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Theories of domestic violence: Towards a holistic perspective

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Date Issued:
2006
Summary:
The issue of domestic violence, referring to violence between intimate partners, has been extensively studied the last two decades and has, much thanks to the women's movement, also become a public awareness issue. Several different theories and perspectives have attempted to explain the occurrence of domestic violence and although they have greatly contributed to our understanding, there is an articulated need for a more comprehensive model. Thus study provides a cross-disciplinary review of existing research as well as creates an outline for a holistic model connecting different theories and levels of analyses. This study also demonstrates the importance of incorporating race and gender hierarchies into the analyses of domestic violence.
Title: Theories of domestic violence: Towards a holistic perspective.
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Name(s): Andersson, Linda
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of Sociology
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2006
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 105 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The issue of domestic violence, referring to violence between intimate partners, has been extensively studied the last two decades and has, much thanks to the women's movement, also become a public awareness issue. Several different theories and perspectives have attempted to explain the occurrence of domestic violence and although they have greatly contributed to our understanding, there is an articulated need for a more comprehensive model. Thus study provides a cross-disciplinary review of existing research as well as creates an outline for a holistic model connecting different theories and levels of analyses. This study also demonstrates the importance of incorporating race and gender hierarchies into the analyses of domestic violence.
Identifier: 9780542745799 (isbn), 13370 (digitool), FADT13370 (IID), fau:10220 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Adviser: Ann Branaman.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2006.
Subject(s): Sociology, Theory and Methods
Sociology, Criminology and Penology
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