Table of Contents |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
Pt. I | Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Researching Violence Against Women | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | Theoretical Explanations for Violence Against Women / Jana L. Jasinski | 5 |
| Ch. 2 | Definitional Issues / Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz | 23 |
| Ch. 3 | Measurement Issues for Violence Against Women / Sujata Desai, Linda E. Saltzman | 35 |
| | | SPECIAL TOPIC: Men Researching Violence Against Women / Neil Websdale | 53 |
| Ch. 4 | Ethical Issues in Research on Violence Against Women / Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Jacqueline D. Dienemann | 57 |
| Ch. 5 | Collaborating for Women's Safety: Partnerships Between Research and Practice / Jeffrey L. Edleson, Andrea L. Bible | 73 |
Pt. II | Types of Violence Against Women | 97 |
| Ch. 6 | Victimization of Female Children / Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett | 101 |
| | | SPECIAL TOPIC: Female Genital Mutilation / Tamar Diana Wilson | 115 |
| Ch. 7 | From Prevalence to Prevention: Closing the Gap Between What We Know About Rape and What We Do / Karen Bachar, Mary P. Koss | 117 |
| Ch. 8 | Violence Against Women by Intimate Relationship Partners / Patricia Mahoney, Linda M. Williams, Carolyn M. West | 143 |
| Ch. 9 | Violence Against Older Women / Linda Vinton | 179 |
| Ch. 10 | Mainstreaming Immobility: Disability Pornography and Its Challenge to Two Movements / R. Amy Elman | 193 |
| Ch. 11 | Sexual Harassment: Violence Against Women at Work / Phoebe Morgan | 209 |
Pt. III | Prevention and Direct Intervention | 223 |
| Ch. 12 | Services for Sexual Assault Survivors: The Role of Rape Crisis Centers / Rebecca Campbell, Patricia Yancey Martin | 227 |
| | | SPECIAL TOPIC: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program / Linda E. Ledray | 243 |
| Ch. 13 | Shelters and Other Community-Based Services for Battered Women and Their Children / Cris M. Sullivan, Tameka Gillum | 247 |
| Ch. 14 | Intervention Programs for Men Who Batter / Larry W. Bennett, Oliver J. Williams | 261 |
| Ch. 15 | The Violence Against Women Act of 1994: The Federal Commitment to Ending Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Gender-Based Crimes of Violence [et al.] / Roberta L. Valente, Barbara J. Hart, Seema Zeya | 279 |
| Ch. 16 | Criminal Justice System Responses to Domestic Violence: Law Enforcement and the Courts / LeeAnn Iovanni, Susan L. Miller | 303 |
| Ch. 17 | Advocacy on Behalf of Battered Women / Ellen Pence | 329 |
| Ch. 18 | Health Intervention With Battered Women: From Crisis Intervention to Complex Social Prevention / Evan Stark | 345 |
| Ch. 19 | Religious Issues and Violence: Against Women / Marie M. Fortune | 371 |
| Ch. 20 | School-Based Education and Prevention Programs / Mary K. O'Brien | 387 |
| Ch. 21 | Getting the Message Out: Using Media to Change Social Norms on Abuse / Marissa Ghez | 417 |
Pt. IV | Continuing and Emerging Issues | 439 |
| Ch. 22 | Domestic Violence as a Welfare-to-Work Barrier: Research and Theoretical Issues / Jody Raphael | 443 |
| | | SPECIAL TOPIC: Criminalization of Pregnancy / Drew Humphries | 457 |
| Ch. 23 | Prostitution, the Sex Industry, and Sex Tourism / Jody Miller, Dheeshana Jayasundara | 459 |
| Ch. 24 | Violence Against Women as a Human Rights Violation: International Institutional Responses / Johanna Bond, Robin Phillips | 481 |
| Author Index | 501 |
| Subject Index | 518 |
| About the Authors | 531 |