Violent Women?. Exploring Womens Use of Violence
Lee FitzRoy
Dr. FitzRoy examined women’s use of violence in Victoria, Australia, focusing on the experiences of 7 women who disclosed that they had perpetrated serious indictable crimes. The crimes included murder, accessory to murder after the fact, manslaughter, child sexual and physical assaults, grievous bodily harm, stalking and threats to kill. The study also analyses the experiences and advice from 120 workers along with relevant sentencing comments. Dr FitzRoy concluded that all of us have the potential to seriously assault others. Drawing on a feminist analysis of male violence, the study suggests that women’s, like men’s, violence is also ‘individually willed and socially constructed'. The challenge for broader society, is not to...
ISBN: 978-3-6390-9988-1
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Дата выхода: июль 2011