The Victimization of Women

by Jane Roberts Chapman and Margaret Gates

The contributors to this volume -- practitioners, planners, and policy-oriented professionals -- are all concerned with the ways in which women are collectively and individually abused in contemporary society. Despite an apparent rise in the consciousness of the general public with respect to these crimes, the victims continue to be subjected to a second victimization by the criminal justice system, the community, and sometimes their families, who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803909241
• ISBN13: 9780803909243
• Release Date: March 1978
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.