This is a core text for the junior/senior level violence course taught in departments of sociology, psychology, and criminal justice/criminology. Gender, Power and Violence examines gender based violence (sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and child sexual abuse) in 5 social institutions: the military, prisons, fraternities, sports, and the Catholic Church. These five institutions share a set of characteristics that result in high rates of gender based violence: sex segregation, hyper masculinity, fraternal nature (loyalty to the institution above to the person) and internal systems of justice. These characteristics shape the prevalence of gender based violence and responses to it.