Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse [Paperback]

Why do men batter their wives? How do women define their experiences of violence? Is wife abuse related to child abuse? How do medical authorities react to wife abuse? This unique volume brings together well-known academics, activists and clinicians who approach these questions from a distinctly feminist perspective. They critically analyze lay and academic theories of wife abuse in order to develop theories that more accurately reflect the experiences of women.Why do men batter their wives? How do women define their experiences of violence? Is wife abuse related to child abuse? How do medical authorities react to wife abuse? This unique volume brings together well-known academics, activists and clinicians who approach these questions from a distinctly feminist perspective. They critically analyze lay and academic theories of wife abuse in order to develop theories that more accurately reflect the experiences of women.Foreword - Lenore Walker
Introduction - Michele Bograd
Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse
PART ONE: THE POLITICS OF RESEARCH
Political and Methodological Debates in Wife Abuse Research - Kersti Yllö
Research as Social Action - R Emerson Dobash and Russell P Dobash
The Struggle for Battered Women
Fear of Crime and the Myth of the Safe Home - Elizabeth A Stanko
A Feminist Critique of Criminology
PART TWO: FEMINIST RESEARCH
Wife Abuse, Husband Abuse, or Mutual Combat? A Feminist Perspective on the Empirical Findings - Daniel G Saunders
How Women Define Their Experiences of Violence - Liz Kelly
Why do Men Batter Their Wives? - James Ptacek
On the Relationship between Wife-Beating and Child Abuse - Lee H Bowker, Michelle Arbitell and J Richard McFerron
PART THREE: RETHINKING CLINICAL APPROACHES
Treatment Models of Men Who Batter - David Adams
A Profeminist Anl3d