Feeling Trapped

Social Class and Violence against Women

James Ptacek

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University of California Press
11 May 2023

Violence in society; Domestic violence; Sociology; Crime & criminology; Jurisprudence & general issues; Coping with personal problems

Series: Gender and Justice

"The relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and working-class women, few examine the issue comparatively in terms of class privilege and class disadvantage. James Ptacek draws on in-depth interviews with sixty women from wealthy, professional, working-class, and poor communities to investigate how social class shapes both women's experiences of violence and the responses of their communities to this violence. Ptacek's framing of women's victimization as ""social entrapment"" links private violence to public responses and connects social inequalities to the dilemmas that women face."

By: James Ptacek
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520381605
ISBN 10: 0520381602
Series: Gender and Justice
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 11 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Ptacek is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Suffolk University. He is author of Battered Women in the Courtroom and editor of Restorative Justice and Violence against Women.