Violence against women -- The rise of the movement: orientations and issues -- Refuges and housing -- The state, public policy and social change -- Challenging the justice system -- New laws and new reactions -- The therapeutic society constructs battered women and violent men -- Knowledge and social change -- Innovation and social change
Analysis
Women Abuse
Abused women - Government policy - Great Britain
Abused women - Government policy - United States
Abused women - Services for - Great Britain
Abused women - Services for - United States
Families Violence
Women's shelters - Great Britain
Women's shelters - United States
Notes
Includes indexes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-356) and indexes