The Violences of Men: How Men Talk About and How Agencies Respond to Men's Violence to Women

269 Pages·1998·4.46 MB·English

by  Professor Jeff R Hearn

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Contents
Talbeasn Fd igesu r vi
Perafce vii
Ackonwledgements ix
PARTI SETTINTGH ES CENE
Introduction
2 DefinitainodnE sx planatoifoM nesn 'Vsi olence 14
3 Studyianngd R esearchMienng' Vsi olentcoeK nownW omen 40
PART1 1T ALKINVGI OLNECE 60
4 Violenacned T alkiAnbgo uVti olence 60
5 TheC ontexotfsV iolence 69
6 TheT exotf V iolen(cIeH) ow Men DescriTbhee iVri olence 84
7 TheT exotf V iolen(ce2H:)o w Men Accounfto rT heir
Violence 105
8 TheS exuaSlu btexotfsT alAkb ouVti olence 146
PARTI II RESPONTDION VGI OLENCE? 160
9 Ina ndA rounAdg encies 160
10 MovinAgw ayF romV iolence? 185
PARTI V REVIEWINTGH EP ROBLEM 202
11 KeyI ssuefso rT heorPyo,l itiPcosli,ac nyd P ractice 202
AppendiSxu mmaroyf M en inI ntervSiaemwp le 224
Noets 229
Biblaipohgyr 233
Idnex 246
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Tableasn dF igures
Tables
3.S1o urocfei sn terviewees 46
41. Four moodfve ilosl eanncdte a lakb ovuito lence 62
4.2B ehaovuirallsreenptraetainodtn eaxlt ual/constructionist
approaches 64
91. Numbeorfas g enpceyr missiaognesn fcloayln odw c-ounpt acts
bys ourocfre ee frral 146
9.2Ou tcomecsr iimnij nutasilc e sbyyss otuermoc fre ee frral 156
9.3Re sponosfpe osl ice 166
Figures
3.T1h eh istoricaolfr ecsoenatrecxht 44
7.R1e pudiaetxicounjssue,ss t,i ficcaotenisfosniso,n s 180
7.2R epudiaqtuiaosnis-,r epeuxdciuaastneijdsou nsst,i fications,
coensfsiaonndos t,h ceorm poascictoeu nts 190
7.3In ternal/exaccucsooeu-fnvb tia osleedn ce 132
7.4I nterpejrussotniafilc aetdai cocno-oubfnvat is olence 172
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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