A deafening silence; hidden violence against women and children.

9781861349613

Romito, Patrizia.

Policy Press

2008

223 pages

$36.95

Paperback

HV6250

Romito (social and community psychology, U. of Trieste, Italy) examines violence towards women and children and the methods society uses to minimize, deny, and hide such violence. Her main focus is the industrialized West, though she mentions other societies now and then. The study was first published in Italian in 2005 (no publisher cited) and has been translated by Janet Eastwood. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

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