VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:
SPECIAL ISSUE ON SELF DEFENSE AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
Slated for Publication March 2014 (Vol 20, No. 3)
Table of Contents
Martha McCaughey & Jill Cermele: Guest Editors’ Introduction
Research Articles
Jocelyn A. Hollander: Does Self-Defense Training Prevent Violence Against Women?
Jongyeon Tark & Gary Kleck: Resisting Rape: The Effects of Victim Self-Protection on Rape Completion and Injury
Gianine D. Rosenblum & Lynn S. Taska: Self-Defense Training as Clinical Intervention for Trauma Survivors
Lisa Speidel: Exploring The Intersection of Racial and Gender Identity through Self-Defense Training
Leanne R. Brecklin & Rena K. Middendorf: The Group Dynamics of Women’s Self-Defense Training
Perspectives
Sarah E. Ullman: Reflections on Researching Rape Resistance
Martha E. Thompson: Empowering Self-Defense Training
Deborah White & Gethin Rees: Self-Defense or Undermining the Self? Exploring the Possibilities and Limitations of a Novel Anti-Rape Technology
Jennifer D. Carlson: From Gun Politics to Self-defense Politics: A Feminist Critique of the Great Gun Debate
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Nicely said!