Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of domestic violence
- Explains the conceptual definition of domestic violence
- Analyzes who are the perpetrators and victims of domestic violence
Part of the book series: Gender, Development and Social Change (GDSC)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Domestic violence, interpersonal violence, intimate partner violence, or gender-based violence continues to be a social problem that is rarely understood or discussed in many parts of society, worldwide. The same holds true in the Anglophone Caribbean. Most Caribbean societies are patriarchal in nature, as most men govern and create the political and economic landscape where citizens live. This edited volume brings together reputable scholars of rigorous academic research from various disciplines (e.g., political science, law, linguistics, criminology, nursing, social work and psychology) to clearly explain the conceptual definition of domestic violence within the Latin American and Caribbean region’s socio-political context. It will highlight who are the perpetrators as well as the victims of domestic violence and the consequences of allowing domestic violence to perpetuate in the region. This book is unique in the market today, as it is the only book grounded in the Caribbean providing a comprehensive overview of domestic violence with regards to the significance, victims, perpetrators, and the consequences.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Camille Huggins is Lecturer at the Social Work Department at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender and Domestic Violence in the Caribbean
Editors: Ann Marie Bissessar, Camille Huggins
Series Title: Gender, Development and Social Change
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73472-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73471-8Published: 23 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73474-9Published: 24 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73472-5Published: 22 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2730-7328
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7336
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 324
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development and Gender, Development and Post-Colonialism, Latin American Politics