Violence against Women in Families and Relationships

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Evan Stark, Eve S. Buzawa, ed.

ISBN: 0-275-99846-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99846-2

888 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/8/2009

List Price: $400.00 (UK Sterling Price: £275.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Reviews:

"In this major contribution to understanding the 'domestic violence revolution,' Stark (public affairs and administration, Rutgers U., Newark, New Jersey) and Buzawa (criminal justice, U. of Massachusetts-Lowell) introduce this four-volume set with the story about the first shelter in the US for battered women in 1972. Experts examine the progress that has
been made in this area and continuing challenges. The themes of volume one include community responses including the shelter movement, the mutually-reinforcing effects of poverty and domestic violence, and how those escaping this cycle are re-building their lives. Volume 2 examines the family context of domestic violence including the effect on child witnesses, and the conflicting approaches of the child welfare and family court responses to child custody in cases of 'coercive control.' The legal system's handling of such cases and examples of programs for men who batter occupies volume 3. Volume 4 treats media representation of abuse and victim empowerment and how it shapes attitudes."
—Reference & Research Book News August 2009
"Even though it covers a touchy subject that stirs all sorts of reactions, this is an important resource that every public and academic library should own."
—Library Journal October 1, 2009

Description: The fight to end domestic violence consists of community-based services for battered women, laws and policies to combat the problem, a broad spectrum of frequently-innovative programs to protect or otherwise support abused women and children, a dramatic shift in media portrayals of violence against women, and a growing public critique of unacceptable forms of power and control in relationships. These volumes offer another weapon in that battle.

Violence against Women in Families and Relationships takes stock of all of the ways in which legislation, programs and services, and even public attitudes have impacted victims, offenders, and communities over the last few decades. Contributors pay special attention to how race, class, and cultural differences affect the experience of abuse. They explore the efficacy of interventions, and they provide compelling real-life examples to illustrate issues and challenges. Our society has made an enormous investment in stopping abuse in families and relationships, but numerous questions still remain. Many of those questions are answered in these pages, as experts uncover the realities of domestic violence and the toll it takes on families, individuals, communities, and society at large.

About the Author: Evan Stark is professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, and chair of the Department of Urban Health Administration at the University of Medicine and Dentistry School of Public Health.

Eve S. Buzawa is professor and the chairperson of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, MA.

LCC Class: 362.82'92-dc22


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