Table of Contents:
“…9: Wife and partner abuse -- Historical overview -- Box 9-1: Domestic violence: a personal narrative -- Nature and scope of the problem -- Teen dating violence -- Dating violence
statistics -- Box 9-2: Dating abuse: warning signs -- Lesbian and gay couples -- Domestic violence among ethnic minorities -- Domestic homicide -- Men who kill their wives/partners -- Women who kill their husbands/partners -- Murder-suicide -- Dynamics of intimate abuse -- Marital rape -- Theories of partner abuse -- Societal stress -- Psychological viewpoints -- Systems theory -- Feminist explanations and the antifeminist backlash -- Box 9-3: Tombstone project -- Substance abuse connection -- Children witnessing violence -- Criminal justice process -- Empowerment -- Crisis intervention -- Shelters for battered women -- Box 9-4: Snapshot-a social worker's daily reality at a domestic violence shelter -- Treatment for batterers and prevention -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References -- 10: Women's victimization: global perspectives -- Impact of globalization -- Women's rights are human rights -- Violations of women domestically -- Wife beating -- Honor killing -- Immigration and domestic violence -- Legacy of the Iraq war -- Community-level victimization: sexual assault and sex trafficking -- Sex trafficking -- Victimization of women at the
state level -- Rape in war -- Women, war, and peace -- Treatment of immigrants in U S detention -- Global initiatives for rights and justice -- Restorative justice -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References -- Part 5: Women As Professionals -- 11: Women in law enforcement -- Box 11-1: Excitement about being a cop -- History of women in policing -- Box 11-2: Women in law enforcement -- Barriers to women in policing -- Comparison of male and female officers' job performance -- Gender and culture: women are not wanted-this is a man's job -- Box 11-3: Percentage of sworn women police officers, 2001 -- Community to community: changing roles for police officers -- Sexual harassment in the police culture -- African American women in policing -- Success in a difficult career path -- Legal protections --
United States Civil Rights Act -- Fair Employment Practices (FEP) -- Tort laws and criminal charges -- Statute 42
United States Code Section 1983 -- Courts and findings of sexual harassment -- Reasonable woman standard -- Issues of women working as police officers -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- References -- Web destinations -- 12: Women in the legal profession -- Box 12-1:
Lawyer juggles motherhood, cases -- History of women in law -- Box 12-2: Giving a hand up: providing leadership for today's generation -- Law school socialization -- Patriarchal nature of the world of law -- Legal practice: struggles in a man's world -- Women on the bench -- Gender, race, class -- Gender and discrimination -- Sexual harassment -- Synergistic nature of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation -- Mass media images -- Television and film portrayals -- Strengths of women attorneys -- Significance of women's entrance into the law -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References --…”
Call Number: HV9950 .V38 2011
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