Insult to Injury
Rethinking our Responses to Intimate Abuse
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2006
Summary
Locking up men who beat their partners sounds like a tremendous improvement over the days when men could hit women with impunity and women fearing for their lives could expect no help from authorities. But does our system of requiring the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of abusers lessen domestic violence or help battered women? In this already controversial but vitally important book, we learn that the criminal justice system may actually be making the problem of domestic violence …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691127729 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691127727 |
| Author: | Linda G. Mills |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2006 |
| Weight: | 28g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“What a breath of fresh air. [This book] takes on the entrenched and very powerful. Superb stuff… . Exhilarating.” –Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“A bold new book guaranteed to cause a stir among mainstream feminists as well as among mental health and law-enforcement professionals.”–Publishers Weekly “Drawing both on research and on her own experience in the field, Mills concludes that the conventional feminist paradigm of domestic violence as a form of patriarchal oppression is woefully inadequate… [Mills’s] message needs to be heard by politicians, judges, prosecutors and many others. It took the ‘mainstream’ feminists about 30 years to establish their monopoly on the public debate about domestic violence. Mills’s book may be the first step in dismantling that monopoly.”–Cathy Young, Boston Globe “The real strength of Mill’s book lies in her repudiation of a one-size-fits-all approach to domestic violence… As a challenge tocurrent dogma, it is a breath of fresh air. One can only hope that its alternative message will be heard in the courses and seminars held across the country to educate counselors, law enforcement, and judges about domestic violence.”–Cathy Young, Reason
About The Author
Linda G. Mills
Linda G. Mills is Professor at the Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, an Affiliated Professor of Law at the School of Law, and Vice Provost for University Life and Interdisciplinary Initiatives, all at New York University. Mills’s work has received international attention in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Observer, and World Journal.
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