Understanding Violence Against Women - Hardcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Panel On Research On Violence Against Women

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309054257 ISBN 13: 9780309054256

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1996

Synopsis

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault.
The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered?
Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape:

• What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help.
• Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders.
• The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs.
• How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge.
  

Despite the news coverage and talk shows, the real fundamental nature of violence against women remains unexplored and often misunderstood. Understanding Violence Against Women provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Nature and Scope of Violence Against Women
• 3 Causes and Consequences of Violence Against Women
• 4 Prevention and Intervention
• 5 Research Infrastructure
• References
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Biographical Sketches
• Appendix B: Workshop Topics and Speakers
• Index

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape. This book provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.

About the Author:

Nancy A. Crowell and Ann W. Burgess, Editors; Panel on Research on Violence Against Women, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0309054257
• ISBN 13: 9780309054256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Burgess Ann W., Crowell Nancy A.