New Research on Protection Orders and Intimate Partner Violence, American Journal of Public Health, April 2004.

The conclusions of the research were drawn from an 18-month study  in the state of Texas of 150 women who qualified for a two-year protection order against an intimate partner.  The study demonstrates that "[a]bused women who apply and qualify for a 2-year protection order, irrespective of whether or not they are granted the order, report significantly lower levels of violence during the subsequent 18 months." 

For more information about orders for protection, please see the full text of this article that may be purchased here and the section of this website entitled Domestic Violence Explore the Issue: Orders for Protection.

Intergenerational Transmission of Partner Violence: A 20-Year Prospective Study, Miriam K. Ehrensaft et al., in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 71, no. 4, 741-753 (2003). (PDF, 13 pages).
Study followed 543 children over twenty years and found that exposure to domestic violence was a strong predictor of perpetrating partner violence and also conferred the highest risk of receiving intimate partner violence.

Battered Wives Often Recant or Assume Blame, Lakshmy Parameswaran, in Womens eNews (30 July 2003).

2002 Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Cultural Practices in the Family that Are Violence Towards Women (E/CN.4/2002/83), 31 January 2002. [Available in PDF and Word, 39 pages].
The Special Rapporteur's 2002 report documents cultural practices within the family (i.e., wife burning, honor killings, foot binding, son preference) that constitute violence against women, as well as the ideologies that perpetuate and render invisible these cultural practices. Many of these ideologies—such as the connection between masculinity and violence and the regulation of female sexuality—are also those that perpetuate domestic violence. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that states "should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligation to eradicate violence against women and the girl child in the family."

The addendum to the 2002 Report of the Special Rapporteur (E/CN.4/2002/83/Add.1), 28 January 2002, contains country information on Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, and Uzbekistan. (Available in PDF and Word, 41 pages).

Taking Stock: What do we know about interpersonal violence?, Violence Research Programme, 2002. (PDF, 56 pages).
Comprehensive report covering the history, prevalence, scope and laws concerning interpersonal violence, including domestic violence (pages 20-21), in the United Kingdom.

"Using it" or "losing it": Men's constructions of their violence towards female partners,Kerrie James et al., Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse (2002). (PDF, 20 pages).
Discusses a study examining the "meanings men give to their violence towards women." The findings indicate, among other things, a need "to challenge denials of violence and deflections of responsibility" and "to address attachment issues in intimate relationships." The study also found that a large number of the men in the study had been abused or had witnessed domestic violence. The study concludes that "[t]his family environment, combined with exposure to the worst excesses of masculine culture seems to have contributed to their use of violence now. Addressing the issue of bullying and other oppressive aspects of male cultures should be seen as a matter of priority."

Towards an Understanding of Women's Use of Non-Lethal Violence in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships, Shamita Das Dasgupta, 2001.

Effective Interventions in Domestic Violence Cases: Context is Everything, Loretta Frederick & Julie Tilley (May 2001).
Emphasizes the importance of understanding the context in which domestic violence occurs in ensuring that criminal justice interventions effectively hold batterers accountable and protect victims and examines specific contexts and the response that is called for in those contexts.

Theory-Driven Explanations of Male Violence Against Female Partners: Literature Update and Related Implications for Treatment and Evaluation, Alison Cunningham et al., 1998. (PDF, 81 pages).
Analyzes theories of violence, their origin and foundations, advantages and limitations of each, and the implications of these theories for treatment and prevention strategies.

Safety for Battered Women in a Textually Mediated Legal System, Chapters 1-4 and Chapters 5-10, Ellen L. Pence, University of Toronto (1997).
Evaluates the extent to which women's safety is "built into" the criminal justice system in Duluth, Minnesota, concludes that women's safety is compromised because criminal justice responses are embedded in a system that is "hierarchical, incident focused, bureaucratically fragmented, and based in an adversarial process of resolving cases," and proposes interagency safety audits as a legal reform strategy.

1996 Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Further Promotion and Encouragement of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (E/CN.4/1996/53), 6 February 1996.
The Special Rapporteur discusses the problem of violence against women in the family, examines this violence as a violation of international human rights law, analyzes reports on state compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, discusses national and model legislation on domestic violence, and offers recommendations on ways to combat and remedy the consequences of violence within the family.

