Romantic Terrorism

An Auto-Ethnography of Domestic Violence, Victimization and Survival
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-46848-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

Romantic Terrorism offers an innovative methodology in exploring the ways in which domestic violence offenders terrorise their victims. Its focus on the insidious use of tactics of coercive control by abusers opens up much-needed discussion on the damage caused to victims by emotional and psychological abuse.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hayes, S.

Jeffries, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Romantic Terrorism 2. Tools and Tactics 3. The Making of a 'Victim' 4. Recovering from Romantic Terrorism

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon Hayes is an Associate Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Her previous publications include Sex, Love and Abuse: Discourses on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (2014) and The Politics of Sex Trafficking: A Moral Geography (2013).

Samantha Jeffries is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, Australia. Her research interests lie in domestic violence, sentencing, courts, and Indigeneity and the criminal justice system, which she has published in journals such as the British Journal Of Criminology, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology and the Journal of Sociology.