Gendered Violence in Families New Directions

Raquel Kennedy Bergen is Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph's University. She is the author/co-author of numerous scholarly publications and nine books on violence against women, including Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers and Issues in Intimate Violence. She is the faculty moderator for the Rape Education Prevention Program at Saint Joseph's. Claire M. Renzetti is the Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women and Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky. She is editor of the journal Violence Against Women, co-editor of the Interpersonal Violence book series, editor of the Gender & Justice book series, and editor of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence.