Съдържание:
  • Section I. Child abuse
  • The youngest victims : violence toward children /
  • Richard J. Gelles
  • Women and children at risk : a feminist perspective in child abuse /
  • Evan Stark and Anne Flitcraft
  • Section II. Incest
  • Sexual victimization of children : incest and child sexual abuse /
  • Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and Roberta Marshall
  • The making of a whore /
  • Diana E.H. Russell
  • Section III. Violence in dating relationships
  • Male peer support and woman abuse in postsecondary school courtship : suggestins for new directions in sociological research /
  • Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz
  • Violent men or violent women? Whose definition counts? /
  • Dawn H. Currie
  • Section IV. Violence in gay and lesbian relationships
  • Violence and abuse in lesbian relatinships : theoretical and empirical issues /
  • Claire M. Renzetti
  • Understanding domestic violence among gay and bisexual men /
  • Gregory S. Merrill
  • Section V. Acquaintance rape
  • Facing the facts : date and acquaintance rape are significant problems for women /
  • Mary P. Koss and Sarah L. Cook
  • Fraternities and rape on campus /
  • Patircia Yancey Martin and Robert A. Hummer
  • Arrest and conviction rates for athletes accused of sexual assault /
  • Jeffrey Benedict and Alan Klein
  • Section VI. Wife abuse
  • Why do men batter their wives? /
  • James Ptacek
  • Old problems and new directions in the study of violence against women /
  • Demie Kurz
  • Women's realities : defining violence against women by immigration, race, and class /
  • Shamita Das Dasgupta
  • Section VII. Wife rape
  • Marital rape /
  • Patricia Peacock
  • The reality of wife rape : women's experiences of sexual violence in marriage /
  • Raquel Kennedy Bergen
  • Section VIII. Elder abuse
  • Violence and violent feelings : what causes them among family caregivers? /
  • Karl Pillemer and J. Jill Suitor
  • Abuse of African American elders /
  • Linner Ward Griffin, Oliver J. Williams, Joyce G. Reed.