Who Owns Domestic Abuse? : : The Local Politics of a Social Problem / / Ruth Mann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mann, Ruth,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)

With the knowledge and sensitivity of a teacher and counsellor, Ruth M. Mann details a community effort to establish a shelter for abused women in a small Ontario municipality. While other literature presents the ostensibly cohesive views of particular interest groups on the issue of domestic violen...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms
• 1. Theoretical and Political Contexts
• 2. The Study, the Community, and 'The Problem'
• 3. Mobilization of Action: Struggles for Control
• 4. Implementation of a Plan of Action: Struggles with Control
• 5. Counselling and Therapeutic Intervenors
• 6. Law Enforcement, Legal, and Medical Intervenors
• 7. Victims, Perpetrators, and Survivors
• 8. A Researcher's Construction of 'The Problem': Conclusion
• Appendix 1. General Ethical Considerations
• Appendix 2. Data Collection Methods
• Appendix 3. Letter of Introduction (Hand-delivered to All Interview Respondents)
• Appendix 4.1. Consent Form for Interviewees - Activists and Professionals
• Appendix 4.2. Consent Form for Interviewees - Residents
• Appendix 5. Letter of Introduction (Mailed to Prospective Survey Respondents
• Appendix 6. Phone Introduction: Survey on Violence and Abuse
• Appendix 7. Request to Contact Partners for Couple Follow-up: Survey on Violence and Abuse
• Appendix 8. Respondents' Responses to the Manuscript (April 1997)
• Tables: Summaries of Demographic and Survey Data
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Author Index
• Subject Index