The essays in this volume address and analyze affirmative action, sexual harassment, domestic violence, welfare reform, and the use of data to shed light on public policy issues. Among the topics addressed are: (1) the impact of affirmative action that focuses on the equality of results for women in particular, and for society as a whole; (2) an economic analysis of affirmative action; (3) domestic violence as a professional commitment; (4) controversy within family violence research; (5) the role of abusive mothers in family violence; (6) how children fare during welfare reform; (7) challenging State-sponsored barriers to interracial adoptions; (8) sexual equality in custody and child support; (9) social science and public policy; (10) understanding differences in the estimates of rape from self-report surveys; and (11) Clare Booth Luce and the spirit of the Women's Freedom Network. Notes, tables, figure, appendixes, index