The editors point out that great strides have been made over the past 25 years in clarifying and expanding knowledge about violence in intimate relationships and that services for both victims and abusers have grown significantly since the 1970's. The field of domestic violence has also been characterized by recurrent issues that have been the subject of considerable debate. Such issues include the role of psychopathology in battering, the possibility that domestic violence may have at least partially a biological basis, female violence toward intimate partners, and gay and lesbian violence. Journal articles consider gay and bisexual male domestic violence victimization, feminist theory, whether violent couples are mutually victimized, the counseling of heterosexual women arrested for domestic violence, lesbian battering, head-injured males, and patriarchy and wife assault. Additional commentaries focus on the development of a more inclusive and integrated approach to intimate violence and theories about domestic violence. References, notes, and tables