Gender Violence in Australia: Historical Perspectives edited by Alana Piper and Ana Stevenson

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Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Remnants of date due slip on inside page. Wear to book corners and edges. Book is clean and binding intact.

In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis. Despite widespread social and economic advances in the status of women since the 1970s, including growing awareness and action around gender violence, its prevalence remains alarming.

A third of all women in Australia have been assaulted physically; a fifth have been assaulted sexually. Intimate partner violence is significantly more prevalent in Australia than in Western Europe or North America. An intimate partner murders one woman each week, and recent research suggests that nearly forty per cent of all women who suicide have a history of domestic or family violence. Domestic violence is a precipitating factor in a third of all homelessness.

The resulting strain on government services and lost productivity means that family violence has been estimated to cost the Australian economy around $13.6 billion a year.

The histories presented in this collection indicate exactly where these violent behaviours come from and how they have been rationalised over time, offering an important resource for addressing what amounts to a widespread, persistent, and urgent social problem. (back cover)