Australian History, Policy and Denial - Sandy Cook and Judith Bessant Violence against Women PART ONE: SEXUAL VIOLENCE Violence and Women with Disabilities - Lesley Chenoweth Silence and Paradox Mother/Daughter Rape - Lee FitzRoy A Challenge for Feminism (Hetero)sexed Hostility and Violence toward Lesbians - Gail Mason PART TWO: LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Aboriginality and Lawyering - Linda Hancock Problems of Justice for Aboriginal Defendants Focus on Partner Homicide Cases Judicial Bias - Jocelynne A Scutt Confronting Prejudice in the Courtroom Shame, Defiance and Violence against Women - Julie Stubbs A Critical Analysis of `Communitarian′ Conferencing Rethinking Theories of Victimology - Thérèse McCarthy Men′s Violence against Women PART THREE: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES Violence against Indigenous Women - Melissa Lucashenko Private and Public Dimensions Women, War and the Violence of History - Susanne Davies An Australian Perspective Men′s Violence in the News - Adrian Howe The War against Women The Violence of Displacement - Suzanne E Hatty The Problematics of Survival for Homeless Young Women Governing Sexual Violence - Kerry Carrington Criminalization and Citizenship