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Jaquier, Veronique. "Does country make a difference? Violence against women in the United States and Switzerland" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 01, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p125613_index.html>

Jaquier, V. , 2006-11-01 "Does country make a difference? Violence against women in the United States and Switzerland" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p125613_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Violence against women crosses cultural and national boundaries, therefore valid and reliable cross-national estimates of violence against women are needed to more fully understand the extent and nature of these victimizations. Cross-national comparisons provide us with a better understanding of the specific mechanisms of violence against women, assessing which aspects are universal and which ones are specific to a country, a culture or both. Today American and Anglo-Saxon literature is dominant in the field of violence against women, but how reliable could these theories be in a European or Swiss culture? This paper starts with briefly discussing some methodological issues related to cross-national comparisons in the area of violence against women. Using data from two national violence against women surveys – the National Violence Against Women Survey conducted in the U.S. and the Swiss component of the International Violence Against Women Survey – it presents the nature and extent of physical and sexual violence in these two countries. Comparisons are made based on general estimates, but also in terms of victims' characteristics and risk factors for different forms of violence and different types of victim-perpetrator relationship. Findings include, for example, a higher rate of completed rape victimization in the U.S., whereas more attempted rapes are reported in Switzerland. Also the U.S. show significantly higher rates of physical violence, whatever the degree or type, than Switzerland. Possible explanations for the observed similarities and differences are hypothesized, in line with the extent of victimization in each country; different lifestyle issues are also discussed.

National cultural differences in political discussion. Comparison between the French, the British and the Belgians

Cross-cultural Research on Violence Against Women: The International Violence Against Women Survey

The First Time is the Hardest? A Cross-National and Cross-Issue Comparison of First-Time Protest Participants Based on Protest Surveys in Eight Countries.