In An Abusive State
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In An Abusive State
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Author : Kristin Bumiller
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-25
In An Abusive State written by Kristin Bumiller and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-25 with Family & Relationships categories.
In an Abusive State puts forth a powerful argument: that the feminist campaign to stop sexual violence has entered into a problematic alliance with the neoliberal state. Kristin Bumiller chronicles the evolution of this alliance by examining the history of the anti-violence campaign, the production of cultural images about sexual violence, professional discourses on intimate violence, and the everyday lives of battered women. She also scrutinizes the rhetoric of high-profile rape trials and the expansion of feminist concerns about sexual violence into the international human-rights arena. In the process, Bumiller reveals how the feminist fight against sexual violence has been shaped over recent decades by dramatic shifts in welfare policies, incarceration rates, and the surveillance role of social-service bureaucracies. Drawing on archival research, individual case studies, testimonies of rape victims, and interviews with battered women, Bumiller raises fundamental concerns about the construction of sexual violence as a social problem. She describes how placing the issue of sexual violence on the public agenda has polarized gender- and race-based interests. She contends that as the social welfare state has intensified regulation and control, the availability of services for battered women and rape victims has become increasingly linked to their status as victims and their ability to recognize their problems in medical and psychological terms. Bumiller suggests that to counteract these tendencies, sexual violence should primarily be addressed in the context of communities and in terms of its links to social disadvantage. In an Abusive State is an impassioned call for feminists to reflect on how the co-optation of their movement by the neoliberal state creates the potential to inadvertently harm impoverished women and support punitive and racially based crime control efforts.
Betrayed By The State
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Author : John Bernadyn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-04
Betrayed By The State written by John Bernadyn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-04 with categories.
Imagine being forcefully removed from an abusive home only to be placed in more abusive environments. Or, worse. This is a story of one young man's journey from a highly abusive environment to a world where he is forced to remain quiet about even worse atrocities. A promise by his caseworker from the state welfare agency would mean nothing as he learns the hard realities that life could only get worse before it gets better. Nothing short of pessimism, physical and sexual abuse, and a few good times leads the author on a journey to realizing the life holds meaning and that life has potential.
Violent Partners
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Author : Linda G. Mills
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2009-09-29
Violent Partners written by Linda G. Mills and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-29 with Psychology categories.
In this groundbreaking book, Linda Mills?feminist, scholar, activist, and survivor?challenges the prevailing orthodoxies and maps out a plan to change domestic abuse treatment programs. Drawing on case studies and research from her abuse prevention programs, Mills reveals that intimate abuse is far more complex than we realize, and develops a program for healing that engages everyone caught up in a violent dynamic. Essential reading for therapists, couples, public health experts, and members of the criminal justice system, Violent Partners outlines a breakthrough approach to a major social problem.
Domestic Violence As State Crime
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Author : Evelyn Rose
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-30
Domestic Violence As State Crime written by Evelyn Rose and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-30 with Family & Relationships categories.
Domestic Violence as State Crime presents a provocative challenge to the way that domestic violence is understood and addressed. Underpinned by a radical feminist perspective, the central argument of this book is that domestic violence against women constitutes a patriarchal state crime. By analysing the international, collective, structural, and institutional dimensions of this harm, the author outlines a spectrum of state complicity ranging from passive bystander to active producer, participant, and perpetrator. The wide-ranging analysis in this book draws on data from comparable liberal-democratic contexts including Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, in order to comprehensively show how domestic violence state criminality functions in practice – even in the present and in supposedly progressive contexts. This analysis provides valuable insight into why this epidemic-scale crime is ever resistant to a diversity of contemporary interventions. Drawing its concepts into a cohesive whole, the book then posits an overarching feminist typological theory of domestic violence as state crime. It also considers how domestic violence might be addressed if we confront its state crime dimensions and adopt a more holistic and transformative approach to remedy, redress, prevention, and justice. An accessible and compelling read, Domestic Violence as State Crime offers an innovative scholarly and activist contribution to the study of violence against women, feminism, criminology, and the broader critical study of law, politics, and society. It will appeal to anyone who is interested in thinking differently about domestic violence and the state.
