Using survey and interview data from approximately five hundred female high school juniors, this book measures the incidence of dating violence among teenage females and examines the needs of minors and also provides checklists of abuser characteristics.

Invisiblebecause it does not command the attention of the media as do school shootings, gang warfare, or date rapethe violence that teenage women experience while dating includes emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Using survey and interview data from approximately five hundred female high school juniors, this book measures the incidence of dating violence among teenage females. The research shows that many have been or are currently involved in abusive relationships with their boyfriends, and many adolescent women are confused about what constitutes normal and healthy dating behaviors. Unlike other books, Teen Dating Violence examines the needs of minors and also provides checklists of abuser characteristics.

Autorentext

Susan M. Sanders is Director of the Center for Religion and Public Discourse and Associate Professor of History and Political Science at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. She received her M.P.P. and Ph.D. in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago, respectively. Dr. Sanders has taught policy analysis, ethics, and statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Chicago, and DePaul University in Chicago, where she was Associate Professor of Public Services for eleven years before coming to Saint Xavier University in 2001. A member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Chicago Region), a Catholic congregation of religious women, Dr. Sanders lectures widely on teen dating violence and the economic and organizational aspects of nonprofit organizations.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments - Introduction: The Invisible Peril - The Faces of Teen Dating Violence - A Profile of the Invisible Peril - Current Teen Dating Violence Policy: Ineffective and with Harmful Effects - Teen Dating Violence Research: Findings and Limitations - Emotionally Abusive Dating Behavior - Physically and Sexually Abusive Behavior - Finding a Way Out - (Not the) Conclusion: Just the Beginning - Appendix: Methodology - Notes - Bibliography - Index.