Violence in Dating Relationships: Emerging Social Issues ISBN-13: 9780275930042

Author: Pirog-Good, Maureen

Brand: Bloomsbury Academic

Number Of Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780275930042

Release Date: 19-05-1989

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches

Details: Product Description This extremely valuable collection of fourteen chapters is divided into two sections, with the first section covering research on physical abuse in dating relationships and the second section covering the issue of sexual abuse in dating relationships. With the increasing public awareness of and concern about acquaintance rape, this is an excellent and timely book. It should be in the library of any researcher who studies violence against women and it would also be an invaluable resource for any college faculty or administrator who seeks to provide a healthy educational environment for all students. The Community PsychologistFourteen significant articles on physical and sexual abuse in dating relationships provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of the subject. The contributors to this anthology examine every aspect of the serious, but usually hidden social problems of dating violence. The articles create a theoretical framework for understanding physical and sexual abuse and chronicle the antecedents and consequences of different types of abusive behavior. State of the art research on dating violence provides the reader with extensive material. Each chapter ends with policy implications and directions for future research. Educators, researchers, and practitioners in sociology, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, and womens studies will find valuable information on this important subject.The first part of the collection presents statistical information and compares dating violence with cohabitating and marital violence. Such subjects as courtship aggression and the effects of gender identity and self-esteem on dating violence are explored. One study suggests two types of courtship violence–predatory violence and relational violence. Another addresses patterns in help seeking behavior by those abused. The second part of the book deals with sexual aggression in dating relationships. Victimization, as well as the prevalence, risk factors, and long term consequences of date rape are presented. Other topics include predictors of sexual aggression, dating behaviors and their relationship to the risk of date rape, and acquaintance rape. Review ?. . . It comprehensively provides a solid informational source regarding a significant manifestation of interpersonal aggression. Those interested in further understanding such behavior, or dealing with its consequences, would do well to read it.?-American Journal of Psychotherapy?. . .comprehensively provides a solid informational source regarding a significant manifestation of interpersonal aggression. Those interested in further understanding such behavior, or dealing with its consequences, would do well to read it.?-American Journal of Psychotherapy?. . .provides a comphrenhensive view of the current state of research and theory on violence in dating relationships by bringing together pieces from several disciplines representing diverse perspectives. . .?-Contemporary Sociology.” . .comprehensively provides a solid informational source regarding a significant manifestation of interpersonal aggression. Those interested in further understanding such behavior, or dealing with its consequences, would do well to read it.”-American Journal of Psychotherapy.” . .provides a comphrenhensive view of the current state of research and theory on violence in dating relationships by bringing together pieces from several disciplines representing diverse perspectives. . .”-Contemporary Sociology.” . . It comprehensively provides a solid informational source regarding a significant manifestation of interpersonal aggression. Those interested in further understanding such behavior, or dealing with its consequences, would do well to read it.”-American Journal of Psychotherapy About the Author MAUREEN PIROG-GOOD is Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She has published extensively on programs for male batterers and dating v