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Towards a Global Femicide Index: Counting the Costs
This book considers the need for and the steps to be taken towards creating a meaningful framework for a global index of women's deaths from intimate partner violence.
| Author(s) | By Sandra Walklate (University of Liverpool, UK), Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Monash University, Australia), Jude McCulloch, JaneMaree Maher. |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 108 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 17 Dec 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
This book considers the need for and the steps to be taken towards creating a meaningful framework for a global index of women's deaths from intimate partner violence.
1.Introduction: Setting the Scene 2.How do we count? Mapping global approaches to counting women's deaths 3.Trends in counting: What do the numbers mean? 4.Why counting matters - the opportunities and benefits of counting intimate femicide 5.The risks of
Professor Sandra Walklate is Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool (UK), Professor of Criminology at Monash University (Australia), and adjunct professor at QUT (Brisbane, Australia). Internationally recognised for her work in
