Family Violence in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Levinson's study of family violence breaks new ground by taking a global perspective of this social ill. He uses ethnographic work on 90 societies to analyse the incidence, causes and correlates of family violence. Through the use of both quantitative analysis and ethnographic description, he tests the efficacy of various current theories against world-wide family violence data. Among the author's more important conclusions are that women's economic equality and independence reduces family violence and that family violence is clearly correlated with more general violence in a society.

Table des matières

Foreword - H Russell Bernard
Introduction
Varieties of Family Violence
Family Violence and Other Types of Violence
Social Structure and Family Violence
Wife Beating and Sexual Inequality
Pulling the Pieces Together
Prevention and Control

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Levinson, Levinson David
• Edition: Sage Publications Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 12.04.1989
• EAN: 9780803930766
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-3076-6
• Pages: 152
• Thèmes: Frontiers of Anthropology; Frontiers of Anthropology
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Livres de conseils > Psychologie, quotidien > Famille; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit pénal, droit de procédure pénale, criminologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Sociology: family & relationships, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Sociology: family and relationships, Interpersonal/Domestic Violence