Women's Encounters with Violence: Australian Experiences / Edition 1

by Sandra Cook, Judith Bessant

Overview

While research findings in this volume take an Australian perspective, they extend beyond national boundaries and are pertinent to readers in all societies.

Contributors explore violence against women with disabilities, homeless women and lesbians in addition to culture-specific topics, such as injustices suffered by Australian Aboriginal women. The editors introduce the book with an overview of violence in Australian history, examining how culturally embedded laws and customs have aided the oppression of women. They stress that those involved in strategies for prevention should bear in mind political and social policies that may impede progress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761904311
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/22/1997
Series:	SAGE Series on Violence against Women Series , #4
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Australian History, Policy and Denial - Sandy Cook and Judith Bessant
Violence against Women
PART ONE: SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Violence and Women with Disabilities - Lesley Chenoweth
Silence and Paradox
Mother/Daughter Rape - Lee Fitz Roy
A Challenge for Feminism
(Hetero)sexed Hostility and Violence toward Lesbians - Gail Mason
PART TWO: LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Aboriginality and Lawyering - Linda Hancock
Problems of Justice for Aboriginal Defendants Focus on Partner Homicide Cases
Judicial Bias - Jocelynne A Scutt
Confronting Prejudice in the Courtroom
Shame, Defiance and Violence against Women - Julie Stubbs
A Critical Analysis of 'Communitarian' Conferencing
Rethinking Theories of Victimology - Thérèse Mc Carthy
Men's Violence against Women
PART THREE: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Violence against Indigenous Women - Melissa Lucashenko
Private and Public Dimensions
Women, War and the Violence of History - Susanne Davies
An Australian Perspective
Men's Violence in the News - Adrian Howe
The War against Women
The Violence of Displacement - Suzanne E Hatty
The Problematics of Survival for Homeless Young Women
Governing Sexual Violence - Kerry Carrington
Criminalization and Citizenship