RT Book
T1 Violence against women in the US: theory, research and policy
A1 Coy, Maddy
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1884685897
AB "Analyzing what is known about violence against women, this book centres on the contrast between the U.S.'s historic focus on a criminal legal framework and the human rights lens used globally by feminist activists. Distilling the existing evidence base and literature on violence against women in the U.S., the book includes an overview of forms of violence, the prevalence of violence, contexts in which violence occurs, and debates about intervention and prevention. It engages with how human rights frameworks define violence against women as cause and consequence of women's inequality, and explores how race, ethnicity, class, citizenship status and sexual orientation shape experiences of victimization, perpetration, and institutional responses. Chapters synthesize prevalence methods and data, key feminist concepts, impacts and aftermath of violence, what is known about perpetrators, the history of anti-violence activism, violence against women on college campuses and in the media, and how the criminal legal systems respond. Contested issues, such as prostitution and pornography, and the extent to which commercial sex can be understood as a form of, and/or context for, violence against women, are also explored. The book closes with a final chapter offering directions for adopting a human rights approach to ending violence against women in the U.S. By offering an analysis of how violence against women has come to be named in activist, policy, and academic arenas, Violence Against Women in the US is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners"--
NO Literaturangaben (jeweils am Kapitelende). - Sachregister: Seite 185-190
CN HV6250.4.W65
SN 9781032030524
SN 9781032030531
K1 Women : Violence against : United States
K1 Women : Crimes against : United States
K1 Sex discrimination against women : United States
K1 Human Rights : United States
K1 Civil rights & citizenship
K1 Crime & criminology
K1 Criminology: legal aspects
K1 Cultural Studies
K1 Gender & the law
K1 Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen
K1 Gender studies: women
K1 Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft
K1 Human Rights
K1 Kriminologie: Rechtliche Aspekte
K1 Kulturwissenschaften
K1 LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
K1 LAW / Gender & the Law
K1 Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Political
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Social
K1 POL052000
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
K1 USA : Frau : Gewalt : Gesetz : Menschenrecht : Feminismus : Intersektionalität