Women, violence, and social change - Dobash, R. Emerson; Dobash, Russell P. (London ; New York : Routledge, 1992)
Violence against women -- The rise of the movement: orientations and issues -- Refuges and housing -- The state, public policy and social change -- Challenging the justice system -- New laws and new reactions -- The therapeutic society constructs battered women and violent men -- Knowledge and social change -- Innovation and social change.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-356) and indexes.
Keywords: Abused women -- Services for -- United Kingdom; Abused women -- Services for -- United States; Abused women -- Government policy -- United Kingdom; Abused women -- Government policy -- United States; Women's shelters -- United Kingdom; Women's shelters -- United States; Families -- Violence; Women -- Abuse