The Concept And Measurement Of Violence

Author : Walby, Sylvia,Towers, Jude
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781447332640

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The Concept and Measurement of Violence by Walby, Sylvia,Towers, Jude Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy? The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination mechanisms. It reflects on theoretical debates on ‘what is gender’, ‘what is violence’, and ‘the concept of coercive control’. and introduces the concept of ‘gender saturated context’. Analysing the socially constructed nature of statistics and the links between knowledge and power, it sets new standards and guidelines to influence the measurement of violence in the coming decades.

Author : Walby, Sylvia,Towers, Jude
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781447332657

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The concept and measurement of violence by Walby, Sylvia,Towers, Jude Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy? The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination mechanisms. It reflects on theoretical debates on ‘what is gender’, ‘what is violence’, and ‘the concept of coercive control’. and introduces the concept of ‘gender saturated context’. Analysing the socially constructed nature of statistics and the links between knowledge and power, it sets new standards and guidelines to influence the measurement of violence in the coming decades.

Author : Sylvia Walby,Jude Towers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1447332636

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The Concept and Measurement of Violence Against Women and Men by Sylvia Walby,Jude Towers Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy? The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination mechanisms. It reflects on theoretical debates on 'what is gender', 'what is violence', and 'the concept of coercive control'. and introduces the concept of 'gender saturated context'. Analysing the socially constructed nature of statistics and the links between knowledge and power, it sets new standards and guidelines to influence the measurement of violence in the coming decades.

Author : Sylvia Walby,Susan Balderston,Jude Towers,Consuelo Corradi,Brian Francis,Markku Heiskanen,Karin Helweg-Larsen,Lut Mergaert,Philippa Olive,Emma Palmer,Heidi Stöckl,Sofia Strid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Violence
ISBN : 1447332679

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The Concept and Measurement of Violence Against Women and Men by Sylvia Walby,Susan Balderston,Jude Towers,Consuelo Corradi,Brian Francis,Markku Heiskanen,Karin Helweg-Larsen,Lut Mergaert,Philippa Olive,Emma Palmer,Heidi Stöckl,Sofia Strid Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy? The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination mechanisms. It reflects on theoretical debates on 'what is gender', 'what is violence', and 'the concept of coercive control'. and introduces the concept of 'gender saturated context'. Analysing the socially constructed nature of statistics and the links between knowledge and power, it sets new standards and guidelines to influence the measurement of violence in the coming decades.

Author : Sally Engle Merry
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226261317

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The Seductions of Quantification by Sally Engle Merry Pdf

We live in a world where seemingly everything can be measured. We rely on indicators to translate social phenomena into simple, quantified terms, which in turn can be used to guide individuals, organizations, and governments in establishing policy. Yet counting things requires finding a way to make them comparable. And in the process of translating the confusion of social life into neat categories, we inevitably strip it of context and meaning—and risk hiding or distorting as much as we reveal. With The Seductions of Quantification, leading legal anthropologist Sally Engle Merry investigates the techniques by which information is gathered and analyzed in the production of global indicators on human rights, gender violence, and sex trafficking. Although such numbers convey an aura of objective truth and scientific validity, Merry argues persuasively that measurement systems constitute a form of power by incorporating theories about social change in their design but rarely explicitly acknowledging them. For instance, the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report, which ranks countries in terms of their compliance with antitrafficking activities, assumes that prosecuting traffickers as criminals is an effective corrective strategy—overlooking cultures where women and children are frequently sold by their own families. As Merry shows, indicators are indeed seductive in their promise of providing concrete knowledge about how the world works, but they are implemented most successfully when paired with context-rich qualitative accounts grounded in local knowledge.

Author : Carolyn Gentle-Genitty,Corinne Renguette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Family violence
ISBN : 1536136107

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Gender Violence by Carolyn Gentle-Genitty,Corinne Renguette Pdf

This timely book begins a conversation about a field of practice which has been marred by victims of all kinds, races, and cultures. The author aims is to allow a platform for a country-to-country dialogue. A conversation that centers not only on where people are physically located, but what violence means when coupled with gender differences. This book examines different types of violence and its effect on different cultures from a global perspective, but also shares the prevalence and implications these acts have for humanity as a whole.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264849396

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Taking Public Action to End Violence at Home Summary of Conference Proceedings by OECD Pdf

Violence against women remains a global crisis. Worldwide, more than one in three women have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. OECD’s inaugural conference on violence against women, entitled “Taking Public Action to End Violence at Home,” facilitated a survivor-centred exchange of ideas and experiences.

Author : Katy Barrow-Grint,Jacqueline Sebire,Jackie Turton,Ruth Weir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000698633

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Policing Domestic Abuse by Katy Barrow-Grint,Jacqueline Sebire,Jackie Turton,Ruth Weir Pdf

