03566cam a2200409 i 4500 23366005 OSt 20260624140646.0 231027s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 2023050291 9781032030531 (hardback) 23366005 PUCPR eng rda DLC DLC pcc n-us--- cicg HV 6250.4. W65 C69359 2024 Coy, Maddy, author. Violence against women in the US : Theory, Research and Policy / Maddy Coy. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE US London ; New York : Taylor & Francis Group, ©2024. 190 pages ; 26 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Prevalence of violence against women in the United States -- Theorizing violence against women -- Impacts and aftermath of violence -- Perpetrators -- Anti-violence activism -- The sexual exploitation of pornography, prostitution, and trafficking -- with Meagan Tyler -- Violence against women on collage campuses -- Criminal legal responses to violence against women -- Violence against women in the media -- Conclusion: A world without violence against women -- Index. "Analyzing what is known about violence against women, this book centres on the contrast between the U.S.'s historic focus on a criminal legal framework and the human rights lens used globally by feminist activists. Distilling the existing evidence base and literature on violence against women in the U.S., the book includes an overview of forms of violence, the prevalence of violence, contexts in which violence occurs, and debates about intervention and prevention. It engages with how human rights frameworks define violence against women as cause and consequence of women's inequality, and explores how race, ethnicity, class, citizenship status and sexual orientation shape experiences of victimization, perpetration, and institutional responses. Chapters synthesize prevalence methods and data, key feminist concepts, impacts and aftermath of violence, what is known about perpetrators, the history of anti-violence activism, violence against women on college campuses and in the media, and how the criminal legal systems respond. Contested issues, such as prostitution and pornography, and the extent to which commercial sex can be understood as a form of, and/or context for, violence against women, are also explored. The book closes with a final chapter offering directions for adopting a human rights approach to ending violence against women in the U.S. By offering an analysis of how violence against women has come to be named in activist, policy, and academic arenas, Violence Against Women in the US is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners"-- Women Violence against United States. Women Crimes against United States. Sex discrimination against women United States. Human rights United States. Online version: Coy, Maddy. Violence against women in the US New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 9781003186427 (DLC) 2023050292 6 lcc 306115 306115 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2026-05-28 Caribbean Library Consulting Corp. 69.99 0 HV 6250.4. W65 C69359 2024 70000000906325 2026-06-24 14:15:45 c. 1 69.99 2026-06-24 6