Violence Against Women: Myths, Facts, Controversies

by Walter S. DeKeseredy

In Violence Against Women, award-winning author Walter S. DeKeseredy offers a passionate but well-documented sociological overview of a sobering problem. He starts by outlining the scope of the challenge and debunks current attempts to label intimate violence as gender neutral. He then lays bare the structural practices that sustain this violence, leading to a discussion of long- and short-term policies to address the issue. DeKeseredy includes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442603992
• ISBN13: 9781442603998
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"