Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

This Legal Resource Kit is designed to give an overview of the protections provided by the laws of different states so that survivors can make informed decisions about how to deal with domestic violence issues in the context of custody disputes.

This bulletin argues that dental professionals need to be trained in intervention skills and strategies for domestic violence prevention.

This issue profiles the community organizing and community-based organization (CBO) capacity building approach of the Community Empowerment Program (CEP) of CONNECT, Inc. of New York City.

This article describes several tactics employed by abusers to track victims using technology. 'Technology may be ushering in a golden age of stalking, in which predators use GPS, cellphones and other devices to track and terrorize.'

This study assesses the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on labor force participation of welfare recipients and examines whether change in economic status affects violence levels.

This report highlights some of the barriers to employment that many domestic violence survivors experience, service needs, and outcomes.

This document discusses best practices in prevention, provides an overview of different program modalities and formats, and reviews program philosophies that can be used in working with men to prevent violence against women.

This document presents an overview of gender-based violence in Latin America and examines good practice interventions to prevent such violence in four sectors: justice, health, education, and multi-sectoral approaches.

This report looks at women's economic status across several indicators: women's earnings, gender wage ratio, % of women in managerial/professional occupations, women's business ownership, and poverty. State profiles are available.

In this keynote, Ellen Tallaferro suggests that women who experience violence are likely to visit health care providers more frequently for physical and mental health problems and highlights the important role of health care providers in responding to intimate partner violence by identifying, documenting, making provision for safety, referral, and assurance to women who have been abused.

The report describes and recommends practices including collaboration, training, and screening/referral.