Introduction: The problem of policing marital violence -- Policing marital violence : an historical and analytical review -- Reconceptualising the problem of policing marital violence : police culture revisited -- Biography and method -- Reforming the policing of marital violence : missing the mark? -- The operational policing of marital violence : a view from the street -- Between the devil and the deep-blue sea : victims' experiences of policing in marital violence -- Conclusion: Rethinking the problem of policing marital violence.