Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. The Politics of Safety and Justice
5. 1. The Coupling and Decoupling of Safety and Crime Control 15
6. 2. The Politicization of Domestic Violence 38
7. 3. Empowerment Politics and Access to Justice 62
8. Part II. Multiple Systems, Standards, and Dilemmas
9. 4. Battering Court Syndrome 91
10. 5. Parental Love and Purposeful Violence 119
11. 6. Specializing Justice for Youth and Families 151
12. Part III. Intersectional Needs for Safety and Justice
13. 7. Feminist Response to Campus Sexual Assault in the Republican Era 171
14. 8. A Fraught Pairing 202
15. Part IV. Militarization, Firearms, and the Family
16. 9. Politics, Safety, and Officer- Involved Intimate Partner Violence 227
17. 10. Playing Politics with Firearms and Family Violence 246
18. 11. Preventing Ordinary and Extraordinary Violence 272
19. Part V. Moving Forward with a Critical Lens
20. 12. Is Domestic Violence Politicized Too Narrowly? 303
21. 13. Harm Reduction in the Domestic Violence Context 332
22. 14. Developing a National Plan of Action on Violence against Women and Gender Violence 362
23. About the Editor 379
24. About the Contributors 381
25. Index 387