Violence Against Women

Edited by
Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Jeffrey L. Edleson and Claire M. Renzetti

Table of Contents

Title page, Table of Contents and Preface

PART ONE: SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

• 1: Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape (1975)
  Susan Brownmiller
  Reflection by Claire Renzetti

• 2: Rape Trauma Syndrome (1974)
  Ann Wolbert Burgess and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
  Reflection by Ann Wolbert Burgess

• 3: Father-Daughter Incest (1977)
  Judith Lewis Herman and Lisa Hirschman
  Reflection by Judith Lewis Herman

• 4: Sexually Victimized Children (1979)
  David Finkelhor
  Reflection by David Finkelhor

• 5: The Sexual Abuse of Afro-American and White-American Women in Childhood (1985)
  Gail Wyatt
  Reflection by Carolyn M. West

• 6: The Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979)
  Catharine MacKinnon
  Reflection by Phoebe Morgan

• 7: Rape in Marriage (1982)
  Diana E.H. Russell
  Reflection by Diana E.H. Russell

• 8: The Scope of Rape: Incidence and Prevalence of Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of Higher Education Students (1987)
  Mary P. Koss, Christine A. Gidycz, and Nadine Wisniewski
  Reflection by Mary P. Koss

• 9: Sexual Violence, the Unmentionalbe Sin:
  An Ethical and Pastoral Perspective (1983)
  Marie Marshall Fortune
  Reflection by Marie Marshall Fortune

• 10: Female Sexual Slavery (1979)
  Kathleen Barry
  Reflection by Kathleen Barry

PART TWO: PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

• 11: Battered Wives (1976)
  Del Martin
  Reflection by Del Martin

• 12: Wives: The "Appropriate" Victims of Marital Violence (1978)
  Rebecca Emerson Dobash and Russell P. Dobash
  Reflection by Rebecca Emerson Dobash

• 13: Measuring Intrafamily Conflict and Violence: The Conflict Tactics (CT) Scales (1979)
  Murray A. Straus
  Reflection by Murray A. Straus

• 14: Women and Male Violence: The Visions and Struggles of the Battered Women's Movement (1982)
  Susan Schechter
  Reflection by Susan Schechter

• 15: The Battered Woman (1979)
  Lenore E. Walker
  Reflection by Lenore E. Walker

• 16: When Battered Women Kill (1987)
  Angela Browne
  Reflection by Angela Browne

• 17: Women and Children at Risk: A Feminist Perspective on Child Abuse (1988)
  Evan Stark and Anne H. Flitcraft
  Reflection by Evan Stark

• 18: Lesbian Battering: An Examination (1986)
  Barbara Hart
  Reflection by Barbara Hart

• 19: Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identiy Politices, and Violence against Women of Color (1994)
  Kimberle Crenshaw
  Reflection by Kimberle Crenshaw

PART THREE:
PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

• 20:"Riding the Bull at Gilley's": Convicted Rapists Describe the Rewards of Rape (1985)
  Diana Scully and Joseph Marolla
  Reflection by Dianna Scully

• 21: The Specific Deterrent Effects of Arrest for Domestic Assault (1984)
  Lawrence W. Sherman and Richard A. Berk
  Reflection by Richard A. Berk

• 22: The Effect of Batterer Counseling on Shelter Outcome (1988)
  Edward W. Gondolf
  Reflection by Edward W. Gondolf

• 23: Batterer Programs: Shifting from Community Collusion to Community Confrontation (1989)
  Ellen Pence
  Reflection by Ellen Pence

INDEX

Introduction

The goal of the original published anthology was to assemble into one edited volume many of the classic, groundbreaking pieces that have shaped the field of violence against women. Each is cited in the Table of Contents and linked to the original citations but due to copyright restrictions we have not republished them online.

We invited the authors of these classic papers to write reflections about their work and to specifically address why they decided to study and write about their particular issue at the time and to consider the impact that their work has had on the field of violence against women. We attempted to contact each original author for a reflection, however several authors had either passed away or could not be reached. When not available, we invited other experts in the field to reflect on these papers.

The reflections that appear here are considerably varied. Taken together, these twenty-three reflections are empowering - they force us to remember the passion of those who have done this challenging work for decades. They are an amazing group of people! Reading these commentaries is also empowering in that we are reminded of the work that still must be done and the need to continue the struggle against all forms of violence.

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