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1. Intimate Intrusions (Routledge Revivals)

   Women's Experience of Male Violence

   By Elizabeth Stanko

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1985, this book looks at the victimisation of women, focusing on the four main areas of incest, rape, physical violence, and sexual harassment. Elizabeth Stanko’s work is based on original research and interviews with police forces, victims and others involved. It examines women’...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Women, Policing, and Male Violence (Routledge Revivals)

   International Perspectives

   Edited by Jalna Hanmer, Jill Radford, Elizabeth Stanko

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, this book focuses on the policing of male violence against women. It is an issue that has been criticised substantially in the past, and the book shows how even police themselves have sometimes admitted that women have received inadequate treatment. The book includes...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Meanings of Violence

   Edited by Elizabeth A Stanko

   The media often makes sense of violence in terms of 'randomness' and 'evil'. But the reality, as the contributors to The Meanings of Violence demonstrate, is far more complex. Drawing on the diverse subject matter of the ESRC's Violence Research Programme - from interviews with killers to...

   Published December 25th 2002 by Routledge
4. Researching Violence

   Methodology and Measurement

   Edited by Raymond M. Lee, Elizabeth Stanko, Elizabeth A Stanko

   Violence is a research topic that is fraught with difficulties. A notoriously sensitive subject, and one that is presumed to be largely hidden, researchers have long struggled with the question of how to measure its impact and how to explore its incidence. Arising from the ESRC's Violence Research...

   Published November 27th 2002 by Routledge
5. Just Boys Doing Business?

   Men, Masculinities and Crime

   Edited by Tim Newburn, Elizabeth A Stanko

   What is it about crime that makes it `men's work'? Can we imagine masculinity without crime? This is the first book of its kind to bring contributors from three continents together to examine the relationship between masculinity and crime. Covering such areas as policing, prisons, violence against...

   Published March 29th 1995 by Routledge