Intimate Partner Violence edited by Mary R. Hampton and Nikki Gerrard

While I was in Saskatchewan this summer I had the opportunity to talk with my sister-in-law, Nikki Gerrard, about the book Intimate Partner Violence which she co-edited with Mary Hampton.

This book tells the stories of women who are victims of abuse and of the anti-violence workers who help them and advocate for them. It builds upon these stories and the experience of both the victims and the helpers to provide recommendations for an improved policy framework to prevent such violence. As Mary Hampton says in the last chapter "A larger vision of a violence-free society sustains our participants in their long-term commitment to this cause."

The volume is part of the research and networking effort of the regional research network RESOLVE (Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse). It includes a chapter by Manitoba's Jane Ursel which is entitled "'Over-Policed and Under Protected': A Question of Justice for Aboriginal Women."