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
Summary
Demonstates how refuges and shelters stand at the core of the battered women's movement, and how the movement has challenged the police, courts and social services to provide greater assistance to women in both Britain and the US
Analysis
Families Violence
Women Abuse
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-356) and indexes
Notes
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