Violence Against Women

Countering Historical and Contemporary Missteps on the Road to Social Justice

Kim M. Anderson, Kirsten K. Havig

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978759756
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Violence Against Women: Countering Historical and Contemporary Missteps on the Road to Social Justice examines violence against women as a systemic and intersectional human rights crisis. Drawing on social work, sociology, law, public health, and feminist theory, the book emphasizes structural, political, and representational dimensions of intersectionality to show how racism, sexism, colonialism, ableism, and economic inequality converge to shape patterns of harm and help-seeking. The book traces how language, media narratives, institutional practices, and state policies reproduce vulnerability and constrain justice, while foregrounding survivor leadership and lived experiences.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Contents
• Foreword
• Why Th is Book, Why Now
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Part I Foundations and Frameworks of Violence Against Women
• 1 Defining the Social Problem of Violence Against Women
• 2 Intersectionality and Violence Against Women
• 3 Intimate Partner Violence: Structural Inequities and Pathways to Justice
• 4 Domestic Violence: Legal Limits and Pathways to Reform
• 5 The Landscape of Sexual Violence: Forms, Impacts, and Costs
• 6 Barriers to Justice: Institutional Gaps in Responding to Sexual Violence
• 7 Foundational Frameworks for Understanding Violence Against Women
• Part II Intersectionality, Structures, and Systems of Power
• 8 Expanding the Lens: Inclusive and Emerging Theories in Anti-Violence Work
• 9 Structural Intersectionality Part I: Gendered Marginalization in Education and the Economy
• 10 Structural Intersectionality Part II: Reproductive Injustice
• 11 Representational Intersectionality: Media Agenda-Setting and Public Health Interpretation of Violence Against Women
• 12 Political Intersectionality Part I: Lessons from Feminist Struggles Past and Present
• 13 Political Intersectionality Part II: Battered Women’s, Indigenous, and Disability Rights Movements
• 14 Political Intersectionality Part III: Policy Pathways Across Government
• 15 Political Intersectionality Part IV: Before and Beyond VAWA
• Part III Pathways to Justice, Healing, and Transformation
• 16 Justice as Horizon: Lessons Learned
• 17 Policy and Research as Pathways to Justice
• 18 Practice Futures: Survivor-Centered Pathways to Healing and Safety
• 19 Reimagining Justice: Survivor and Practitioner Pathways Forward
• 20 Epilogue: Toward Futures of Safety and Justice
• Index
• About the Authors
• Copyright