its establishment over 20 years ago Patricia Mahoney is a sociologist and a research associate at the Stone Center, Wellesley Centers for Women, at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts Mary Malefyt is an attorney on the staff of the Full Faith and Credit Project, a national project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Washington, D.C. Patricia Yancey Martin is Daisy Parker Flory Alumni Professor and Professor of Sociology and Social Work at Florida State University Jody Miller is Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Susan L. Miller is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware Phoebe Morgan teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Criminal Justice at Arizona State University Mary K. O'Brien has more than 14 years of experience in health psychology and health communications Ellen Pence has been an advocate in the battered women's movement since 1975 Robin Phillips is an attorney and the director of the Women's Human Rights Program at Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Jody Raphael has served as executive director of the Center for Impact Research (formerly Taylor Institute) since 1994 Claire M. Renzetti is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Linda E. Saltzman is senior scientist, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Martin D. Schwartz is Professor of Sociology at Ohio University Evan Stark is Associate Professor in the Graduate Department of Public Administration at Rutgers-Newark Cris M. Sullivan is Associate Professor of Ecological/Community Psychology at Michigan State University Roberta L. Valente works for the Battered Women's Justice Project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Linda Vinton is Associate Professor at Florida State University's Institute for Family Violence Studies. Neil Websdale is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff Carolyn M. West is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Washington Linda M. Williams is director of research at the Stone Center and codirector of the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center at Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College Oliver J. Williams is Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Minnesota Tamar Diana Wilson is a research affiliate with the Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, St. Louis Seema Zeya is the senior attorney for the Full Faith and Credit Project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
PART I Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Researching Violence Against Women	1	(96)
Theoretical Explanations for Violence Against Women	5	(18)
Jana L. Jasinski
Definitional Issues	23	(12)
Walter S. DeKeseredy
Martin D. Schwartz
Measurement Issues for Violence Against Women	35	(22)
Sujata Desai
Linda E. Saltzman
Special Topic: Men Research Violence Against Women	53	(4)
Neil Websdale
Ethical Issues in Research on Violence Against Women	57	(16)
Jacquelyn C. Campbell
Jacqueline D. Dienemann
Collaborating for Women's Safety: Partnerships Between Research and Practice	73	(24)
Jeffrey L. Edleson
Andrea L. Bible
PART II Types of Violence Against Women	97	(126)
Victimization of Female Children	101	(16)
Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
Special Topic: Female Genital Mutilation	115	(2)
Tamar Diana Wilson
From Prevalence to Prevention: Closing the Gap Between What We Know About Rape and What We Do	117	(26)
Karen Bachar
Mary P. Koss
Violence Against Women by Intimate Relationship Partners	143	(36)
Patricia Mahoney
Linda M. Williams
Carolyn M. West
Violence Against Older Women	179	(14)
Linda Vinton
Mainstreaming Immobility: Disability Pornography and Its Challenge to Two Movements	193	(16)
R. Amy Elman
Sexual Harassment: Violence Against Women at Work	209	(14)
Phoebe Morgan
PART III Prevention and Direct Intervention	223	(216)
Services for Sexual Assault Survivors: The Role of Rape Crisis Centers	227	(20)
Rebecca Campbell
Patricia Yancey Martin
Special Topic: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program	243	(4)
Linda E. Ledray
Shelters and Other Community-Based Services for Battered Women and Their Children	247	(14)
Cris M. Sullivan
Tameka Gillum
Intervention Programs for Men Who Batter	261	(18)
Larry W. Bennett
Oliver J. Williams
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994: The Federal Commitment to Ending Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Gender-Based Crimes of Violence	279	(24)
Roberta L. Valente
Barbara J. Hart
Seema Zeya
Mary Malefyt
Criminal Justice System Responses to Domestic Violence: Law Enforcement and the Courts	303	(26)
LeeAnn Iovanni
Susan L. Miller
Advocacy on Behalf of Battered Women	329	(16)
Ellen Pence
Health Intervention With Battered Women: From Crisis Intervention to Complex Social Prevention	345	(26)
Evan Stark
Religious Issues and Violence Against Women	371	(16)
Marie M. Fortune
School-Based Education and Prevention Programs	387	(30)
Mary K. O'Brien
Getting the Message Out: Using Media to Change Social Norms on Abuse	417	(22)
Marissa Ghez
PART IV Continuing and Emerging Issues	439	(62)
Domestic Violence as a Welfare-to-Work Barrier: Research and Theoretical Issues	443	(16)
Jody Raphael
Special Topic: Criminalization of Pregnancy	457	(2)
Drew Humphries
Prostitution, the Sex Industry, and Sex Tourism	459	(22)
Jody Miller
Dheeshana Jayasundara
Violence Against Women as a Human Rights Violation: International Institutional Responses	481	(20)
Johanna Bond
Robin Phillips
Author Index	501	(17)
Subject Index	518	(13)
About the Authors	531