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Title Gender-based violence in university communities : policy, prevention and educational initiatives / edited by Sundari Anitha and Ruth Lewis.

Publication Info. Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, October 21, 2018).
Summary This book provides the first in-depth overview of research and practice in GBV in universities. It sets out the international context of ideologies, politics and institutional structures that underlie responses to GBV in elsewhere in Europe, in the US, and in Australia, and consider the implications of implementing related policy and practice.
Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: some reflections in these promising and challenging times -- The problem -- A continuum of acceptability: understanding young people's views on gender based violence -- 'Lad culture' and sexual violence against students1 -- Histories and politics of educational interventions against gender based violence in international contexts -- Sexual violence on US college campuses: history and challenges -- Grounds for concern: an Australian perspective on responses to sexual assault and harassment in university settings -- Preventing gender based violence in UK universities: the policy context -- Challenges and interventions in the UK -- Student feminist activism to challenge gender based violence -- Using the law to challenge gender based violence in university communities -- The Intervention Initiative: theoretical underpinnings, development and implementation -- Understanding student responses to gender based violence on campus: negotiation, reinscription and resistance -- Tackling gender based violence in university communities: a practitioner perspective -- Conclusion: setting the agenda for challenging gender based violence in universities -- Index
Subject Campus violence -- Great Britain.
Women -- Violence against -- Great Britain.
College students -- Violence against -- Great Britain.
Students -- Abuse of -- Great Britain.
Femmes -- Violence envers -- Grande-Bretagne.
Étudiants -- Violence envers -- Grande-Bretagne.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Campus violence
Women -- Violence against
Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Universität
Sexualverhalten
Campus
Gewalt
Added Author Anitha, Sundari, editor.
Lewis, Ruth, 1966- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Gender-based violence in university communities. Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018 1447336585 (OCoLC)1041633597
ISBN 1447336585 (electronic bk.)
9781447336587 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. DKDLA 820120-katalog:9910096565205765

 
    
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