Issues in Intimate Violence - Hardcover

9780761909354: Issues in Intimate Violence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761909354 ISBN 13: 9780761909354

Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc, 1998

Designed for undergraduates, this anthology prepares the foundation for understanding a wide range of violence that commonly occurs in families and between intimates. Many of the 22 chapters offer a feminist perspective that addresses the gendered nature of violence and the consequences of power inequality in our society. Topics include child abuse, incest, violence in heterosexual dating relationships, violence in gay and lesbian relationships, acquaintance rape, wife abuse and wife rape, and elder abuse. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Raquel Kennedy Bergen is a Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her BS from Saint Joseph’s University in Sociology and her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author or co-author of numerous scholarly publications and nine books on violence against women including, Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers; and Issues in Intimate Violence. With Claire Renzetti and Jeff Edleson she edited, Sourcebook on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Women: Classic Statements. She co-edited Violence Against Women: Readings from Social Problems with Claire Renzetti. She is the current Chair of Gender Studies at Saint Joseph’s and the faculty moderator for the Rape Education Prevention Program. Her area of expertise is sexual violence in intimate partnerships and she regularly provides workshops around the country to domestic violence and rape crisis programs to address this form of violence. She has volunteered as an advocate for battered women and sexual assault survivors for the past 27 years. Her current research continues in the field of violence against women―analyzing the intersection of women’s experiences of physical, sexual and emotional violence with their partners during pregnancy.

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