- -Powerful and spot-on... A must read.- - Barbara J. Hart, co-founder, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

- -Thoroughly researched and carefully argued.- - Claire M. Renzetti, author of Feminist Criminology

- -Dramatic, comprehensive, immensely readable, completely new.- - Janet Halley, author of Split Decisions

- -Compelling reappraisal... outstanding... Highly recommended.- - D. Schultz, CHOICE

-Effective... convincing.- - Routledge

The United States has uncritically exported its law and policy on gender violence without regard to effectiveness or cultural context, and without asking what we might learn from efforts to combat gender violence in the rest of the world. This book asks that question. Comparative Perspectives on Gender Violence: Lessons From Efforts Worldwide documents the global scope of gender violence, from countries where the legal response is just emerging to countries with longstanding law and policy regimes. Informed by international human rights law, Comparative Perspectives on Gender Violence...