Women and workplace violence
• Demonstrate a systematic knowledge of women as victims, and show understanding of women’s position in society• Analyse policy in relation to women victims of sexual violence, domestic violence and workplace violence• Synthesise information from victim policy and practice and apply to the reality of women as victims of sexual violence, domestic violence and workplace violenceDiscusses how women experience three forms of violence (sexual, domestic and workplace violence), and the redress that they may seek. The areas listed below should be included in the work. This information is given to you to guide you, and the expectation is that you will not write these sections up as separate entities, but will create an essay which flows in a holistic manner.(1) How do women experience sexual violence, domestic violence and workplace violence?(2) What are the key threads that run through these experiences?(3) In what ways may women seek redress for such violence(s)?(4) What are the key threads running through the forms of redress that women may seek?Recommended reading:Dobash, R. E. and Dobash, R. P. (1992) Women, Violence and Social Change. Routledge: London.Brown, J. M. and Walklate, S. L. (Eds) (2012) Handbook on Sexual Violence. Routledge: Abingdon.Davies, P. (2011) Gender, Crime and Victimisation. Sage: London.Hoyle, C. (2012) ‘Victims, the criminal process, and restorative justice’. In M. Maguire, R. Morgan and R. Reiner (Eds) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (Fifth edition). Oxford University Press: Oxford.Letschert, R. and van Dijk, J. (Eds) (2011) The New Faces of Victimhood. Globalisation, Transnational Crimes and Victim Rights. Springer: New York.Lombard, N. and McMillan, L. (Eds) (2013) Violence Against Women. Current Theory and Practice in Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence and Exploitation. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.Marway, H. (2015) Women and Violence: The Agency of Victims and Perpetrators. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.Munro, V. (2013) ‘Violence Against Women, ‘Victimhood’ and the (Neo)Liberal State.’ In Davies, M. and Munro, V. (Eds) The Ashgate Research Companion to Feminist Legal Theory. Ashgate: Farnham.Robinson, V. and Richardson, D. (2015) Introducing Gender and Women’s Studies (4th edition). Palgrave: London.Sernau, S. (2014) Social Inequality in a Global Age (4th edition). Sage: London. ISBN 978-1-4522-0540-3.
