Policy Press

Geographies of Gender-Based Violence

A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

Edited by Hannah Bows and Bianca Fileborn

Published

Sep 30, 2022

Page count

288 pages

ISBN

978-1529214505

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Sep 30, 2022

Page count

288 pages

ISBN

978-1529214499

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Sep 30, 2022

Page count

288 pages

ISBN

978-1529214512

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Sep 30, 2022

Page count

288 pages

ISBN

978-1529214512

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Geographies of Gender-Based Violence

What role does physical and virtual space play in gender-based violence (GBV)? Experts from the Global North and South use wide-ranging case studies - from public harassment in India and Kenya to harassment on Twitter - to examine how spaces can facilitate or prevent GBV and showcase strategies for prevention and intervention.

Students and academics from a range of disciplines will discover how existing research connects with practice and policy developments, the current gaps in research and a future agenda for GBV studies.

Hannah Bows is Associate Professor in Criminal Law at Durham University.

Bianca Fileborn is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Melbourne.

Introduction - Hannah Bows and Bianca Fileborn

Part 1: Gender-Based Violence in Urban and Community Spaces

1. Gender-Based Violence and Urban Spaces: From Security to Self-Determination – Insights from the Italian Debate - Giada Bonu, Chiara Belingardi, Federica Castelli and Serena Olcuire

2. ‘Everywhere’ or ‘Over There’? Managing and Spatializing the Perceived Risks of Gender-Based Violence on a Girls’ Night Out - Emily Nicholls

3. Internal Homelessness and Hiraeth: Boys’ Spatial Journeys Between Childhood Domestic Abuse and On-Road - Jade Levell

4. Using Community Asset Mapping to Understand Neighbourhood-Level Variation in the Predictors of Domestic Abuse - Ruth Weir

Part 2: Gender-Based Violence in ‘Local-Level’ and Transitionary Spaces, from Public Transport to Rural and Digital Spaces

5. Sexual Violence on Public Transport: Applying the Whole-Journey Approach to Assess Women Students’ Victimization in Paris and the Île-de-France Region - Hugo d’Arbois de Jubainville

6. Woman Abuse in Rural Places: Towards a Spatial Understanding - Walter DeKeseredy

7. Algorithmic Bias in Digital Space: Twitter’s Complicity in Gender-Based Violence - Cat Morgan and Sarah Hewitt

Part 3: Transnational and Political Spaces

8. Not the Wild West: Femonationalism, Gendered Security Regimes and Brexit - Alexandra Fanghanel

9. Transnational Regimes of Family Violence: When Violence Against Women Crosses Borders - Anja Bredal

10. Between NGO-ization and Militarization: Women’s Rights in Fragile Geographies of Niger - Kristine Anderson

Part 4: Institutional Spaces

11. Neither Seen Nor Heard: State-Sanctioned Violence Against Women Prisoners in ‘Australia’ - Debbie Kilroy, Tabitha Lean and Suzi Quixley

12. ‘There Is Always a Reason for the Beatings’: Interrogating the Reproduction of Gender-Based Violence Within Private and Public Spaces - Haje Keli

Part 5: Space, Place and ‘Justice’

13. Adaptations to Sexual Violence: Reduced Access to Opportunity Structures by Women Victimized by Sexual Abuse and Harassment - Suzanne Goodney Lea, Elsa D’Silva and Jane Anyango

14. ‘It’s Not Your Fault’: Place, Promises to the Future and Honouring the Memory of Eurydice Dixon - Claire Loughnan

15. Resisting Violence Through the Arts: Theatre and Poetry as Spaces for Speaking Out and Seeking Change - Amelia Walker and Corinna Di Niro