In this comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing gender violence, Dr. Jenn Freitag offers actionable strategies for accountability, justice, and safety to end gender violence in collaborative and sustainable ways. This book is essential reading for activists, scholars, students, and anyone interested in gender justice.

Maureen Ebbens, University of Southern Maine

Jenn Freitag's book is a gift to scholars, teachers, students, advocates, and practitioners interested in gender violence, the language we use to talk about it, and our collective efforts to end it. Freitag consistently makes complex issues clear and accessible in this practical, theoretically grounded, comprehensive treatment of the topic. Freitag analyzes and critiques the system of gender without neglecting the reality that gender performances can be otherwise-beautiful and life giving.

Leland G. Spencer, University of South Carolina

Understanding Gender Violence: A Comprehensive Approach is grounded in the most current scholarship on the prevalence of gender violence across a range of sociocultural contexts and geopolitical locations. Freitag provides a panoramic perspective on the systemic and interpersonal dynamics of gender violence toward building sustainable, collaborative interventions and prevention.

Danielle Stern, Christopher Newport University

Essential reading for gender violence prevention. Grounded in advocacy and academic experience, Understanding Gender Violence offers a new framework for intersectional understanding and action. Freitag integrates multifaceted causes and effects of a culture of gender violence with poignance and practicality, offering wisdom and hope for a less violent tomorrow.

Shauna M. MacDonald, Cape Breton University

This book delivers what it promises, i.e. a comprehensive approach to the subject of gender-based violence. It will greatly benefit anyone interested in this topic: faculty and students, individuals who provide victim-response and support, facilitators and activists engaged in prevention, individuals responsible for policy-making, and finally, anyone who cares about and wants to learn about the issue. The author's comments and the context provided at the beginning and end of each chapter are insightful and helpful in framing the issues discussed. Complex problems require that we understand their complexity, and Jenn Freitag does a fantastic job of doing just this.

Alan Berkowitz, Independent Researcher and Scholar

In Understanding Gender Violence, Freitag offers a rare mix of thorough research and genuine compassion, inviting readers into complex issues with clarity and purpose. This isn't just a resource; it's a guide for those who want to make meaningful, informed change.

Danielle McGeough, University of Northern Iowa