Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-289) and index.

-- Introduction -- Situating research on vulnerable populations within the family violence field -- Materials and methods -- Violence against cohabiting women: present perspective and future prospective -- Differing dynamics: violence against women post-separation -- Violence in "the future traditional family": stepfamilies and violence against women -- Exploring the link between homeownership status and violence against women -- Violence against women in rural and urban settings: equal risk does not imply equal prevention -- Violence against aboriginal women: the role of colonization -- Violence against immigrant women: a reversal of fortunes -- Violence against women with disabilities: perpetrator characteristics are key -- Conclusion: assembling pieces of an intersectional puzzle -- Endnotes -- References -- Index.

"Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations investigates under-researched and underserved groups of women who are particularly vulnerable to violent victimization from an intimate male partner. In the past, there has been an understandable reluctance to address this issue to avoid stereotyping vulnerable groups of women. However, developments in the field, particularly intersectionality theory, which recognizes women's diversity in experiences of violence, suggest that the time has come to make the study of violence in vulnerable populations a new sub-field in the area. As the first book of its kind, Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations identifies where violence on vulnerable populations fits within the field, develops a method for studying vulnerable populations, and brings vital new knowledge to the field through the analysis of original data (from three large-scale representative surveys) on eight populations of women who are particularly vulnerable to violence."--BOOK JACKET.