Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

Zusatztext 'this Encyclopedia is an important work which both complements and updates the available literature' -- Sonya Lipczynska! Kings College London'This volume is arecommended purchase for law! social science! psychological and medical conditions. Support workers in this field may also find it of use.' -- Sonya Lipczynska! Kings College London Informationen zum Autor Nicky Ali Jackson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. Klappentext Aims to provide information on various issues in the phenomenon of domestic violence. This book includes entries from research areas! such as battered women! child abuse and dating violence. It also includes areas such as ritual abuse-torture within families. It examines cross-cultural perspectives of domestic violence. Zusammenfassung The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence is a modern reference from the leading international scholars in domestic violence research. The first ever publication of an encyclopedia of domestic violence, the principal aim of this title is to provide information on a variety of traditional and breakthrough issues in this complex phenomenon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editorial Board Members, List of Contributors, Foreword, Introduction, List of Entries A–Z, Thematic List of Entries, Entries A–Z, Index

Product details

• Authors: Nicky Ali Jackson
• Assisted by: Nicky Ali Jackson (Editor), Jackson Nicky Ali (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2007
• EAN: 9780415969680
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96968-0
• No. of pages: 820
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 286 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, REFERENCE / Encyclopedias, Reference works, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Violence and abuse in society