The Victimization of Women

Law, Policies, and Politics
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-976511-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 424 g

In The Victimization of Women, Michelle Meloy and Susan Miller present a balanced, comprehensive, and objective summary of the most significant research on the victimizations, violence, and victim politics that disproportionately affect women. They examine the history of violence against women, the surrounding debates, the legal reforms and justice system outcomes, the related media and social-service responses, and the current science on intimate partner
violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. Plus, they augment these victimization findings with original research on women convicted of domestic battery and men convicted of sexual abuse and other sex-related offenses. In these new data the authors explore the unanticipated consequences
associated with changes to the laws governing domestic violence and the newer forms of sex-offender legislation. Both of these investigations are based on qualitative data that involve in-depth offender-based interviews that probe the circumstances surrounding the arrests and victimizations involved in the cases, the significant legal issues, and their experiences with the criminal justice system.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars in criminology, criminal justice, law, and sociology; graduate courses in gender and crime, victimization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meloy, Michelle L.

Miller, Susan L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.: Introduction
2.: Drawing the Contours of Victim Dilemmas
3.: The Violent Victimization of Women: An Overview of Legal, Empirical
and Measurement Issues
4.: Media, Gender, and Crime Victims
5.: Sexual Victimization: Offenders Speak out about their Victims
6.: How Battered Women Lose: Unintended Consequences of Well-Intentioned
Legal and Criminal Justice Policies
7.: Assessing Where We Are, Where We Should Go and How Best to Get There
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michelle L. Meloy is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, Camden.

Susan L. Miller is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. Her recent books include Victims as Offenders and Criminal Justice Research and Practice.