Understanding Violence Against Women
Nancy A. Crowell, Ann W. Burgess, Panel on Research on Violence Against Women, National Research CouncilBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault.The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered?
Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape:
- What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help.
- Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders.
- The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs.
- How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge.
Synopsis
Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault.
The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered?
Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape:
- What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help.
- Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders.
- The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs.
- How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge.
Booknews
A panel report responding to the 1995 National Research Council's request to develop a research agenda to increase the understanding and control of violence against women. The panel was composed of men and women from a number of disciplines who applied their expertise to define the nature and scope of violence against women in the US, the causes and consequences, the successes and failures of current intervention and prevention, and a recommendation for a research infrastructure. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)