Addressing Violence Against Women on College Campuses

"Addressing Violence against Women on College Campuses is a comprehensive edited volume that includes perspectives from researchers from law, gender studies, and criminology, along with service providers, advocates, and activists.... The authors critically examine the challenges to reporting and investigation presented by the current regulations, and provide compelling arguments for the need to prevent such violence occurring through evidence-based approaches.... (A) very useful and comprehensive handbook for academics, college administrators, policy makers, advocates, and activists wishing to remain abreast of this vitally important issue."
—Gender and Society

"The editors and contributors include the top scholars in the field, and their knowledge and expertise contribute to the high quality of the book. This book is useful to researchers, policy makers, practitioners and activists working in the field of gender violence, as well as to students, faculty and staff on college campuses.... Overall, the book is a valuable and comprehensive resource on violence against women on college campuses that provides up-to-date, in-depth, and nuanced discussions of the relevant and complex policies, practices, research, and theory. Its discussion of implications for practice and research includes specific suggestions and recommendations that are straightforward and accessible."
—Teachers College Record

"(This book) will be an invaluable resource for those audiences, especially in the current climate of changing administrative guidance to provide due process for the accused on college campuses.... This book is a vital tool for those engaged in this work. Buy it, read it, and assign it to your students and staff."
—Psychology of Women Quarterly

"(A) comprehensive overview of the issues related to sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking on college campuses.... The end result is a well-rounded collection of chapters that provide an orientation to the core issues related to gender-based violence on college campuses..... Some of the most important contributions of the book, however, are the chapters in Part II which detail the evolution of the policies that shape campus attention to sexual assault. These chapters provide a careful, thorough, and contextualized summary of how and why these policies came to be, the promise they offer in the long struggle to end violence against women, and the unintended consequences of policies like mandatory reporting.... (T)he book overall is successful at addressing a range of topics related to gender-based violence on college campuses."
—Affilia

"At once richly detailed in its portrayal of the state of higher education and filled with compassionate documentation of the experiences of victims and their advocates, Addressing Violence should be required reading for students, scholars, and those who work against violence on campuses. Addressing Violence particularly shines in its documentation of Title IX’s evolution (or perceived evolution) to shift sexual violence under the charge of civil rights legislation on gender discrimination.... (B)oth theoretical and methodological rigor are key to sociological work, and this book should serve as an important step to move forward in ways that address both of these pillars.... (C)urrent political changes only increase the relevance of Addressing Violence against Women on College Campuses."
— Contemporary Sociology