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Author:   Kathy A McCloskey (University of Hartford, USA) ,  Marilyn H. Sitaker (Washington State Department of Health, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780789035837

ISBN 10:   0789035839
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   22 December 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Overview to Special Issue Kathy A. McCloskey and Marilyn Sitaker VICTIM ARRESTS 2 Are Half of all IPV Perpetrators Women? Putting Context Back into the Intimate Partner Violence Research Field Kathy A. McCloskey 3 Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Arrest Rates Across Recent Studies Mekha Rajan and Kathy A. McCloskey 4 Why Do Police Arrest Victims of Domestic Violence? The Need for Comprehensive Training and Investigative Protocols Anne O’Dell 5 Victim-Defendants in Mandated Treatment: An Ethical Quandary Donna Gardner 6 “Sorry, We Have to Take You In”: Black Battered Women Arrested for Intimate Partner Violence Carolyn M. West CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES 7 Non-Violent Survival Strategies in the Face of Intimate Partner Violence and Economic Discrimination Dana-Ain Davis 8 Using the Theory of Gender and Power to Examine Experiences of Partner Violence, Sexual Negotiation, and Risk of HIV/AIDS among Economically Disadvantaged Women in Southern India Subadra Panchanadeswaran, Sethulakshmi C. Johnson , Vivian F. Go, A. K. Srikrishnan, Sudha Sivaram, Suniti Solomon, Margaret E. Bentley, and David Celentano 9 The Ecology of Intimate Partner Violence: Theorized Impacts on Women’s Use of Violence Marilyn Sitaker

Reviews

""Overall, this collection is rife with up-to-date references as well as comprehensive and careful reviews of IPV literature that make the text a valuable resource and a captivating, thought-provoking read for scholars and students alike."" Lindsay M. Orchowski, Psychology of Women Quarterly

Overall, this collection is rife with up-to-date references as well as comprehensive and careful reviews of IPV literature that make the text a valuable resource and a captivating, thought-provoking read for scholars and students alike. Lindsay M. Orchowski, Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Kathy A. McCloskey is Associate Professor at the University of Hartford, Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology in Hartford, CT. Her specialties include domestic violence, trauma, forensic populations, and the training of doctoral-level clinical psychologists. Marilyn Sitaker, MPH, is Section Epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of Health in Olympia, WA, where she is responsible for surveillance and evaluation of policy and environmental interventions to reduce the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases.

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