Walby / Towers / Palmer The Concept and Measurement of Violence Against Women and Men

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3265-7
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 136 Seiten

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.

The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy?

The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination mechanisms. It reflects on theoretical debates on ‘what is gender’, ‘what is violence’, and ‘the concept of coercive control’. and introduces the concept of ‘gender saturated context’. Analysing the socially constructed nature of statistics and the links between knowledge and power, it sets new standards and guidelines to influence the measurement of violence in the coming decades.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walby, Sylvia

Towers, Jude

Palmer, Emma

Balderston, Susan

Stöckl, Heidi

Corradi, Consuelo

Strid, Sofia

Francis, Brian

Heiskanen, Markku

Helweg-Larsen, Karin

Mergaert, Lut

Olive, Phillipa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction;

Legal and Policy Developments;

Conceptualising Violence and Gender;

Different Forms of Violence;

Collecting Data;

Co-ordination;

A New Measurement Framework and its Indicators.

Über Autor(innen)

Corradi, Consuelo
Consuelo Corradi is Professor of Sociology and Vice-Chair for research and international relations at Lumsa University, Rome, Italy. She served as co-Chair of the Cost Action IS1206 on Femicide across Europe. She was Vice-President of the European Sociological Association from 2007 to 2009. Her research interests include violence against women, femicide, and the cross-national comparison of gender policy regimes across Europe. Her most recent book is “The concept and measurement of violence against women and men” (Policy Press, 2017), co-authored with S. Walby and others.

Helweg-Larsen, Karin
Karin Helweg-Larsen is Emeritus Professor of Social Medicine at University of Copenhagen and member Danish Observatory on Violence against Women.

Palmer, Emma
Emma Palmer is Lecturer in Social Work at Lancaster University and UK registered social worker.

Strid, Sofia
Sofia Strid is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Örebro University and Co-Director GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.

Walby, Sylvia
Sylvia Walby is Professor of Criminology in the School of Law and Social Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London and holds the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Anneliese Maier Research Award.

Balderston, Susan
Susie Balderston is Doctor of Applied Social Science, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and Lecturer in Social Policy at Salford University.

Towers, Jude
Jude Towers is Doctor of Applied Social Statistics, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and Associate Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Stöckl, Heidi
Heidi Stöckl is DPhil Evidence-based Social Intervention and Lecturer in Global Health and Development at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Francis, Brian
Brian Francis is Professor of Social Statistics at Lancaster University and Associate Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Olive, Phillipa
Philippa Olive is Doctor of Sociology, Senior Research Fellow in Health Services Research at the University of Central Lancashire.

Heiskanen, Markku
Markku Heiskanen is Doctor of Sociology and Senior Researcher at the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI).

Mergaert, Lut
Lut Mergaert is Doctor of Management Sciences and Partner and Research Director at Yellow Window.

Sylvia Walby is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University and UNESCO Chair of Gender Research and Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Jude Towers is Doctor of Applied Social Statistics, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and Associate Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Brian Francis is Professor of Social Statistics at Lancaster University and Associate Director Violence & Society UNESCO Centre.

Susie Balderston is Doctor of Applied Social Science, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and Lecturer in Social Policy at Salford University.

Consuelo Corradi is Professor of Sociology and Vice-Rector at Lumsa University and Vice-Chair of the EU COST Action on Femicide.

Markku Heiskanen is Doctor of Sociology and Senior Researcher at the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI).

Karin Helweg-Larsen is Emeritus Professor of Social Medicine at University of Copenhagen and member Danish Observatory on Violence against Women.

Liz Kelly is Professor of Sexualised Violence at London Metropolitan University and Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit.

Lut Mergaert is Doctor of Management Sciences and Partner and Research Director at Yellow Window.

Philippa Olive is Doctor of Sociology, Senior Research Fellow in Health Services Research at the University of Central Lancashire.

Emma Palmer is Lecturer in Social Work at Lancaster University and UK registered social worker.

Heidi Stöckl is DPhil Evidence-based Social Intervention and Lecturer in Global Health and Development at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Sofia Strid is Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Örebro University and Co-Director GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.