Sourcebook on Violence Against Women

425 Pages·2010·2.66 MB·English

by  Claire M. Renzetti

Sourcebook on
Violence Against
Women (Second
Edition)

Claire M Renzetti
Sourcebook on
VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
Second Edition

Sourcebook on
VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN
Second Edition
Claire M. Renzetti
University of Kentucky
Jeffrey L. Edleson
University of Minnesota
Raquel Kennedy Bergen
Saint Joseph's University
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Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition ix
Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Al Franken
Foreword to the First Edition xi
Senator Paul D. Wellstone and Sheila Wellstone
Preface xiii
Claire M. Renzetti, Jeffrey L. Edleson, and
Raquel Kennedy Bergen
Acknowledgments xv
PART I: THEORETICAL AND
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN
RESEARCHING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 1
1. Theoretical and Definitional Issues in
Violence Against Women 3
Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz
Personal Reflection: Evan Stark 21
2. Research Methods, Measures, and Ethics 23
Véronique Jaquier, Holly Johnson, and Bonnie S. Fisher
Personal Reflection: Ronet Bachman 46
3. Assessing Violence Against Women in Practice Settings:
Processes and Tools Practitioners Can Use 49
Sherry Hamby and Sarah L. Cook
Personal Reflection: Mary Ann Dutton 71
PART II: TYPES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 73
4. Sexual Harassment: Violence Against
Women at Work and in Schools 75
Phoebe Morgan and James E. Gruber
Personal Reflection: Nan Stein 93
5. Defining the Scope of Sexual Violence Against Women 95
Rebecca Campbell and Stephanie M. Townsend
Personal Reflection: Carolyn West 109
6. Intimate Partner Violence Against Women 111
Kathleen C. Basile and Michele C. Black
Personal Reflection: Barbara Hart 131
7. Pornography 133
Ana J. Bridges and Robert Jensen
Personal Reflection: Gail Dines 148
8. Cultural Issues in Violence Against Women 151
Lisa Aronson Fontes and Kathy A. McCloskey
Personal Reflection: Anita Raj 168
9. Economic Issues and Intimate Partner Violence 171
Claire M. Renzetti
Personal Reflection: Jill Davies 188
PART III: PREVENTION AND DIRECT INTERVENTION 189
10. State, National, and International Legal Initiatives to
Address Violence Against Women: A Survey 191
Leigh Goodmark
Personal Reflection: Kiersten Stewart 207
11. Primary Prevention 209
Corrine Meltzer Graffunder, Rebecca Cline, and Karen G. Lane
Personal Reflection: Esta Soler 225
12. Sexual Assault Services 227
Raquel Kennedy Bergen and Shana L. Maier
Personal Reflection: Pamela Teaster 243
13. An Overview of Community-Based Services
for Battered Women 245
Nicole E. Allen, Sadie E. Larsen, and Angela L. Walden
Personal Reflection: Valli Kalei Kanuha 264
14. Violence Against Women and
the Criminal Justice Response 267
Susan L. Miller, LeeAnn Iovanni, and Kathleen D. Kelley
Personal Reflection: Kathleen Ferraro 286
15. Health Care for Survivors of Partner and Sexual Violence 289
Rebecca J. Macy, Dania M. Ermentrout, and Natalie B. Johns
Personal Reflection: Ann Coker 307
16. Faith-Based Programs and Interventions 309
Tameka L. Gillum and Shondrah Tarrezz Nash
Personal Reflection: Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune 324
17. School-Based Dating Violence Prevention: From Single
Events to Evaluated, Integrated Programming 327
Claire V. Crooks, Peter G. Jaffe, David A. Wolfe, Ray Hughes,
and Debbie Chiodo
Personal Reflection: Jackson Katz 347
18. Intervening With Men for Violence Prevention 351
Richard M. Tolman and Jeffrey L. Edleson
Personal Reflection: Edward Gondolf 368
Author Index 371
Subject Index 391

Foreword to
the Second Edition
I
tiswithheavyheartsthatwerememberthetwo been reauthorized twice and will need to be
passionate,tirelessadvocateswhoauthoredthe reauthorized again in 2011—an effort we will
first foreword for this Sourcebook on Violence supportenthusiastically.
Against Women. When we lost Paul and Sheila Despitethisremarkableprogress,thereisstill
WellstoneonOctober25,2002,Minnesotanswere moretobedone.
deprived of a critical voice in Congress and “the Last year, a survey done by the National
conscienceof theSenate,”andwomeneverywhere NetworktoEndDomesticViolencefoundthatin
lost two powerful voices on domestic violence onesingleday,morethan60,000peoplereceived
issues. Paul and Sheila fervently believed that help from domestic violence programs—and
domestic violence wasn’t just a law enforcement nearly 9,000 requests for help went unanswered
issue—itwasanissueaboutcivilrights,aboutjus- becausetheresourcesweren’tthere.And,despite
ticeandhumandignity. yearsofefforttocombatthisproblem,thestatis-
Wehonortheirmemory,however,bycarrying ticsondomesticviolencearestillstaggering:
ontheirworktoday.
Inthepastseveraldecades,thankstothework • Currently,almost one in four women will
ofmanyindividualsandorganizations,therehas experienceabuseinherlifetime.
beenaseachangeinthewayoursocietylooksat • Womenmakeup70%of victimskilledby
violenceinthehome.Police,thecourts,andthe an intimate partner—a proportion that
publicusedtoconsiderdomesticviolenceapri- haschangedverylittlesince1993.
vate family matter. It is not surprising that • Oneinsixchildrenofallageshavereport-
domestic violence was the most underreported edly witnessed domestic violence, and
crimeinthecountry.Toomanywomen,fortoo more than one in three older children—
long, silently fought what some advocates have 14to17yearsof age—reportedtheyhave
called“thewarathome.” witnessed domestic violence in their
There is more awareness today, and in the lifetime.
lasttwodecades,we’vepassedcriticallegislation
to help combat domestic violence. In fact, last Wemustrecognizethatitdoesn’ttakeabruiseor
year was the 15th anniversary of the Violence abrokenboneforachildtobeavictimofdomestic
AgainstWomenAct(VAWA),agroundbreaking violence. Witnessing violence between adults in
Act that constituted federal recognition of the thehome—especiallywhenitisongoing—inflictsa
harm that domestic violence causes women, very real trauma on kids that can have damaging
families,andsocietyatlarge.VAWAhasalready effectsforyearstocome.Infact,boyswhowitness
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