Domestic violence and sexuality : what's love got to do with it?
- Submitting institution
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University of Durham
- Unit of assessment
- 21 - Sociology
- Output identifier
- 118992
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Policy Press
- ISBN
- 9781447307440
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- Yes
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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D - Violence and Abuse
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book provides the first ever, comprehensive empirical study comparing love and violence in same sex and heterosexual relationships. It explains why sexuality as well as gender is important in understanding how power and control operate in domestically abusive intimate relationships. It critically engages with feminist theoretical frameworks for understanding domestic abuse and, using empirical evidence, addresses the implications of their heteronormativity for help-seeking. The book draws on an innovative, mixed method, data set to illustrate the findings and highlights the importance of a sociological understanding of love in understanding the dynamics of domestic abuse.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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