JaneMaree Maher is Professor of Sociology in the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research and Associate Dean of Graduate Research in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University. Her research addresses gendered violence and family structures with a focus on women’s caring and employment. Her recent book publications include "Toward a Global Femicide Index: Counting the Costs, First Edition (with Walklate, S.,  Fitz-Gibbon,  K.,  McCulloch,  J.  London:  Routledge)  and  Policing Hate Crime: Understanding Communities and Prejudice (with Mason, G, McCulloch, J, Pickering, S, & Wickes, R, McKay, C. Routledge: London).