Full Description
Featuring contributed chapters written by experts in the discipline, Gendered Violence in Families: New Directions employs a feminist intersectional lens to investigate experiences of family violence. The text sheds light on various forms of family violence, always with consideration of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, class, and other critical dimensions of identity.
The book features a comprehensive coverage of topics ranging from the prevalence and effects of intimate partner violence to child maltreatment to the experiences of marginalized families dealing with trauma. With an emphasis on various methods and measures in gendered violence research, it also presents ethical considerations and interventions to reduce family abuse. The book provides valuable insights into systemic approaches, tackling key issues while offering recommendations for policy and future research direction.
Gendered Violence in Families is part of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence, an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks featuring cross-cultural perspectives, cutting-edge strategies and interventions, and timely research on family and gender-based violence.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction to a Gendered Perspective of Violence in Families - Sarah Jane Brubaker
Chapter 2. Methods and Measurement Considerations in Studying Gender-Based Violence in Families - Claire M. Renzetti and Diane R. Follingstad
Chapter 3. An Intersectional Perspective on Child Maltreatment - Anne Blumenthal, Sunghyun Hong, Todd I. Herrenkohl, and Kathryn Maguire-Jack
Chapter 4. Sexual Violence Against Children - Katherine Irwin
Chapter 5. Physical and Emotional Sibling Violence - Nathan H. Perkins, Jennifer A. Shadik, and Johanna E. Reiter
Chapter 6. Discriminatory Violence against LGBTQ+ Youth in Families, Schools, and the State: Causes, Effects, and Solutions - Madelaine Adelman and Lindsay Semprevivo
Chapter 7. Housing as a Multigenerational Prevention Approach: Considering Comprehensive Intimate Partner Violence Housing Approaches - Bethany L. Backes, Leila G. Wood, Maggy McGiffert, and Shelleta Ladonice
Chapter 8. Teen Dating Violence: Current Research, Gaps, and Controversies - Deinera Exner-Cortens, Nikita Kalwani, and Claire V. Crooks
Chapter 9. Intimate Partner Violence: Risk Factors, Policy Recommendations, and Future Research - Chunrye Kim
Chapter 10. Abusive Intimate Partners: Power and Control in Gendered, Ecological Context - Eric S. Mankowski, Maureen T. Lowell, and Adrian Luis Manriquez
Chapter 11. Intimate Partner Sexual Violence - Raquel Kennedy Bergen and Devon N. Bergen
Chapter 12. Disability, Gender, and Intimate Partner Violence: Patterns and Challenges - Robyn Lewis Brown and Claire McCormick Reardon
Chapter 13. A Gendered Look at Elder Mistreatment - Georgia J. Anetzberger
Epilogue - Raquel Kennedy Bergen and Claire M. Renzetti
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
