Protest, Policy, and the Problem of Violence Against Women: A Cross-National Comparison. By S. Laurel Weldon. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. 288p. $45.00 cloth, $19.95 paper

In recent decades, women's movements have been mobilized in various situations to motivate international governments and central government to respond to violence against women. Despite the scope of such activities in the public domain, there are relatively few academic analyzes of cross-border differences in government response to violence against women. Laurel Weldon's research is an important response to policy research and academic gaps in women and politics

Recent gang event in Pittsburgh. Tita and his colleagues closed the field study of Pittsburgh in 1995. This section summarizes the response of the Pittsburgh Police Station against NYGS since 1996. Since 1996, due to the prosecution of the local street gang by the famous federal fraud and corruption prevention group law, this has had a major impact on all Pittsburgh gangs, "gang and gang violence" almost disappeared from the city of Pittsburgh . 281 pages) From 1996 to 1999, the number of gangs reported by the Pittsburgh Police Department decreased by 77% from 86 to 20 people.

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the fighting and support of the community against contraceptive clinics in the Homewood area in eastern Pittsburgh has brought nationwide news. Pittsburgh women lobbied for the contraceptive clinic in the 1920's and established a contraception hospital in the American Contraception Association (ABCL) in 1931. ABCL was renamed Planned Custody in 1942. In 1956 the Pittsburgh Clinic launched an educational support program for poor families in the hilly territory. This program partnered with the poor Homewood-Brushton area in 1958. Family planning organizations are considering establishing another clinic there and opening meetings with regional leaders. In 1963, the mobile clinic moved to this area. In December 1965, the Pittsburgh Family Project Clinic (PPCP) applied for federal funds under Johnson's Poverty Alleviation War Law. In mid-1966 the Pennsylvania Legislature held a family planning fund at the committee.