Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

This article urges attorneys and advocates for survivors to consider using civil protection orders as a tool for accessing economic justice.

This review lists state laws and recent legislative proposals addressing housing-related issues faced by survivors of domestic and sexual assault, including prohibitions on housing discrimination, defenses to eviction, termination of leases, and penalties for seeking police assistance. Links from the document take the reader to actual text of the laws and legislative proposals. Advocates will find this state law and legislative review helpful for possible state-level housing-related legislative actions and ideas.

This instrument is a 15-minute survey that is a comprehensive and reliable measure of physician preparedness to manage IPV patients. It can also be used to measure the effectiveness of IPV educational programs.

The document highlights and synthesizes issues and concerns related to addressing VAW globally. Promising practices from different countries to address VAW in areas of law, service provision, and prevention are included. The document concludes with recommendations for action in seven key strategic areas.

Developed based on interviews with Deaf survivors of domestic violence, this power and control wheel highlights some of the dynamics of abuse when the abuser is a hearing individual.

This document discusses the intersection between DV and TBI, lists symptoms and recommendations for working with survivors with TBI, and offers a screening tool to aid in determining if survivors should be seen by a doctor for further evaluation.

In this interview, Julia Perilla presents a community psychologist’s perspective on the definition of domestic violence, describes the importance of understanding the cultural, historical and economic context in which domestic violence occurs, the many ways in which violence can be experienced, and how these forms of violence are linked.

This Q&A document explains the key housing provisions of VAWA 2005, including housing-related grant programs, amendments to public housing and section 8 regarding eviction defense, eligibility, and portability, HMIS changes, and new planning requirements.

This report explores the disproportionate vulnerability of women in disaster situations.

The central purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of several different approaches to predicting risk of future harm or lethality in domestic violence cases.

This document provides guidance on creating shelter environments that are safe and healthy for residents and staff.

This qualitative study report examines domestic violence in older women. The report presents older women's definition of domestic violence, their views about causes, reporting, interventions, and consequences for perpetrators, and barriers to help seeking.