What causes men's violence against women? Michèle Harway, James M. O'Neil, editors ; foreword by Joseph R. Biden. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications c1999. - xvi, 296 0. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-278) and index.

What causes men to be violent against women? The unanswered and controversial question / Michele Harway, James M. O'Neil -- Preliminary multivariate model explaining the causes of men's violence against women / James M. O'Neil, Michele Harway -- Feminist perspectives on male violence against women : critiquing O'Neil and Harway's model / Amy J. Marin, Nancy Felipe Russo -- Male offenders : our understanding from the data / Richard J. Gelles -- Biological perspectives on violence against women / Anthony F. Greene -- The evolutionary origins of male violence against women / Louise B. Silverstein -- Men's gender-role conflict, defense mechanisms, and self-protective defensive strategies : explaining men's violence against women from a gender-role socialization perspective / James M. O'Neil, Rodney A. Nadeau -- Women's gender-role socialization, gender-role conflict, and abuse : a review of predisposing factors / Roberta L. Nutt -- Systems perspectives on battering : the importance of context and pattern / Stephen A. Anderson, Margaret C. Schlossberg -- Inter-gender relational dimensions of violence toward women : a co-constructive-developmental perspective / Sandra Rigazio-DiGilio, A. Stephen Lanza -- The interaction between societal violence and domestic violence : racial and cultural factors / Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Mary Ann Dutton -- Revised multivariate model explaining men's risk factors for violence against women : theoretical propositions, new hypotheses, and proactive recommendations / James M. O'Neil, Michele Harway.

0761906185 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0761906193 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

99006400

GBA0-09690


Abusive men
Family violence--Mathematical models.
Abusive men--Psychology.
Men--Socialization.
Family violence
Abusive men
Sex role
Wife abuse
Men--Socialization.
Women--Abuse of.

HV1441.4 / .W48 1999

362.8292 / W5551