A01=Patrizia Romito
Author_Patrizia Romito
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Product details
- ISBN 9781861349613
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jan 2008
- Publisher: Policy Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book is born of a contradiction: on the one hand, there has been a genuine advance in the awareness of violence against women and children and actions to oppose it. On the other, the violence persists and so does the counter-attack against those who seek to expose it.
Patrizia Romito's extraordinary book describes the links between discrimination, violence against women and violence against children and, uniquely, uncovers the strategies and tactics used for concealing it. Her analysis, corroborated by a solid theoretical framework as well as up-to-date international research data, powerfully reveals the interconnectedness of what might appear as separate events or measures. The book also demonstrates how the same tactics and strategies are at work in various different countries.
Written in a clear and direct style, the book is an essential tool for anyone - professional, researcher or activist - wanting to understand male violence against women and children and to oppose it.
Patrizia Romito is a Professor of Social and Community Psychology at the University of Trieste, Italy. She spent several years working in Geneva, Paris and Stanford (California). She has extensive research experience in violence against women and children, as well as the social responses to it.
