1. Introduction
2. Drawing the Contours of Victim Dilemmas
3. The Violent Victimization of Women: An Overview of Legal,
Empirical and Measurement Issues
4. Media, Gender, and Crime Victims
5. Sexual Victimization: Offenders Speak out about their
Victims
6. How Battered Women Lose: Unintended Consequences of
Well-Intentioned Legal and Criminal Justice Policies
7. Assessing Where We Are, Where We Should Go and How Best to Get
There
Michelle L. Meloy is Associate Professor in the Department of
Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University,
Camden.
Susan L. Miller is Professor in the Department of Sociology and
Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. Her recent books
include Victims as Offenders: The Paradox of Women's Violence in
Relationships, and Criminal Justice Research and Practice: Diverse
Voices from the Field.
"Meloy and Miller strategically and clearly tackle the complexities
and variations in women's victimization through an
interdisciplinary lens, making their excellent points with careful
documentation and superb 'real life' examples. They appropriately
and powerfully take on the media, the police and courts, racism,
classism, and anti-feminists. This book will help students think
critically about the societal myths, media portrayals, and police
and court
decisions that blame the victims and exonerate the abusers."
--Joanne Belknap, Professor of Sociology, University of
Colorado
"This book is essential reading for scholars, students,
practitioners and policy makers seeking an in-depth and highly
intelligible review of the major debates and controversies
surrounding male-to-female violence in the United States. The
historical material covered by the authors is especially useful and
their scholarship meets the highest disciplinary standards.
Undoubtedly, The Victimization of Women makes a very important and
much needed
contribution to the field." --Walter S. DeKeseredy, Professor of
Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies, University of Ontario
Institute of Technology
"Drawing on in-depth, offender-based interviews, and analysis of
the circumstances surrounding arrests, victimization, and
experiences with the criminal justice system, Meloy and Miller
explore the unanticipated consequences associated with changes to
the laws governing domestic violence and the newer forms of
sex-offender legislation." --Law & Social Inquiry
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