Acknowledgements

We want to thank the many friends, colleagues, and mentors who contributed to this work on its long road to publication, including Carmela Murdocca, Stacy Douglas, Ummni Khan, Amanda Glasbeek, and Matt McManus. Thank you to the faculty members of York University’s department of socio-legal studies for their enthusiasm and support for the project.

A special thank you to James Williams and Beverly Orser. James provided us with mentorship and encouragement as we initially began the project. And Beverly played an important role in forming the original ideas for this book.

Thank you to the staff at Athabasca University Press and our editor, Pamela Holway, for her guidance and direction, as well as Megan Hall, Karyn Wisselink, and Derek Thornton, our cover designer. Thank you also to Scribe Inc. for copy-editing.

We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers of this manuscript who took the time to engage with our work and for their invaluable feedback and suggestions that undoubtedly helped strengthen this book.

Lastly, we are very grateful to the authors of the chapters in this collection for their patience and commitment throughout this long process and for their brilliant chapters that capture important conversations about the law’s role in reproducing various forms of violence.