This ground-breaking volume assesses the contemporary epidemic of intimate partner violence and explores how and why cultural and religious beliefs serve to excuse battering and to work against survivors’ attempts to find safety.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2017-12-12
Language: English
Number of Pages: 214
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..