Violence against women / Kate Burns, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale, c2008. - 221 p. ; 23 cm. - Current controversies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-210) and index.

Is violence against women in the United States a serious problem? -- What causes violence against women? -- Are current approaches to reducing violence against women effective? -- What is the extent of violence against women worldwide? Violence against women is a serious problem / Rape is a serious problem for women / Prison violence is a serious problem for women / Violence against immigrant women is a serious problem / Violence against women has been exaggerated by feminists / U.S. policy to reduce violence against women creates injustice instead / False rape accusations by women are common / Pornography contributes to violence against women / Pornography does not cause violence against women / Men are biologically inclined to rape / Claims that men are biologically inclined to rape are faulty / Sexism causes violence against women / Better enforcement of mandatory arrest laws reduces domestic violence / The Violence Against Women Act is necessary to protect women / Changing male attitudes reduces sexual violence / Mandatory arrest laws do not reduce domestic violence / The Violence Against Women Act is unconstitutional / Domestic violence treatment is gender biased / Worldwide violence against women : an overview / Violence against women is often used as a weapon of war / Femicide is a serious problem in East Asia / Crimes of "honour" are a serious problem in the Middle East / Female genital mutilation is a serious problem / Female victims of violence face obstacles obtaining asylum / Brittney Nichols -- Office for Victims of Crime -- Amnesty International -- Jan Schakowsky -- Neil Boyd -- Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting (RADAR) -- Marc Angelucci and Glenn Sacks -- John Hughes -- Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young -- John Alcock -- Michael Kimmel -- Brian Nichols -- Jacqueline Seibel -- Jill J. Morris on behalf of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence -- Christopher Kilmartin -- Richard L. Davis -- Stephen Baskerville -- Wendy McElroy -- United Nations Population Fund -- Amnesty International -- Andrea Parrot and Nina Cummings -- United Nations -- Feminist Majority Foundation -- Maria Bexelius.

ISBN: 9780737737295 (hardcover) 0737737298 (hardcover) 9780737737301 (pbk.) 0737737301 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007029806

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Violence against--United States.

LC Class. No.: HV6250.4.W65 / V52233 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 362.88082 362.88082/0973