Contents

pp v-vi

Series Preface

pp vii-viii

List of Figures and Table

pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xii

Glossary

pp xiii-xvi

Notes on Contributors

pp xvii-xix

Foreword

pp xx-xxii

1 - Understanding Rurality and Gender-based Violence

pp 1-14

PART I - Rurality and Gender-based Violence

pp 15-16

2 - What is ‘Rural’, Anyway?

pp 17-29

3 - Gender Blindness for At-risk Girls in Rural Communities

pp 30-44

4 - ‘Raise Your Hand If …’: Teen Dating Violence Prevention in Rural Secondary Schools

pp 45-56

5 - College Students’ Perceptions of Interpersonal Violence

pp 57-74

PART II - Beyond the Rural/Urban Divide: Critical Issues in Gender-based Violence

pp 75-76

6 - ‘Trying to Avoid Coyotes’: The Nexus of Rurality, Violence and Inequality

pp 77-92

7 - Comparing Characteristics of Rural and Urban Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

pp 93-106

8 - Urban and Rural Media Reporting on Violence Against Transgender People

pp 107-123

9 - Religious Responses for Rural Sexual Assault Survivors

pp 124-142

PART III - Access to Rural Justice: Economic Consequences and Policy Implications

pp 143-144

10 - The Needs of Intimate Partner Violence Victims in Rural America

pp 145-167

11 - ‘Nowhere to Go’: Intimate Violence and Opioid Use in Rural Vermont

pp 168-182

12 - Rural Rape Crisis Centres and Extreme Financial Deprivation

pp 183-197

13 - Gender-based Violence Against New Immigrants

pp 198-211

14 - Understanding Gender-based Violence and Rurality: Conclusion and Future Implications

pp 212-216

Index

pp 217-220