Insult to Injury
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-12772-9 (ISBN)
Locking up men who beat their partners sounds like a tremendous improvement over the days when men could hit women with impunity and women fearing for their lives could expect no help from authorities. But does our system of requiring the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of abusers lessen domestic violence or help battered women? In this already controversial but vitally important book, we learn that the criminal justice system may actually be making the problem of domestic violence worse. Looking honestly at uncomfortable facts, Linda Mills makes the case for a complete overhaul and presents a promising alternative. The evidence turns up some surprising facts about the complexities of intimate abuse, facts that run against mainstream assumptions: The current system robs battered women of what power they do hold. Perhaps as many as half of women in abusive relationships stay in them for strong cultural, economic, religious, or emotional reasons. Jailing their partners often makes their situations worse. Women are at least as physically violent and emotionally aggressive as are men toward women, and women's aggression is often central to the dynamic of intimate abuse.
Informed by compelling evidence, personal experience, and what abused women themselves say about their needs, Mills proposes no less than a fundamentally new system. Addressing the real dynamics of intimate abuse and incorporating proven methods of restorative justice, Mills's approach focuses on healing and transformation rather than shame or punishment. Already the subject of heated controversy, Insult to Injury offers a desperately needed and powerful means for using what we know to reduce violence in our homes.
Linda G. Mills is Professor at the Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, an Affiliated Professor of Law at the School of Law, and Vice Provost for University Life and Interdisciplinary Initiatives, all at New York University. Mills's work has received international attention in such publications as the "New York Times Magazine", the "Sydney Morning Herald", the "Observer", and "World Journal".
Giving Thanks xi Prologue 1 PART I: Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse One: The Ground Zero of Intimate Abuse 19 Two: Mandatory Policies as Crime Reduction Strategies: Do They Work? 22 Three: Power over Women in Abusive Relationships 50 Four: Are Women as Aggressive as Men? 67 PART II: Fixing the Failures Five: The Dynamic of Intimate Abuse 87 Six: Changing the System 101 Seven: Learning to Listen to Narratives of Intimate Abuse 119 Eight: A Better Way 134 Notes 149 Index 171
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.9.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 28 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-12772-7 / 0691127727 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-12772-9 / 9780691127729 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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