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Violence Against Women

Vulnerable Populations

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Part of the Contemporary Sociological Perspectives series

Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations investigates under-researched and underserved groups of women who are particularly vulnerable to violent victimization from an intimate male partner. In the past, there has been an understandable reluctance to address this issue to avoid stereotyping vulnerable groups of women. However, developments in the field, particularly intersectionality theory, which recognizes women’s diversity in experiences of violence, suggest that the time has come to make the study of violence in vulnerable populations a new sub-field in the area. As the first book of its kind, Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations identifies where violence on vulnerable populations fits within the field, develops a method for studying vulnerable populations, and brings vital new knowledge to the field through the analysis original data (from three large-scale representative surveys) on eight populations of women who are particularly vulnerable to violence.

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Situating Research on Vulnerable Populations within the Family Violence Field

Chapter 3 Materials and Methods

Chapter 4 Violence Against Cohabiting Women: Present Perspective and Future Prospective

Chapter 5 Differing Dynamics: Violence Against Women Post-Separation

Chapter 6 Violence in ‘The Future Traditional Family’: Stepfamilies and Violence Against Women

Chapter 7 Exploring the Link Between Homeownership Status and Violence Against Women

Chapter 8 Violence Against Women in Rural and Urban Settings: Equal Risk Does Not Imply Equal Prevention

Chapter 9 Violence Against Aboriginal Women: The Role of Colonization

Chapter 10 Violence Against Immigrant Women: A Reversal of Fortunes

Chapter 11 Violence Against Women with Disabilities: Perpetrator Characteristics are Key

Chapter 12 Conclusion: Assembling Pieces of an Intersectional Puzzle

Glossary/Index

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