Abiodun Raufu, Omolade Olomola, Edidiong Mendie

Gender-Based Violence, Law, and African Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers contemporary perspectives on the different forms of gender-based violence in Africa through a legal, cultural, and sociological lens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 433g
• ISBN-13: 9781666934823
• ISBN-10: 1666934828
• Artikelnr.: 68401808

Autorenporträt

Abiodun Raufu is assistant professor of criminal justice at Southern University and A&M College. Omolade Olunike OLOMOLA is gender rights advocate and Dean of Law at the Cavendish University. Edidong Mendie is lecturer and adjunct professor of criminal justice at California State University, Sacramento and Texas Southern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Violence as a Concept by Omolade Olunike OLOMOLA
Chapter 1: Domestic Violence in Africa by Abiodun Raufu
Chapter 2: Comparative Analysis of Domestic Violence in Nigeria and the
United States of America by Edidiong Mendie and Abiodun Raufu
Chapter 3: Types of Gender-Based Violence by Edidiong Mendie
Chapter 4: Predictors of Gender-Based Violence in Africa by Abiodun Raufu
Chapter 5: Impact of Gender-Based Violence in Africa by Abiodun Raufu
Chapter 6: Legal Framework on Gender Based Violence in Nigeria by Omolade
Olunike OLOMOLA
Chapter 7: Intimate Partner Homicides & Femicide by Edidiong Mendie
Chapter 8: Harmful Traditional Practices Against African Women by Edidiong
Mendie
Chapter 9: Overview of Human Trafficking in Africa by Edidiong Mendie
Chapter 10: Emerging Trends in Gender Violence by Omolade Olunike OLOMOLA
References
About the Authors