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Author Loseke, Donileen R., 1947-

Title The battered woman and shelters : the social construction of wife abuse / Donileen R. Loseke
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Series SUNY series in deviance and social control
SUNY series in deviance and social control.
Contents Social problems work and the study of wife abuse -- Chapter 1: Collective representations -- Chapter 2: Schemes of interpretation and practical experience -- Chapter 3: Collective representations and the formal organization of shelter work -- Chapter 4: Identifying the battered woman -- Chapter 5: Transforming clients -- Chapter 6: Making sense of shelter work -- Chapter 7: Social problems work and the reproduction of public problems
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Social work with women -- United States
Abused women -- United States
Women's shelters -- United States
Wife abuse -- United States
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Domestic Partner Abuse.
Abused women
Social work with women
Wife abuse
Women's shelters
Misshandelte Frau
Sozialarbeit
Ehefrau
Misshandlung
Soziologie
Frauenhaus
Vrouwenmishandeling.
Vrouwenhuizen.
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 90026166
ISBN 0585057303
9780585057309
1438411294
9781438411293