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An updated edition of the groundbreaking anthology that explores the proliferation of gendered violence From Harvey Weinstein to Brett Kavanaugh, accusations of gender violence saturate today's headlines. In this fully revised edition of Gender Violence, Laura L. O'Toole, Jessica R. Schiffman, and Rosemary Sullivan bring together a new, interdisciplinary group of scholars, with up-to-date material on emerging issues like workplace harassment, transgender violence, intersectionality, and the #MeToo movement. Contributors provide a fresh, informed perspective on gender violence, in all of its various forms. With twenty-nine new contributors, and twelve original essays, the third edition now includes emerging contemporary issues such as LGBTQ violence, sex work, and toxic masculinity. A trailblazing text, Gender Violence, Third Edition is an essential read for students, activists, and others.

It is incumbent on colleges and universities to evaluate the conditions that lead to sexual assault on their campuses and to address those that may support a climate that encourages or tolerates rape. Though various policies and educational programs attempt to mitigate the problem, still it persists. The University of Delaware has not engaged in a review of sexual assault work on campus. Given a general sense that improvement is needed and that reporting rates for sexual assault at the University are not in synch with national reporting rates or with national incidence data, the time has come to look closely at policy and education initiatives on campus. Dosch, Duchon and Navratil (2007) find lenient sanctions and policy discrepancies as central to a campus climate permissive to sexual assaults. This project points to possible weaknesses in sanctioning processes and policy oversights that raise concerns. The potential advantages of creating a coordinated system offer tremendous benefits compared to the alternative--a fractured and confused set of sometimes competing responses that fail to meet the needs either of the students involved or of the institution. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest llc. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.].