Directory Of State Drug Abuse Prevention Officials
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Author : National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Directory Of State Drug Abuse Prevention Officials written by National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Drug abuse categories.
State Resources And Services For Alcohol And Drug Abuse Problems
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
State Resources And Services For Alcohol And Drug Abuse Problems written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Alcoholism categories.
Child Sexual Abuse
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Author : David Pilgrim
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-01-30
Child Sexual Abuse written by David Pilgrim and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with Social Science categories.
Child sexual abuse is a major public policy challenge. Many child protection measures were beginning to reduce its occurrence. However, that progress was impeded by online grooming, the downloading of indecent images of children and even their abuse online in real time. This now places major demands on national and international policing. The book brings together groundbreaking case studies from a wide range of settings. As well as family members and those near the home, offenders can also be found in religious, sporting and childcare settings. This extensive picture is drawn deliberately in order to highlight a split in the academic analysis of child sexual abuse. The mainstream or orthodox view, defended by the author, is that child sexual abuse is an under-reported crime. However, a minority view, presented but criticised, is that it is a moral panic created by public hysteria, child protection experts and campaigning politicians. By the end of the book, this division of academic opinion and its implications for public policy are explored in detail. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in preventing child sexual abuse and the dilemmas of responding to both victims and perpetrators. It will be of particular use to practitioners in social work, the police and in the mental health professions.
Assume Nothing
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Author : Tanya Selvaratnam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Assume Nothing written by Tanya Selvaratnam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A combination of memoir, reporting, and research, Assume Nothing is an urgent, timely examination of a frightening type of abuse of power. It tells Tanya Selvaratnam's incredible story, while offering tools and solutions for a problem that persists, dangerously, behind the closed bedroom doors of people we know and love. When Tanya met Eric, they fell quickly and effortlessly in love, fueling each other's growing political ambitions. But their power dynamic soon took a dark turn, as he criticized Tanya and began to try to control her, even telling her that he would have to kill her if they broke up. Sex turned frighteningly violent. At a friend's urging, she opened up to a domestic violence expert, who confirmed what Tanya, on some level, already knew: she was in an abusive relationship. She considered avenues for protection--an ethics complaint, a civil claim, going to the police. But a situation that would be dire for most women was even more dangerous for Tanya because her abuser was the attorney general of New York--the top law enforcement officer in the state. She feared he would be tipped off and that he would crush her. Tanya's story is harrowing, but not as rare as you might think. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on average, nearly twenty people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. Here Tanya uses her abuse at the hands of former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to expose the prevalence of intimate partner violence--and offers steps to recognize, expose, and end it.
Child Abuse Neglect State Reporting Laws
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Author : National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Child Abuse Neglect State Reporting Laws written by National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Child abuse categories.
The Politics Of Child Sexual Abuse
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Author : Nancy Whittier
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011
The Politics Of Child Sexual Abuse written by Nancy Whittier and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Family & Relationships categories.
As recently as 1970, child sexual abuse was seen as extremely rare and usually harmless. Over thirty years later, the media regularly covers child sexual abuse cases, many survivors speak openly about their experiences, and a thriving network of public and private organizations seek to prevent child sexual abuse and remedy its effects. This is the story of these dramatic changes and the activists who helped bring them about. The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse is the first study of activism against child sexual abuse, tracing its emergence in feminist anti-rape efforts, its development into mainstream self-help, and its entry into mass media and public policy. Nancy Whittier deftly charts the development of the movement's "therapeutic politics," demonstrating that activists viewed tactics for changing emotions and one's sense of self as necessary for widespread social change and combined them with efforts to change institutions and the state. Though activism originated with feminists, as the movement grew and spread to include the goals of non-feminist survivors, opponents, therapists, law enforcement, and elected officials, participants were pulled toward formulations of child sexual abuse as a medical or criminal problem and away from emphases on gender and power. In the process, the movement both succeeded beyond its wildest dreams and saw its agenda transformed in ways that were sometimes unrecognizable. A lucid and moving account, The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse draws powerful lessons about the transformative potential of therapeutic politics, their connection to institutions, and the processes of incomplete social change that characterize American politics today.