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The Handbook of Women, Psychology, and the Law is a groundbreaking book that presents legal and psychological perspectives on how society has responded to the most vital (and often controversial) contemporary women's issues. The Handbook covers such important topics as abortion, rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, divorce, poverty, welfare, and mental health. Written by experts in the fields of jurisprudence, clinical psychology, feminist psychology, ethics, and public policy, this essential volume shows how crucial social issues have effected civil and crimi

Understanding women's psychological responses to various forms of patriarchy / Holly F. Mathews and Adriana M. Manago -- Historical circumstances and biological proclivities surrounding patriarchy / Naomi Quinn -- Growing up female in Sorth India / Susan C. Seymour -- To make her understand with love: expectations for emotion work in North Indian families / Jocelyn Marrow -- Perspectives on gender roles and relations across three generations of Maya women in Southern Mexico / Adriana M. Manago -- Contested terrains of female education in rural muslim Pakistan / Ayesha Khurshid -- Moving beyond notions of resistance and accommodation: understanding how women navigate conflicting models of marriage in rural Mexico / Holly F. Mathews -- What women's experiences in disadvantaged families in Ankara, Turkey, have to tell about patriarchy / Gülden Güvenç -- Theorizing female consent: familism, motherhood, and middle-class feminine subjectivity in contemporary South Korea / Kelly H. Chong -- Property, patriarchy, and the Chinese state / Leta Hong Fincher -- Reflections on kidnap and rape culture: a cross-cultural comparison of patriarchy / Cynthia Werner -- Charting a way forward / Holly F. Mathews and Adriana M. Manago.

For too long, studies lumped women's mental health with that of men, notwithstanding profound differences. This groundbreaking work decisively addresses that oversight as a team of expert scholars and therapists spotlights common female mental disorders, explores the causes, and explains available therapies

Historical and Scientific Foundations -- History of the Contemporary Women's Movement -- Feminist Reconstructions of Psychology -- Research and Conceptual Approaches to the Understanding of Gender -- Social Issues and Problems -- Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination -- Women and Work -- Sexual Victimization -- Intimate Violence -- Relationships and Sexuality -- Women's Sexualities -- Intimate Relationships -- Motherhood and Reproductive Issues -- Psychological and Health Issues -- Physical Health Issues for Women -- Mental Health Issues for Women -- Feminist Therapy Approaches.

In the short space of a year, some very bold and confident steps have been taken to put women on the psychological map in Britain. Interest and research into the Psychology of Women has been steadily growing in the past decade, and the experience of women with the practise and organisation of Psychology has led to a growing critique of Psychology as a discipline and a profession. The voicing of this critique and the developing of a perspective in Psychology which can encompass it, has been hampered by the lack of a recognised and organised forum.