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- Male Peer Support and Violence Against Women: The History and Verification of a Theory
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Northeastern University Press
- Series: Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law
summary
In 1988, Walter S. DeKeseredy announced Male Peer Support (MPS) Theory, which popularized the notion that certain all-male peer groups encourage, justify, and support the abuse of women. In 1993, DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz modified and expanded MPS Theory. Today, after twenty-five years of research, numerous studies from a diverse range of fields and practitioners support the original claim, providing a powerful explanation for the mechanism that underlies much of North America's violence against women. This book provides a history of the theory, traces its development and uses over a quarter century, and offers an update on Internet-generated abuse.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Series
- pp. 2-5
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xx
- 5 | What Do the Data Say?
- pp. 93-118
- References
- pp. 161-196
Additional Information
ISBN
9781555538347
Related ISBN(s)
9781555538323
MARC Record
OCLC
864411129
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2013-11-28
Language
English
Open Access
No