VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 

SPECIAL ISSUE ON SELF DEFENSE AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT

Slated for Publication March 2014 (Vol 20, No. 3)

Table of Contents

Martha McCaughey & Jill Cermele:  Guest Editors’ Introduction

Research Articles

Jocelyn A. Hollander:  Does Self-Defense Training Prevent Violence Against Women?

Jongyeon Tark & Gary Kleck:  Resisting Rape: The Effects of Victim Self-Protection on Rape Completion and Injury

Gianine D. Rosenblum & Lynn S. Taska:  Self-Defense Training as Clinical Intervention for Trauma Survivors

Lisa Speidel:  Exploring The Intersection of Racial and Gender Identity through Self-Defense Training

Leanne R. Brecklin & Rena K. Middendorf:  The Group Dynamics of Women’s Self-Defense Training

Perspectives

Sarah E. Ullman:  Reflections on Researching Rape Resistance

Martha E. Thompson:  Empowering Self-Defense Training

Deborah White & Gethin Rees:  Self-Defense or Undermining the Self?  Exploring the Possibilities and Limitations of a Novel Anti-Rape Technology

Jennifer D. Carlson:  From Gun Politics to Self-defense Politics: A Feminist Critique of the Great Gun Debate