Violence and Exploitation Against Women and Girls, Volume 1087

by Denmark, Florence; Krauss, Herbert H.; Halpern, Esther; Sechzer, Jeri A.

• ISBN13: 9781573316675
• ISBN10: 1573316679
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-05
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Drawing upon the expertise of a cadre of scholars and practitioners, this book has four parts: (1) conceptualizing violence and exploitation against females, (2) violence against girls and female adolescents, (3) violence against women, and (4) cultural and international perspectives on violence against women.Contributors place violence against women and girls within a variety of cultural and religious perspectives and also present theories of violence, the role of stereotyping, and the effect of violence in the larger community. The recent emergence of cyber violence, particularly against adolescents, is addressed, and several violence prevention programs are described.Violence against elderly women, disabled women, and pregnant women are addressed, as are the public health issues related to violence against women. The final section of the book expands the cultural perspective through chapters on domestic violence in Latin America, South Asia, Israel, and among ethnic enclaves within the United States. A report on female genital mutilation is included. The role of the United Nations and non-governmental organizations in preventing violence against women globally concludes the volume.NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit www.nyas.org/membership for more information about becoming a member.

Author Biography

Florence Harriet Levin Denmark is an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association. She is a pioneering female psychologist who has influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments in both psychology and feminist movements. Herbert H. Krauss is the editor of Violence and Exploitation Against Women and Girls, Volume 1087, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Conceptualizing Violence and Exploitation against Females
Introduction	p. 1
Perspectives on Violence	p. 4
A Protoscientific Master Metaphor for Framing Violence	p. 22
Violence against Girls, Adolescents, and Young Women
Sexual Aggression toward Women: Reducing the Prevalence	p. 35
Adolescent Girls Speak about Violence in Their Community	p. 47
Who Wins in the Status Games? Violence, Sexual Violence, and an Emerging Single Standard among Adolescent Women	p. 56
Cyberspace Violence against Girls and Adolescent Females	p. 74
Early Violence Prevention Programs: Implications for Violence Prevention Against Girls and Women	p. 90
International Perspectives on Sexual Harassment of College Students: The Sounds of Silence	p. 103
Violence against Women
Intimate Partner Violence: New Directions	p. 121
Battered Woman Syndrome: Empirical Findings	p. 142
Factors That Influence Abusive Interactions between Aging Women and Their Caregivers	p. 158
Violence and Exploitation against Women and Girls with Disability	p. 170
Gender-Based Violence: Concepts, Methods, and Findings	p. 178
Restoring Rape Survivors: Justice, Advocacy, and a Call to Action	p. 206
Violence against Women as a Public Health Issue	p. 235
Cultural and International Perspectives on Violence against Women
Cultural Beliefs and Domestic Violence	p. 250
Violence against Women in Mexico: Conceptualization and Program Application	p. 261
Domestic Violence in the Chinese and South Asian Immigrant Communities	p. 279
Domestic Violence in Israel: Changing Attitudes	p. 301
Lack of Mutual Respect in Relationship: The Endangered Partner	p. 311
Violence against Pregnant Women in Northwestern Ontario	p. 320
An Exploration of Female Genital Mutilation	p. 339
International Sexual Harassment	p. 356
United Nations Measures to Stop Violence against Women	p. 370
Conclusion
Summary and Conclusion	p. 384
Epilogue	p. 387
Index of Contributors	p. 391
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