This book analyses domestic violence against women, inflicted by the woman's husband or cohabiting partner. The main focus is on physical violence ...

In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis. Despite widespread social and econo...

The First Amendment provides that 'Congress shall make no law... Bridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...'. The First Amendment applies, ...

In recent years, dedicated revenues to the Highway Trust Fund have been eroding, resulting in fewer resources to fund surface transportation projec...

At the beginning of the new millennium, honour-related violence was at the very forefront of public attention in the Netherlands. The emergence of ...

It is very clear that children in every country experience abuse and neglect. The descriptions of the child welfare systems in different countries ...

In recent years, the international community has increasingly recognised international violence against women (VAW) as a significant human rights a...

In this, the latest in the Gay and Lesbian Perspectives series, researchers explore the rich history of queer Australasia, uncovering photographic ...

This book focuses on the importance of assessing risk in domestic violence cases to prevent and reduce its escalation into homicide (so called uxor...

This special issue deals with the phenomenon of violence in the post-Soviet space. The central preoccupation is to examine both political and legal...

In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as ...

The killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki and another U.S. citizen by airstrike in Yemen, although never officially attributed to U.S. military action, has fu...

Survivors of spousal abuse inevitably fail to find answers in the realm of reason as they try to make sense of their pain and suffering. Focussing ...

One Indonesian soldier was particularly nice to me. He gave me pretty clothes and sweets and used to take me for walks and to his office. Then one ...

Public service advertising can be a powerful and effective tool for awareness and education in helping both the public and specific target audience...

Concern about missing and exploited children gained national prominence in 1981 when Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of John and Reve Walsh was abdu...

Sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence are major public health problems in the United States. This book presents reports of intim...

Child abuse and neglect is as, at a minimum any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious p...

On 3 September 2010, the RCMP in Grande Prairie, Alberta, received a 911 call from Mat Crichton about a shooting on a local farm. Seconds later, mi...

To date, little has been published about the place of spirituality in working with survivors of intimate partner violence. Overcoming Conflicting L...

This book presents a range of interesting and diverse papers in order to demonstrate the importance and need for intervention programs that deal wi...

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a worldwide problem with many physical and psychological complications. In the U.S., about one-third of American...

The late Father Bascio makes a great effort in understanding the plight of the Church and makes no bones in exposing the danger to the Church broug...

Violence fascinates us. One cannot pick up a newspaper without finding countless articles about brutality; as the saying goes, "If it bleeds, it le...

Sexual violence is a serious public health problem affecting the health and well-being of millions of individuals each year in the United States an...

Sexual assault constitutes both physical and mental violence, and it is not easily recovered from. Victims/survivors of sexual assault may experien...

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has focused more public attention on the Catholic Church in Australia than ...

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has focused more public attention on the Catholic Church in Australia than ...

Sexual abuse of children is all too common in society today. Media reports focus on the crime and its consequences without offering constructive ad...

Schools are entrusted with ensuring the safety of students and staff. One measure of the safety of America's public schools is the presence of viol...

This book attempts to uncover school violence in different contexts by presenting studies of expert practitioners, which highlight concepts, risk f...

This book examines the legal developments and proposals concerning sexual discrimination and sexual harassment in federal law. Gender-based discrim...

Sex offences are fairly common in the United States and largely go unrecognised and underreported. Studies estimate that about 1 in every 5 girls a...

According to DOJ, tribal nations are disproportionately affected by violent crimes and sex offenses in particular. In 2006, Congress passed SORNA, ...

This book deals with society's responses to sex offenders. This issue is of vital interest to law enforcement professionals and society at large. T...

Over the past 100 years, Congress has sought to prohibit acts of sexual abuse of minors and punish those who harm the nation's children. These effo...