Violence in the city of women [electronic resource] : police and batterers in Bahia, Brazil / Sarah J. Hautzinger.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hautzinger, Sarah J., 1963-
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Subjects:
Women > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Policewomen > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Family violence > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Masculinity > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Sex role > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2007 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2007 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2007 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Violence in the City of Women: Police and Batterers in Bahia, Brazil
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: violence in Salvador da Bahia, city of women
  • Womanly webs: in-laws and violence
  • When cocks can't crow: masculinity and violence
  • Paths to a police station
  • Policing by and for women
  • Reluctant champions: policewomen or women police?
  • Conclusion and epilogue.