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This report surveys the level and amount of violence present in the United States in 1991. This report takes into account different factors such as race, income, and sex. It also refers to the different facets of crime and violence such as rape,…

This is an academic article exploring the post-World War II fear of child murder and other sexual crimes committed against women and children. The panic over child murder, fanned by the press and institutionalized by the state, became a vehicle for…

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Introduction

Violence by intimates
Reporting violence by intimates to the police
Characteristics of women victimized by intimates
Characteristics of violence by intimates

Rape
When and where rapes occurred…

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1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Review of the Literature

4. The Victim

5. Incidence of Assault on Women

6. Laws Against Domestic Violence
State statute and city ordinance violations
Domestic violence calls and…

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1. Introduction

2. The Law
Civil Relief
Criminal Prosecutions
Miscellaneous Laws

3. The Police
Findings

4. The Prosecutors
Findings

5. The Courts
The Minor Judiciary
Relief Involving the Criminal Justice…

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Introduction
A. Domestic violence: a worldwide concern
B. How this manual came about
C. Focus of the manual

I. Understanding the problem
A. Nature and extent of domestic violence
B. Effects of domestic violence
C. The…

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Preface

Introduction

Part One
Violence in the Family: Causes and Consequences

I. Manifestations of Violence in the Family

A. Conduct
B. Victims and assailants: who victimizes whom
C. Characteristics of victims and…

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Introduction

Draft Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Historical Background

Treatment of Violence Against Women as Reflected in National Legislation in Different Legal Systems
A. Violence against women…

Features on various topics relating to rape, including a column on child sexual assault.

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The Legal Capacity of Women

Marriage Under the Common Law

Marriage by Customary Law

The Position of Women Whose Husbands Have Contracted Marriage Both By Customary Union and Under the Common Law

Civil Marriages: Community…