Women, Violence and Social Change

by R Emerson Dobash and R. Emerson Dobash

Women, Violence and Social Change demonstrates how refuges and shelters stand as the core of the battered women's movement, providing a basis for pragmatic support, political action and radical renewal. From this base movements in Britain and the United States have challenged the police, courts and social services to provide greater assistance to women. The book provides important evidence on the way social movements can successfully challenge institutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138174025
• ISBN13: 9781138174023
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"