Abusive Endings: Separation and Divorce Violence Against WomenAbusive Endings offers a thorough analysis of the social-science literature on one of the most significant threats to the health and well-being of women today—abuse at the hands of their male partners. The authors provide a moving description of why and how men abuse women in myriad ways during and after a separation or divorce. The material is punctuated with the stories and voices of both perpetrators and survivors of abuse, as told to the authors over many years of fieldwork. Written in a highly readable fashion, this book will be a useful resource for researchers, practitioners, activists, and policy makers. |
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Contents
The Extent and Distribution of SeparationDivorce Assault | 29 |
New Technologies and SeparationDivorce Violence against | 65 |
Explaining SeparationDivorce Violence against Women | 86 |
Children as Collateral Victims of SeparationDivorce Woman | 115 |
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| Title | Abusive Endings: Separation and Divorce Violence Against Women Volume 4 of Gender and Justice |
| Authors | Walter S. DeKeseredy, Molly Dragiewicz, Martin D. Schwartz |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press, 2017 |
| ISBN | 0520285751, 9780520285750 |
| Length | 227 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Criminology |
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