Two psychologists examine the psychological and social implications of sexual abuse within marriage, in a study that explores the motives behind the marital rape, the emotional and legal aspects, and patterns of sexual abuse

License to Rape: Sexual Abuse of Wives

Politics & Social Sciences

Finkelhor, David

Yllö, Kersti

Social Sciences

Henry Holt Co.

Sexual Violence in Intimacy

Product Description Integrating interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analysis, this volume advances our understanding of sexual violence in intimacy through the development of more nuanced and evidence-based conceptual frameworks.Sexual violence in intimacy is a global pandemic that causes individual physical and emotional harm as well as wider social suffering. It is also legal and culturally condoned in much of the world. Bringing together international and interdisciplinary research, the book explores marital rape as individual suffering that is best understood in cultural and institutional context. Gendered narratives and large-scale surveys from India, Ghana and Africa Diasporas, Pacific Islands, Denmark, New Zealand, the United States, and beyond illuminate cross-cultural differences and commonalities. Methodological debates concerning etic and emic approaches and de-colonial challenges are addressed. Finally, a range of policy and intervention approaches―including art, state rhetoric, health care, and criminal justice―are explored. This book provides much needed scholarship to guide policymakers, practitioners, and activists as well as for researchers studying gender-based violence, marriage, and kinship, and the legal and public health concerns of women globally. It will be relevant for upper-level students and scholars in anthropology, sociology, psychology, women’s studies, social work and public and global health. About the Author M. Gabriela Torres is Professor of Anthropology at Wheaton College, MA, USA.Kersti Yllö is Professor of Sociology (Emerita) at Wheaton College, MA, USA.

Torres, M. Gabriela

Routledge

In order to improve the quality of research on family violence, the authors have conducted extensive surveys of researchers in the field. In Stopping Family Violence they outline research proposals which they consider to be urgent, with an emphasis on physical child abuse, child sexual abuse and spousal violence. Each proposal is presented with sufficient detail to provide researchers with a clear idea of the methodologies involved, cost estimates, degree of difficulty and time requirements.

Stopping Family Violence: Research Priorities for the Coming Decade

Self-Help

Hotaling, Gerald T.

Relationships

Sage Publications, Inc.

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