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Demonstates how refuges and shelters stand at the core of the battered women's movement, and how the movement has challenged the police, courts and social services to provide greater assistance to women in both Britain and the US.
List of contents
1. Violence Against Women, 2. The Rise of the Movement: Orientations and Issues, 3. Refuges and Housing, 4. The State, Public Policy and Social Change, 5. Challenging the Justice System, 6. New Laws and New Reactions, 7. The Therapeutic Society Constructs Battered Women and Violent Men, 8. Knowledge and Social Change, 9. Innovation and Social Change, Notes, Selected References, Index
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Russell P. Dobash, R. Emerson Dobash
Summary
Demonstates how refuges and shelters stand at the core of the battered women's movement, and how the movement has challenged the police, courts and social services to provide greater assistance to women in both Britain and the US.
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'... an incisive, clear and challenging history ... exciting to read ... This book represents a significant contribution to the knowledge about, and the struggle against, men's private violence to women.' - Betsy Stanko, British Journal of Criminology'The scope attempted is admirable; the authors take on not only the important topics a comprehensive review of the battered women's movement must cover but also their historical and theoretical roots ... broader in coverage than anything else on the market.' - Contemporary Sociology
