Like many women, I have my own stories of sexual violence. Below is a lightly edited excerpt from my book, And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence, that tells one such story, which I am Continue reading Why don’t women report? (Part two: a personal story)→

The recent sexual assault trial of five former Team Canada hockey players should put this question to rest forever. Anyone who has followed this trial and still wonders why fewer than 10% of sexual assault survivors report their assaults to Continue reading Why don’t women report? (Part one)→

Those of us working in the field of gender-based violence have long seen the problems in the criminal law response to both intimate partner and sexual violence. Even those less intimately involved in this work saw firsthand the challenges in Continue reading Transforming law into justice: Part three of three→

When, 30 or so years ago, I first heard about restorative justice as a possible way to deal with intimate partner violence, I was dubious. Like many of my colleagues, I was fighting for a more vigorous response by the Continue reading Transforming law into justice: Part two of three→