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NEW TO THIS EDITION: • New chapters on the history of anti-violence against women movements, gender-based violence in schools, violence against elderly women, and human trafficking deepen student understanding of important issues. • A new Part III: Programs that Work explores innovative prevention and intervention programs that evaluation studies have shown to have positive outcomes for both victims and perpetrators. • New In the Field autobiographical essays written by leaders who work at the grassroots level expose students to the diverse work being done on the front lines of the anti-violence against women movement and seek to inspire students to see themselves doing this vital work. • New boxed sections on current controversies explore current topics being debated in the field and present empirical evidence to help students evaluate the issues addressed. Issues include: coercive control; substance use; gender symmetry; economic disadvantage as a catalyst for sexual victimization; gender-based violence against immigrant and refugee women; technology-facilitated violence and harassment; pornography; economic empowerment programs; and programs for women who have used force against intimate partners. • New discussion questions and resources for further study at the end of each chapter and each boxed section help promote critical thinking, stimulate classroom discussion, and encourage further exploration of key topics. KEY FEATURES: • Brief, chapter-opening introductions provide readers important background to better prepare for upcoming material. • Well-known editors and contributors across a span of disciplines, including social work, criminology, and sociology, ensure the highest quality contributions for studying violence against women.
Innovative Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
Innovative Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
Emma Sulkowicz said she knew it would be awful to go before a disciplinary panel and describe being raped by a fellow student, but nothing prepared her for what came next. She said one of the two women on the panel, a university official, asked her repeatedly how the painful sex act she described was physically possible. Already anxious and queasy, Ms. Sulkowicz, a junior at Columbia University, said she felt her body freeze up and her heart race as she tried to answer questions that seemed to her to reveal not just skepticism about her story but also disturbing ignorance in someone who had supposedly ...
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