Taking a sociological approach, this reader addresses the diverse array of crimes against women and offers a compilation of research on this often minimized top

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call att

Arrests of women for assault increased more than 40 percent over the past decade, while male arrests for this offense have fallen by about one percent. Some stu

Marian Meyers explores evidence that shows that news coverage in North American cities routinely depicts criminal violence against females differently from the

She is a victim of intimate partner violence, a woman who has been harmed. She is a criminal offender, a woman who has harmed others. Superficially, it seems sh