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Congratulations to guest editors Lisa Young Larance and Shamita Das Dagupta, whose special issue, “Contemporary Issues Regarding Battered Women’s Use of Nonfatal Force in Their Intimate Heterosexual Relationships,” (v. 18, #9) was voted by VAW’s associate editors and editorial board as the Best Article of 2012. They will receive a plaque and share a cash prize of $100.
Congratulations as well to the following authors whose articles were also nominated for the award:
Mobilizing culture as an asset: A transdisciplinary effort to rethink gender violence
Adelman, Haldane, & Wies
June, pp. 691-700
Creating a more complete and current picture: Examining police and prosecutor decision-making when processing sexual assault cases
Alderden & Ullman
May, pp. 525-551
Self-defense among women with disabilities: An unexplored domain in domestic violence cases
Ballan & Burke Freyer
September, pp. 1083–1107
Once is not enough: Effective strategies for medical student education on intimate partner violence
Buranosky, Hess,McNeil, Aiken & Chang
October, pp. 1192-1212
Voices of resistance: Seeking shelter services in Pakistan
Critelli
April, pp. 437-458
Interpersonal victimization among a national sample of Latino women
Cuevas, Sabina, & Milloshi
March, pp. 377-403
“There’s so much at stake”: Sexual minority youth discuss dating violence
Gillum & DiFulvio
July, pp. 725-745
Sexual victimization and family violence among urban African American adolescent women: Do violence profiles predict partner violence victimization and sex trade exposure?
Kennedy, Bybee, Kulkarni, & Archer
November, pp. 1319-1338
An intergenerational women’s empowerment intervention to mitigate domestic violence: Results of a pilot study in Bengaluru, India.
Krishnan, Subbiah, Khanum, Chandra, & Padian
March, pp. 346-370
The “justice gap” for sexual assault cases: Future directions for research and reform
Lonsway & Archambault
February, pp. 145-168
Sincere thanks to SAGE Publications for its generous sponsorship of this annual award.