Male Peer Support and Violence Against Women: The History and Verification of a Theory

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Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz
Northeastern University Press, Nov 5, 2013 - Social Science - 240 pages
An important and timely reassessment of a crucial theory in male violence against women
 

Contents

1 Definitional Issues in Violence against Women
1
2 The Extent and Distribution of Violence against Women
23
3 The History of Male Peer Support Theory
44
4 Contemporary Male Peer Support Theories
69
5 What Do the Data Say?
93
6 New Electronic Technologies and Male Peer Support
119
Where Do We Go from Here?
137
Notes
155
References
161
Index
197
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WALTER S. DEKESEREDY is Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, West Virginia University.MARTIN D. SCHWARTZ is visiting professor in the Department of Sociology at George Washington University.

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