Family violence in cross-cultural perspective

Levinson, David

Family violence in cross-cultural perspective Levinson, David - Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE Publications 1989 - 146 p. - Frontiers of anthropology ; v.1 .

Questions whether policies and programmes designed to prevent family violence in one culture can be adapted to other cultures. Uses ethnographic data culled from 90 different societies to develop a global picture of the incidence, causes, and correlates of family violence.

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CROSSCULTURAL STUDIES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION

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