Women Abuse on Campus; Results From the Canadian National Survey

• NCJ Number: 177976
• Author(s): Walter S. DeKeseredy; Martin D. Schwartz
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 222 pages
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Sage Series on Violence Against Women

Annotation

This book examines the incidence and prevalence of woman abuse on Canadian campuses.

Abstract

The book explains the major findings of the Canadian National Survey (CNS), which attempted to uncover some of the key sources of male-to-female victimization in postsecondary school courtship. The book discusses CNS findings in five chapters: (1) The Historical, Social, and Political Context of the Canadian National Survey on Woman Abuse in Dating; (2) The Incidence and Prevalence of Woman Abuse in Canadian Courtship; (3) “But Women Do It Too”: The Meanings of and Motives for Women’s Use of Violence; (4) Risk Factors and Dating Abuse (the ideology of familial patriarchy, male peer support, pornography, dating status, alcohol consumption); and (5) Progressive Policy Proposals (naming the problem, elementary and high school-based education and awareness programs, men working to end woman abuse in university and college dating, responding to pornography, alcohol policies). Tables, notes, appendixes, references, index