Research and advocacy aimed at understanding and ending violence against women had its beginning in the early 1970s, emerging as a central concern of the feminist movement. This work has expanded exponentially over the past three decades to influence practice and policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Many of the most influential articles in the field were published in Social Problems. This volume assembles twelve of these articles into a core text that covers such topics as wife abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking as well as institutional response to violence against women.

Contributions by: Dawn Beichner, Spencer E. Cahill, Martin Daly, Erika Davis-Frenzel, Kirsten Dellinger, R Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash, Robert M. Emerson, Kathleen J. Ferraro, Kerry O. Ferris, Patricia Gagné, Carol Brooks Gardner, Demie Kurz, Donileen R. Loseke, Joseph Marolla, Patricia Yancey Martin, Diana Scully, Cassia Spohn, Kathleen J. Tierney, Christine L. Williams, Margo Wilson