Violence and Exploitation Against Women and Girls, Volume 1087

Part I: Conceptualizing Violence and Exploitation Against Females:.

1. The History of Violence: Barbara Welter.

2. Theories of Violence: Herbert Krauss.

Part II: Violence Against Girls, Adolescents, and Young Women:.

3. Sexual Aggression Towards Women: Reducing the Prevalence: Gwendolyn L. Gerber, Lindsay Cherniski.

4. Adolescent Girls Speak About Violence in their Community: Roseanne Flores.

5. Who Wins in the Status Games? Violence, Sexual Violence, and an Emerging Single Standard Among Adolescent Women: Beatrice Krauss.

6. Cyber Violence Against Adolescent Girls: June Chisholm.

7. Early Violence Prevention Programs: Implications for Violence Prevention Against Girls and Women: Barbara Mowder, Michelle Guttman, Anastasia Yasik.

8. International Perspectives on Sexual Harassment of College Students: The Sounds of Silence Michele Paludi, Eros DeSouza, Liesl Nydegger, Rudy Nydegger, Sarah Bennett.

Part III: Violence Against Women:.

9. Intimate Partner Violence: New Directions: Irene Frieze, Maureen McHugh.

10. Battered Women Syndrome: Empirical Findings: Lenore Walker.

11. Aging Women and Violence: Margot Nadien.

12. Violence and Exploitation against Girls and Women with Disabilities: Daniel Rosen.

13. Violence Against Pregnant Women in Northwestern Ontario: Josephine Tan, Kate Gregor.

14. Intimate Violence against Women and Unwanted Pregnancy: Nancy Russo, Angela Pirlott.

15. Re-Victimization of Rape Victims by the Criminal Justice System: Mary P. Koss.

16. Violence against Women as a Public Health Issue: Joan Chrisler, Sheila Ferguson.

Part IV: Cultural and International Perspectives on Violence Against Women:.

17. Cultural Beliefs and Domestic Violence: Madeline Fernandez.

18. Violence Against Adolescents and Women in Mexico: Conceptualization and Program Application: Susan Pick.

19. Domestic Violence in the Chinese and South Asian Immigrant Communities: Elizabeth Midlarsky, Anitha A. Kothari, Maura Plante.

20. Domestic Violence in Israel: Changing Attitudes: Varda Muhlbauer.

21. An Exploration of Female Genital Mutilation Erika Baron, Florence L. Denmark.

22. International Sexual Harassment: Janet Sigal.

23. United Nations Measures to Stop Violence Against Women: Eva Sandis.

Epilogue: Vita Rabinowitz.

Index of Contributors