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Violence Against Women
Springer 2007; US$ 84.99A comparative survey which interviews random samples of women about their experiences with male violence. It offers long-range proposals, from promoting gender equality and improving service delivery to victims to improved prevention, monitoring and evaluation. more...
Fear of Crime
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 61.95An attention to the 'fear of crime' has found its way into governmental interventions in crime prevention and into popular discourse with many newspapers, local government and the like conducting their own fear of crime surveys. As a concept, 'fear of crime' has also produced considerable academic debate since it entered the criminological vocabulary... more...
Human Insecurity
Zed Books 2007; US$ 31.95Human Insecurity is concerned with our refusal to confront the millions of avoidable deaths of women and children each year. The book argues that such deaths are caused by the man-made structures of neoliberalism and 'andrarchy' and argues that the debate on human security can be reinvigorated by looking at the unarmed, civilian role in causing... more...
Forensic Victimology
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 63.95This new textbook provides students with the basic principles and practice standards of forensic victimology-the scientific study of victims for the purposes of addressing investigative and forensic issues. It provides case-based coverage with original insights into the role that victimology plays in the justice system, moving beyond the traditional... more...
Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008; US$ 39.95Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults provides an up to date and topical overview of developments in policy, guidance, legislation and practice in the area of adult protection. The book aims to broaden thinking about adult abuse, assesses alternative models of practice such as criminal justice and welfare, and covers groups who may be overlooked. more...
Sex, Violence and Crime
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 63.95What happens when you sex violent crimes? More specifically, what happens when you make men?s violence against women the subject of a conversation or the focus of scholarly attention? The short answer is: all hell breaks loose. Adrian Howe explores some of the ways in which this persistent and pervasive form of violence has been named and unnamed... more...
Gender, Violence and Security
Zed Books 2008; US$ 34.95In this highly original poststructural feminist critique, the author maps the discursive terrains of institutions, both NGOs and the UN, which formulate and implement resolutions and guides of practice that affect gender issues in the context of international policy practices. more...
A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 13.95Selections from the ?Until the Violence Stops? Festival Featuring writings by Abiola Abrams ? Edward Albee ? Tariq Ali ? Maya Angelou ? Periel Aschenbrand ? Patricia Bosworth ? Nicole Burdette ? Kate Clinton ? Kimberle Crenshaw ? Michael Cunningham ? Edwidge Danticat ? Ariel Dorfman ? Mollie Doyle ? Slavenka Drakulic ? Michael Eric Dyson ? Dave Eggers... more...
Violence Against Women
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 41.95Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations investigates under-researched and underserved groups of women who are particularly vulnerable to violent victimization from an intimate male partner. In the past, there has been an understandable reluctance to address this issue to avoid stereotyping vulnerable groups of women. However, developments... more...
A Deafening Silence
The Policy Press 2008; US$ 36.95This book analyses male violence against women and children, and the mechanisms society develops to push it out of sight. more...









