Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Theoretical and definitional issues in violence against women / Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz -- Personal reflection / Evan Stark -- Research methods, measures, and ethics / Veronique Jaquier, Holly Johnson, and Bonnie Sue Fisher -- Personal reflection / Ronet Bachman -- Assessing violence against women in practice settings : processes and tools practitioners can use -- Sherry hamby and sarah l. cook -- Personal reflection / Mary Ann Dutton -- Sexual harassment : violence against women at work and in schools / Phoebe Morgan and James E. Gruber -- Personal reflection / Nan Stein -- Defining the scope of sexual violence against women / Rebecca Campbell and Stephanie M. Townsend -- Personal reflection / Carolyn West -- Intimate partner violence against women / Kathleen C. Basile and Michele C. Black -- Personal reflection / Barbara Hart -- Pornography / Ana J. Bridges and Robert Jensen -- Interview box / Gail Dines -- A cultural perspective on violence against women / Lisa Fontes and Kathy McClosky -- Personal reflection / Anita Raj -- Economic issues in violence against women / Claire M. Renzetti -- Personal reflection / Jill Davies -- State, national, and international legal initiatives to address violence against women : a survey / Leigh Goodmark -- Personal reflection / Kiersten Stewart -- Primary prevention / Corrine S. Graffunder, Rebecca Cline, and Karen Lane -- Personal reflection / Esta Soler -- Sexual assault services / Raquel Kennedy Bergen and Shana L. Maier -- Personal reflection / Pamela Teaster -- An overview of community-based services for battered women / Nicole E. Allen, Sadie E. Larsen, and Angela L. Walden -- Personal reflection / Valli Kanuha -- Violence against women and the criminal justice response / Susan L. Miller, LeeAnn Iovanni, and Kathleen D. Kelley -- Personal reflection / Kathleen Ferraro -- Health care for survivors of partner and sexual violence / Rebecca J. Macy, Dania M. Ermentrout, and Natalie B. Johns -- Personal reflection / Ann Coker -- Faith-based programs and interventions / Tameka L. Gillum and Shondrah Tarrezz Nash -- Personal reflection / Rev. Marie Fortune -- School-based dating violence prevention : from single events to evaluated, integrated programming / Claire V. Crooks ... [et al.] -- Personal reflection / Jackson Katz -- Intervening with men for violence prevention / Richard M. Tolman and Jeffrey L. Edleson -- Personal reflection / Edward Gondolf.