The Public Nature of Private Violence

Section I: Images of Violence; Reframing "Domestic Violence"; Terrorism in the Home; The Violence of Privacy; Victimization or Oppression?; Women's Lives, Violence and Agency Mapping the Margins - Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Colour. Section II: Feminist Theory and Legal Norms; Child That's Got Her Own; The Youngest Members - Harm to Children and the Role of Religious Communities; Child Abuse - A Problem for Feminist Theory; Abuse by Any Other Name - Feminism, Power and Intra-Lesbian Violence; The Death Penalty and the Domestic Discount. Section III: International and Comparative Perspectives on Domestic Violence; Domestic Violence in Ghana - Some Initial Questions; Killing "the Angel in the House" - Digging for the Political Vortex of Male Violence Against Women; Civil Remedies for Childhood Sexual Abuse in Canada - Trying to Break the Silence; Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Issue. Section IV: Policy Postscript; Private Violence and Public Obligation - the Fulcrum of Reason.