| Description |
x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Nature and Scope of Violence Against Women -- 3. Causes and Consequences of Violence Against Women -- 4. Prevention and Intervention -- 5. Research Infrastructure -- A Biographical Sketches -- B Workshop Topics and Speakers |
| Summary |
"Understanding Violence Against Women" presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies 4 areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: what interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach many victims who do not seek help; factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders; the scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its consequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs [and] how to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge |
| Notes |
"Panel on Research on Violence Against Women, Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-202) and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rape -- United States.
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Wife abuse -- United States.
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Women -- Crimes against -- Research -- United States.
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Women -- Crimes against -- United States.
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Violence.
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Women.
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Rape.
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Crime Victims.
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Rape.
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Spouse Abuse.
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Women.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Burgess, Ann Wolbert.
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Crowell, Nancy A.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Research on Violence Against Women.
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| LC no. |
96017335 |
| ISBN |
0309054257 |
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