Men's Violence Against Women: Theory, Research, and Activism

By Julie Allison and Christopher T. Kilmartin

Book Overview

This text offers a balance of clinical and social psychological theory and research, as well as prevention and intervention techniques with the purpose of understanding and ultimately ending gender-based violence. The authors address several forms of violence, including rape, intimate partner violence, stalking, and sexual harassment in a contemporary linguistic style carefully crafted to avoid victim blaming. Although most men do not perpetrate violence against women, such violence is not a "women's" issue; it will take the strength and courage of both women and men to solve this human issue. This book moves full circle in its coverage of the topic as it explores the silent epidemic of men's violence against women, the grave consequences of this violence on both individuals and society, and the historical and current foundations that serve to both criminalize and tolerate men's violence against women. The authors describe a variety of efforts to treat both offenders and victims highlighting both their vital importance and their insufficiency in preventing violence. The final part of the book contains descriptions of model violence prevention approaches and techniques for implementing these programs. Readers are empowered as they discover how they can be part of the solution. Men's Violence Against Women is intended as a text for courses in gender-based violence in a variety of disciplines including psychology, sociology, and women's, men's, and/or gender studies. The book is also a valuable resource for college and community gender-based violence prevention and intervention program providers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805857702
• ISBN13: 9780805857702
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

studying societal costs

The book takes a sober look at both the offenders and the victims. For the former, models are proposed to understand the attitudes that can arise in groups that led to or provide favourable grounds to their behaviour. The role of alcohol is examined. A non-trivial factor in many circumstances. The psychology of stalkers is also covered. For victims, or survivors, as the book terms them, there are costs. Including very real financial costs of health care. Plus the intangible but all too real issues of post traumatic stress disorder and depression. Various interventions and preventative measures are mooted. Some are based in involving men in being aware of the full consequences of actions. And in trying to adjust the social norms to make some actions unacceptable.