| Description |
xii, 204 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Australian studies |
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Australian studies (Melbourne, Vic.)
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| Contents |
The invention of the pathological family / Judith Allen -- Domestic violence, cases before Chamber Magistrates / V. Johnson, K. Ross, and T. Vinson -- Domestic violence and sex and class inequality / Carol O'Donnell and Heather Saville -- Women who kill husbands / Wendy Bacon and Robyn Landsdowne -- Refuges / Heather Saville -- Domestic violence, the police response / Jocelynne A. Scutt -- Domestic violence, the legal responses / Penelope Stratmann -- Domestic violence, social solutions / Maria Girdler -- Incest and the reproduction of the patriarchal family / Carol O'Donnell and Jan Craney -- The social construction of child abuse / Carol O'Donnell and Jan Craney |
| Summary |
Whilst psychological peculiarity has been generally emphasized as the cause of domestic violence, this book argues that the power relationships of sex and class must be analysed if more adequate explanations are to be found. The contributors discuss spouse abuse, spouse murder, incest and the roles of the police, courts, refuges and counselling services in dealing with domestic violence. Evaluations are made of the current methods of treatment of family violence and suggestions are made for social reform |
| Analysis |
Families. Violence. Australia |
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Family Violence - Australia |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Family violence -- Australia.
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Marital violence.
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Violence.
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| Author |
Craney, Jan, 1941-
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O'Donnell, Carol.
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| LC no. |
82154635 |
| ISBN |
0582710197 |
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