Dissertation
Violence against women: The dynamics associated with traditional gender attitudes and social capital
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
08/2009
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005989
Abstract
The current research explores the relationship between traditional gender attitudes, community-level social capital, and acts of violence against women. Very few studies have empirically addressed the relationship between gender (role) attitudes and sexual violence and/or domestic violence. Many theorists and researchers take for granted that there is a relationship between traditional attitudes and violence against women, notwithstanding the lack of empirical evidence. This dissertation seeks to answer the question of the extent to which traditional beliefs about gender or gender roles are associated with increased levels of sexual assault and/or domestic violence in cross-sectional comparisons on the county-level using psychographic data from the Leigh Stowell Archival Datasets and official records on violence perpetrated by men against women obtained from the National Incident-Based Reporting System. There is also an investigation of the extent to which social capital serves as a protective factor with respect to the safety of women in 27 counties.
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Details
- Title
- Violence against women
- Creators
- Melinda Roberts York
- Contributors
- David C. Brody (Chair)Nicholas P Lovrich (Committee Member)Bryan Vila (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 170
- Identifiers
- 99901055133001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation