Synopses & Reviews
This extremely valuable collection of fourteen chapters is divided into two sections, with the first section covering research on physical abuse in dating relationships and the second section covering the issue of sexual abuse in dating relationships. With the increasing public awareness of and concern about acquaintance rape, this is an excellent and timely book. It should be in the library of any researcher who studies violence against women and it would also be an invaluable resource for any college faculty or administrator who seeks to provide a healthy educational environment for all students.
The Community PsychologistFourteen significant articles on physical and sexual abuse in dating relationships provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of the subject. The contributors to this anthology examine every aspect of the serious, but usually hidden social problems of dating violence. The articles create a theoretical framework for understanding physical and sexual abuse and chronicle the antecedents and consequences of different types of abusive behavior. State of the art research on dating violence provides the reader with extensive material. Each chapter ends with policy implications and directions for future research. Educators, researchers, and practitioners in sociology, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, and women's studies will find valuable information on this important subject.
The first part of the collection presents statistical information and compares dating violence with cohabitating and marital violence. Such subjects as courtship aggression and the effects of gender identity and self-esteem on dating violence are explored. One study suggests two types of courtship violence--predatory violence and relational violence. Another addresses patterns in help seeking behavior by those abused. The second part of the book deals with sexual aggression in dating relationships. Victimization, as well as the prevalence, risk factors, and long term consequences of date rape are presented. Other topics include predictors of sexual aggression, dating behaviors and their relationship to the risk of date rape, and acquaintance rape.
Review
With the increasing public awareness of and concern about acquaintance rape, this is an excellent and timely book. It should be in the library of any researcher who studies violence against women and it would also be an invaluable resource for any college faculty or administrator who seeks to provide a healthy educational environment for all students.The Community Psychologist
Synopsis
". . . It comprehensively provides a solid informational source regarding a significant manifestation of interpersonal aggression. Those interested in further understanding such behavior, or dealing with its consequences, would do well to read it." American Journal of Psychotherapy
About the Author
MAUREEN PIROG-GOOD is professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University.JAN E. STETS is Professor of Sociology at Washington State University.
Table of Contents
Physical Abuse in Dating Relationships
Dating Violence: Prevalence, Context, and Risk Markers by David B. Sugarman and Gerald Hotaling
The Marriage License as a Hitting License: A Comparison of Assaults in Dating, Cohabitating, and Married Couples by Jan E. Stets and Murray A. Straus
A Theoretical Model of Courtship Aggression by David S. Riggs and K. Daniel O'Leary
Gender Identity, Self-Esteem, and Physical and Sexual Abuse in Dating Relationships by Peter J. Burke, Jan E. Stets, Maureen A. Pirog-Good
Dating, Living Together, and Courtship Violence by James Makepeace
The Help-seeking Behavior of Physically and Sexually Abused College Students by Maureen A. Pirog-Good and Jan E. Stets
Conflict and Violence in Dating Relationships by Sally A. Lloyd, James E. Koval, Rodney M. Cate
Sexual Abuse in Dating Relationships
Hidden Rape: Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of Students in Higher Education by Mary P. Koss
Date Rape: Prevalence, Risk Factors and a Proposed Model by Paula Lundberg-Love and Robert Geffner
Courtship Aggression and Mixed-Sex Peer Groups by Patricia Gwartney-Gibbs and Jean Stockard
The Sexual Victimization of Unmarried Women by Nonrelative Acquaintances by Joanne Belknap
Predictors of Naturalistic Sexual Aggression by Neil M. Malamuth
Misinterpreted Dating Behaviors and the Risk of Date Rape by Charlene L. Muehlenhard
Acquaintance Rape on Campus: Responsibility and Attributions of Crime by Sarah Fenstermaker
Bibliography
Index