Woman Abuse in Rural Places

This book chronicles key contemporary developments in the social scientific study of various types of male-to-female abuse in rural places and suggests new directions in research, theory, and policy.

Autorentext

Walter S. DeKeseredy is Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University. He has published 26 books, over 100 refereed journal articles, and 90 scholarly book chapters on issues such as woman abuse, rural criminology, and criminological theory.

Inhalt

Foreword by Jayne Mooney 1.Current Controversies in Conceptualizing Rural and Woman Abuse 2.Interpersonal Types of Woman Abuse in Rural Places 3.Thinking Theoretically About Interpersonal Types of Woman Abuse in Rural Places 4.Crimes of the Powerful in Rural Places 5.What Is to Be Done About Woman Abuse in Rural Places?