TY  - GEN
T1  - Victims as offenders : the paradox of women's violence in relationships
T2  - Critical issues in crime and society.
A1  - Miller, Susan L.
LA  - English
PP  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm69244129
AB  - Are women finally closing the gender gap on violence? Or does this phenomenon reflect a backlash shaped by men who batter? How do abusive men use the criminal justice system to increase control over their wives? Do police, courts, and treatment providers support aggressive arrest policies for women? Are these women "victims" or "offenders"? In answering these questions, Miller draws on extensive data from a study of police behavior in the field, interviews with criminal justice professionals and social service providers, and participant observation of female offender programs. She offers a critical analysis of the theoretical assumptions framing the study of violence and provides insight into the often contradictory implications of the mandatory and pro-arrest policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s. Miller argues that these enforcement strategies, designed to protect women, have often victimized women in different ways. Without sensationalizing, Miller unveils a reality that looks very different from what current statistics on domestic violence imply.
OP  - 175
CN  - HV6626 .M543 2005eb
SN  - 0813537762
SN  - 9780813537764
SN  - 0813536707
SN  - 9780813536705
SN  - 0813536715
SN  - 9780813536712
SN  - 9786610947188
SN  - 661094718X
KW  - Family violence.
KW  - Victims of family violence.
KW  - Abused women.
KW  - Female offenders.
KW  - Battered Women
KW  - Victimes de violence familiale.
KW  - Femmes victimes de violence.
KW  - Criminelles.
KW  - Violence familiale.
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS : Abuse : Elder Abuse.
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS : Abuse : Domestic Partner Abuse.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General.
KW  - Abused women
KW  - Family violence
KW  - Female offenders
KW  - Victims of family violence
KW  - Gewaltdelikt
KW  - Geschlechtsunterschied
KW  - Häusliche Gewalt
KW  - Frau
KW  - Domestic violence
KW  - Police and domestic violence
KW  - Criminal justice system analysis
KW  - Victims
KW  - Violent women
ER  -