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This article examines the relationship between collegiate athletic participation and reported violence against women at Division I institutions. The research is based on the records of 10 judicial affairs offices over a 3-year period from 1991 through 1993. The findings indicate an over-representation of male student-athletes in reports of violence against women (battering and sexual assault). In total, 20 cases of battering and 69 cases of sexual assault are examined. The findings are statistically significant (from p ≤ .05).

This chapter reviews the evaluation research on restorative justice (RJ) in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV). The chapter examines evidence regarding how well RJ ensures the safety and immediate needs of IPV survivors, the extent to which survivors feel a sense of justice as a result of these practices, the ability of RJ practices to hold offenders accountable and to prevent further offending. The chapter describes the three most common forms of RJ and discusses evaluations of these practices, subsequently reviewing the research literature focusing specifically on RJ and IPV. The chapter also discusses some recent developments in RJ and other alternative approaches to crimes of sexual assault and severe violence.

While intimate violence against women occurs in all social classes, few studies have examined this abuse in the context of both class privilege and class disadvantage. This research investigates the experiences of women from all social classes who were abused by intimate male partners. One key issue in this study concerns masculinities. Drawing from in-depth interviews with 60 women, what kinds of masculinity do abusive men present in public? How do these public masculinities contrast with the masculinities they embody in private? What are abusive men’s attitudes toward women in general? And finally, what similarities and differences do women report across social classes? Women reported that the different faces of masculinity men displayed helped to conceal the abuse and caused them to feel trapped in abusive relationships. This is interpreted in the context of masculinities and social class.

In this concluding chapter, the commonalities and differences among the books’ contributors are discussed. In particular, the various meanings given to “justice” and “restoration” by the authors are considered. If justice is seen as, in part, an experience, the question is raised as to where, in the practices described in the book, justice is thought to happen. The chapter ends with recommendations concerning new justice practices that address violence against women, with an emphasis on screening for abuse, advocate-researcher collaborations, and evaluation research.