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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMiller, Susan L.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aVictims as Offenders :
_bThe Paradox of Women's Violence in Relationships /
_cSusan L. Miller.
264 1 _aNew Brunswick, NJ :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c[2005]
264 4 _c©2005
300 _a1 online resource (184 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aCritical Issues in Crime and Society
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tChapter 1. Defining the Dilemma --
_tChapter 2. The Controversy about Women’s Use of Force --
_tChapter 3. The Research Project: Female Offenders and the Criminal Justice System --
_tChapter 4. On the Beat: The Police Ride-Along Study --
_tChapter 5. After Arrest: Criminal Justice Professionals and Social Service Providers --
_tChapter 6. A Day in the Life: Inside a Female Offender’s Treatment Group --
_tChapter 7. The Contexts of “Violent” Behavior --
_tChapter 8. Implications --
_tAppendix --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aArrests of women for assault increased more than 40 percent over the past decade, while male arrests for this offense have fallen by about one percent. Some studies report that for the first time ever the rate of reported intimate partner abuse among men and women is nearly equal. Susan L. Miller’s timely book explores the important questions raised by these startling statistics. Are women finally closing the gender gap on violence? Or does this phenomenon reflect a backlash shaped by men who batter? How do abusive men use the criminal justice system to increase control over their wives? Do police, courts, and treatment providers support aggressive arrest policies for women? Are these women “victims” or “offenders”? In answering these questions, Miller draws on extensive data from a study of police behavior in the field, interviews with criminal justice professionals and social service providers, and participant observation of female offender programs. She offers a critical analysis of the theoretical assumptions framing the study of violence and provides insight into the often contradictory implications of the mandatory and pro-arrest policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s. Miller argues that these enforcement strategies, designed to protect women, have often victimized women in different ways. Without sensationalizing, Miller unveils a reality that looks very different from what current statistics on domestic violence imply.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650 0 _aAbused women.
650 0 _aFamily violence.
650 0 _aFemale offenders.
650 0 _aVictims of family violence.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.36019/9780813537764
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