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Male peer support and violence against women : the history and verification of a theory / Walter S. DeKeseredy., Martin D. Schwartz.

Title
Male peer support and violence against women : the history and verification of a theory / Walter S. DeKeseredy., Martin D. Schwartz.
Author
DeKeseredy, Walter S., 1959-
Publication
Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2013]

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Schwartz, Martin D.
Description
xx, 203 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"In 1988, Walter S. DeKeseredy announced Male Peer Support (MPS) Theory, which popularized the notion that certain all-male peer groups encourage, justify, and support the abuse of women. In 1993, DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz modified and expanded MPS Theory. Today, after twenty-five years of research, numerous studies from a diverse range of fields and practitioners support the original claim, providing a powerful explanation for the mechanism that underlies much of North America's violence against women. This book provides a history of the theory, traces its development and uses over a quarter century, and offers an update on Internet-generated abuse." -- Publisher website.
Series Statement
The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books.
Subject
  • Abused women
  • Violence in men
  • Peer pressure
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Women > Violence against
  • Violence in men
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-195) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Definitional issues in violence against women -- The extent and distribution of violence against women -- The history of male peer support theory -- Contemporary male peer support theories -- What do the data say? -- New electronic technologies and male peer support -- Policy and practice: where do we go from here?
ISBN
  • 9781555538323 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1555538320 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781555538330 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1555538339 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781555538347 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2013017766
OCLC
  • 840463223
  • SCSB-12618596
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library