International Responses to Gendered-Based Domestic Violence

• Offers an international and intersectional view of interpersonal violence and responses to it • Suitable for a wide range of scholars and students in the disciplines of criminal justice, law, human rights, social justice, social work, nursing, criminology, sociology, nursing, medicine, and political or public affairs • Devotes special attention to developing countries where there is lack of a consistent legal definition of domestic violence and where violence against women is widely considered as a private matter