Special Issue of Violence Against Women on Self-Defense
The special issue of VAW is out!
View the Table of Contents online at:
http://vaw.sagepub.com/content/20/3.toc
The full Editors’ Introduction–by Martha McCaughey and Jill Cermele, the guest editors for the special issue–is online.
Wherein lies self defense?
Click to access nisvs_report2010-a.pdf
We applaud the CDC for its research on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence on campus and its underscoring the need for prevention strategies. Yet again, we point out the omission of the data on the effectiveness of self defense and self defense training in preventing and thwarting sexual assault.
Obama Creates Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault
Obama Creates Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault
January 2014- Will the Task Force recommend self-defense training?
Special issue of Violence Against Women: Self Defense Against Sexual Assault
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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