This book is dedicated to improving the practice of the policing of domestic abuse. Its objective is to help inform those working in policing about the dynamics of how domestic abuse occurs, how best to respond to and investigate it, and in the longer term how to prevent it. Divided into thematic areas, the book uses recent research findings to update some of the theoretical analysis and to highlight areas of good practice: ‘what works and why’. An effective investigation and the prosecution of offenders are considered, as well as an evaluation of the success of current treatment options. Policing domestic abuse can only be dealt with through an effective partnership response. The responsibilities of each agency and the statutory processes in place when policy is not adhered to are outlined. Core content includes: A critique of definitions and theoretical approaches to domestic abuse, including coverage of the myths surrounding domestic abuse and their impact on policing. An exploration on the challenges of collecting data on domestic abuse, looking at police data and the role of health and victim support services. A critical review of different forms of abuse, different perpetrators and victims, and risk assessment tools used by the police. A critical examination of the law relating to domestic abuse; how police resources are deployed to respond to and manage it; and best practice in investigation, gathering evidence, and prosecution Key perspectives on preventing domestic abuse, protecting victims, and reducing harm. Written with the student and budding practitioner in mind, this book is filled with case studies, current research, reports, and media examples, as well as a variety of reflective questions and a glossary of key terms, to help shed light on the challenges of policing domestic violence and the links between academic research and best practice.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Research on Violence Against Women
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309175838

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Understanding Violence Against Women by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Research on Violence Against Women Pdf

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. Despite the news coverage and talk shows, the real fundamental nature of violence against women remains unexplored and often misunderstood. Understanding Violence Against Women provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.

Author : Nicole Westmarland,Hannah Bows
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317247555

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Researching Gender, Violence and Abuse by Nicole Westmarland,Hannah Bows Pdf

Feminist research on gender, violence and abuse has been an area of academic study since the late 1970s, and has increased exponentially over this time on a global scale. Although situated in a predominantly qualitative tradition, research in the field has developed to include quantitative and mixed methodologies. This book offers a compendium of research methods on gender and violence, from the traditional to the innovative, and showcases best practice in feminist research and international case studies. Researching Gender, Violence and Abuse covers: The origins of feminist research, Ethical considerations relating to research on gender, violence and abuse, Working in partnership with organisations such as the police or the voluntary sector, A comprehensive range of research methods including interviews and focus groups, surveys, arts-based research and ethnography, The challenges and opportunities of working with existing data, The influence of activism on research and the translation of research into policy and practice. This book is perfect reading for students taking courses on violence against women, domestic violence, gender and crime, as well as advanced students embarking on new research.

Author : Sandra Walklate,Kate Fitz-Gibbon,Jude McCulloch,JaneMaree Maher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429647246

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Towards a Global Femicide Index by Sandra Walklate,Kate Fitz-Gibbon,Jude McCulloch,JaneMaree Maher Pdf

Increasingly there is global attention on the prevalence of women’s deaths resulting from intimate partner violence. Campaigns such as ‘Counting Dead Women’ in Australia, the ‘Femicide Census’ in England, the Canadian Femicide Observatory, and the emergence of family violence death review teams globally, build on the work of agencies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organisation, highlighting the fatal consequences of intimate partner violence for women around the world. This book considers the need for and the steps to be taken towards creating a meaningful framework for a global index of women’s deaths from intimate partner violence. While there are global indices for deaths that relate to public violence, such as terrorism, there is to date no systematic global count of killings of women by their intimate partners. It considers the possibilities and challenges that arise in counting intimate femicide. It argues that such an exercise needs to avoid narrow empiricism and instead be part of a broader feminist political project aimed at ending violence against women. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, law, policing, and politics.

Author : Robert de Vries
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350314375

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Critical Statistics by Robert de Vries Pdf

Awarded the 2019 Most Promising New Textbook Award by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. This accessible and entertaining new textbook provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the barrage of numbers encountered in their everyday lives and studies. Almost all the statistics in the news, on social media or in scientific reports are based on just a few core concepts, including measurement (ensuring we count the right thing), causation (determining whether one thing causes another) and sampling (using just a few people to understand a whole population). By explaining these concepts in plain language, without complex mathematics, this book prepares students to meet the statistical world head on and to begin their own quantitative research projects. Ideal for students facing statistical research for the first time, or for anyone interested in understanding more about the numbers in the news, this textbook helps students to see beyond the headlines and behind the numbers.

Author : Peter Iadicola,Anson D. Shupe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442209497

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Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom by Peter Iadicola,Anson D. Shupe Pdf

"Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a powerful sociological introduction to the study of violence. The book highlights how violence goes beyond individual actions and introduces students to violence on three different levels: structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition has been revised and updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on forms of institutional and structural violence, including sibling and elder violence, violence of the modern-day seige and drone assassinations, violence directed at other species, and the violence of modern-day slavery."--back cover.

Author : Melissa Kimber,Wynne Morgan,Jeanette Scheid
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782832548516

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Identifying and addressing the impact of exposure to maltreatment and experience in children and child serving systems of care by Melissa Kimber,Wynne Morgan,Jeanette Scheid Pdf

Author : Tiffiany Howard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317136866

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Failed States and the Origins of Violence by Tiffiany Howard Pdf

What makes a terrorist? Is an individual inherently predisposed to be attracted to political violence or does exposure to a certain environment desensitize them in such a way that violence represents a viable mode for addressing political grievances? Identifying state failure as the impetus for political violence this book addresses these questions and focuses on why existing extremist groups find failed states so attractive. Utilizing global barometer data, Tiffiany Howard examines the underpinnings of individual support for political violence and argues that an insidious pattern of deprivation within failed states drives ordinary citizens to engage in and support extreme acts of political violence. A rigorous examination of four regions plagued by a combination of failed states and political violence-Sub Saharan Africa, The Middle East and North Africa, Southeast and South Asia, and Latin America-this text draws parallels to arrive at a single conclusion: that failed states are a natural breeding ground for terrorism and political violence.