1. Introduction to Response Based Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Violence; Margareta Hyden, David Gadd and Allan Wade PART I: UNDERSTANDING INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE FROM RESPONSE BASED PERSPECTIVES 2. Like Father, Like Son? Young Men's Responses to Domestic Violence Between Parents; David Gadd, Mary-Louise Corr, Claire Fox and Ian Butler 3. Responses to Interpersonal Violence around HIV/AIDS: A Narrative Approach; Corinne Squire 4. Rules and Representations: Social Networks' Responses to Men's Violence Against Women in South Africa; Taryn van Niekerk and Floretta Boonzaier 5. The Response Network; Margareta Hyden 6. Caught in-between: Grandparents Responding to Violence and Negotiating Family Roles and Responsibilities; Linn Sandberg PART II: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSES 7. The Best Interests of the Child or the Best Interests of the Family? How the Child Protection Services in Sweden Respond to Domestic Violence; Ann-Charlotte Munger 8. 'Having the Violence Leave: Women's Experiences of the Safe at Home Program'; Angela Hartwig 9. Displaying shame: Men's Violence Toward Women in a Culture of Gender Equality; Lucas Gottzen 10. 'We're in the 21st Century After All': Analysis of Social Responses in Individual Support and Institutional Reform; Linda Coates and Allan Wade 11. The Role of Response Based Practice in Activism; Cathy Richardson 12. The Difference a Response Based Approach Makes to the Study of Interpersonal Violence; David Gadd and Margareta Hyden.