This edited volume represents a joint effort by international experts
to analyze the prevalence and nature of gender-based domestic violence
across the globe and how it is dealt with at both national and
international levels. With studies being conducted in 20 different
countries and 4 distinct regions, the contributors to this volume shed
light on the ways in which contextual particularities shape the
practices and strategies of addressing the socio-cultural and legal
problem of gender-based domestic violence in the countries or regions
where they do research. Special attention is devoted to developing
countries where there is a lack of a consistent legal definition of
gender-based domestic violence and where violence against women is
widely considered a private matter. The authors of the chapters share
a common goal of raising public awareness of the significance in
nuanced local experiences of women and other individuals from gender
and sexual minority groups facing gender-based violence. Furthermore,
the authors attend, analytically, to the newly emerging, overlapping
influences of COVID-19 and global warming. Their research findings
acknowledge and provide a detailed account of how the two ecological
and socio-economic crises can combine to produce economic devastation,
disconnect victims from necessary social services and assistance, and
create a large degree of panic and uncertainty. In addition, they
intend to offer insights into next steps to not only adjust existing
public policies, legislation, and social services to the ever-changing
national and global contexts, but also to make new ones. The book is
intended for a wide range of scholars (both professors and students)
and practitioners in a large number of areas, including but not
limited to criminal justice, criminology, law, human rights, social
justice, social work, nursing, sociology, and political or public
affairs.
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Gender-Specific and Socio-Cultural Approaches
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000847666
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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