Violence Against Women: An Obstacle to Peace.
This report discusses the Beijing Conference, recent research on male violence, the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Domestic Violence in Latin American and the Caribbean, and the Expert Group Meeting, "Male Roles and Masculinities in the Perspective of a Culture of Peace, organized by UNESCO.

Newsflash, Family Violence Prevention Fund.
Reports results of recent study that indicate that women who were physically or sexually abused as children may be more likely to be abused as adults.

Newsflash, Family Violence Prevention Fund.
Describes results of a study that indicates that many batterers become more controlled and calm as their aggression increases.

Defining Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, and Battering, Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, National Training Project. Provides definitions of terms such as assault, battering, reactive assault, and mutual assault.
Discusses the difference between domestic violence, which involves a pattern of behaviors, and other forms of violence that might occur between intimate partners, such as a single assault or repeat assault that is not accompanied by coercive or controlling behaviors.

When Women Use Force: An Advocacy Guide to Understanding This Issue and Conducting an Assessment with Individuals Who Have Used Force to Determine Their Eligibility for Services from a Domestic Violence Agency, Erin H. House. (PDF, 11 pages).

An in-depth discussion of theories of domestic violence is available through Explore the Issue.

The following articles discuss the importance of economic self-sufficiency for battered women. One of the most common reasons women decide to return to a batterer is their inability to financially support themselves and their children. Economic independence is thus a significant predictor of a woman's ability to protect herself from abuse. These articles describe strategies that may help support women in their efforts to become economically self-sufficient. Additional discussion of the connections between economic transformations, changing gender roles and domestic violence is provided in Explore the Issue.

Innovative Strategies to Provide Housing for Battered Women, Amy Correia, 1999.

Voices of Survival: The Economic Impacts of Domestic Violence: A Blueprint for Action, Economic Stability Working Group of the Transition Subcommittee of the Governor's Commission on Domestic Violence (October 2002).
Describes the findings and recommendations of Massachusetts's Economic Stability Working Group on the economic impacts of domestic abuse.

Integrating Anti-Poverty Work into Domestic Violence Advocacy: Iowa's Experience, Amy Correia & Katie M. Ciorba VonDeLinde. (PDF, 12 pages).
Describes the steps that a domestic violence advocacy group in Iowa took "to build its members' capacity to respond to the economic needs of battered women" in the wake of legislative changes that significantly reduced women's eligibility for public assistance.

Expanding Solutions for Domestic Violence and Poverty: What Battered Women with Abused Children Need from Their Advocates, Susan Schechter.

Although alcohol does not cause domestic violence, violence and substance abuse are related in a number of ways, a number of which are described in the report below and in Explore the Issue.

Addendum 1 to the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women's 2003 Report, International, regional and national developments in the area of violence against women 1994-2003 (E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.1) (27 February 2003). (Available in PDF and Word, 434 pages).
Discusses developments in the Asia/Pacific region (including the countries of the former Soviet Union) at pages 165-222 and in the Eastern European region at pages 335-388. Best practices in the field of violence against women are discussed at pages 392-397.

First World Report on Violence and Health, World Health Organization, 2002. (PDF, 372 pages; 54-page summary in PDF, press releases and fact sheets available).
Chapter 4 of the First World Report on Violence and Health provides an overview of the scope of intimate partner violence throughout the world (pages 90-91, table 1.4).

European Health Report, World Health Organization, Regional Committee for Europe (EUR/RC51/Conf.Doc./4), 31 (19 July 2001).

Women 2000: An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 9 November 2000. (PDF).
These collected individual reports on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States often include statistics on the prevalence of intimate partner violence. Sections of this report are available online by country. To retrieve the section that addresses women's rights in a particular country, highlight the name of that country in the "Countries" pull-down menu, highlight "Women's Rights" in the "Topics" pull-down menu, and enter "2000" in the field for date of publication.

Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls, UNICEF, Innocenti Digest, vol. 6, 2000. (PDF, 30 pages).
Statistics on intimate partner violence worldwide and in a number of different individual countries are discussed at pages 4-6.

Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Department of Justice, 2000. (PDF, 62 pages).
Describes the prevalence of domestic violence in the United States.

Ending Violence Against Women, Population Reports, Vol. 7, No. 4, December 1999.
Statistics on intimate partner violence throughout the world are discussed in Magnitude of the Problem and in attached statistical tables.

Domestic Violence: Findings from a new British Crime Survey self-completion questionnaire, Catriona Mirrlees-Black, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate (1999). (PDF, 135 pages).
Discusses the nature and extent of domestic violence in the Britain, the consequences described by victims, victim perceptions of their experiences, and the types of assistance sought after assaults.

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data Collection Systems in the States, Dr. Stan Orchowsky & Dr. Candace Johnson, Submitted to National Institute of Justice, (September 1999).
Describes the results of a study of domestic and sexual violence incident data collection systems within the United States.

Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health in Central and Eastern Europe, Astra Network.
Discusses the links between violence against women and women's health and reproductive rights.

Women's Victimisation in Developing Countries, Anna Alvazzi del Frate & Angela Patrignani, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Issues & Reports No. 5.
Contains statistics on the prevalence and scope of violence against women around the world.

Creating an Effective Stalking Protocol, National Center for Victims of Crime (April 2002). (PDF, 118 pages).
Describes the experiences of one U.S. jurisdiction in implementing the community-oriented Model Stalking Protocol developed by the National Center for Victims of Crime.

A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2005  (146 pages)

Strengthening Antistalking Statutes, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, in OVC Bulletin (January 2002).

Stalking Laws and Implementation Practices: A National Review for Policymakers and Practitioners, Neal Miller & Hugh Nugent, Institute for Law and Justice (January 2002).

Stalking and Domestic Violence: Report to Congress under the Violence Against Women Act, Office of Justice Programs, 2001. 

Stalking, The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong Report, October 2000. [Summary, 12 pages, PDF format].

Is Stalking Legislation Effective in Protecting Victims?, Dr. Inez Dussuyer, [Australian] Department of Justice (December 2000). (PDF, 133 pages).

Is This Stalking? A Comparison Between Legal and Community Definitions of Stalking, Susan Dennison & Don Thomson, Charles Sturt University (December 2000). (PDF, 15 pages).

Stalking, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence: What's in a Name?, Marg D'arcy, CASA House (December 2000). (PDF, 7 pages).
Examines "whether the introduction of the crime of stalking" in Australia and the ability to apply for a restraining order regardless of the relationship with the stalker "has hidden the reality of women's experiences of violence." Explores the gendered nature of stalking and seeks to place stalking behaviors "firmly in the context of part of the continuum of violence perpetrated by men against women.

Stalking: Criminal Justice Responses in Australia, Dr. Emma Ogilvie, Criminal Research Council/Australian Institute of Criminology (December 2000). (PDF, 13 pages).

Stalking: Ramifications and Preventative Strategies for Professionals, Alexina Baldini & Jane, Mental Health Services (December 2000). (PDF, 17 pages).
Describes one woman's experience with stalking, the effects the stalking had on her, her family and her colleagues, and recommends reforms in the legal system's response to stalking.

The Incidence and Nature of Stalking Victimisation, Rosemary Purcell et al., Monash University (December 2000). (PDF, 6 pages).
Describes the results of an Australian study on stalking that concluded, among other things, that majority of victims were females and were stalked by someone known to them.

The Internet and Cyberstalking, Dr. Emma Ogilvie, Criminology Research Council, Australian Institute of Criminology (December 2000). (PDF, 7 pages).

1999 Report on Cyberstalking: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry, Department of Justice (August 1999).

Stalking in America: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, National Institute of Justice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 1998. [PDF, 20 pages].
Describes stalking in general as it pertains to sexual violence and women from the findings of the National Violence against survey conducted in November 1995 through May 1996.

Stalking: Findings from the 1998 British Crime Survey, Tracey Budd & Joanna Mattinson, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate.

Stalking and Domestic Violence, Office of Justice Programs, 1998.
Chapter 2 of the report discusses the definition of stalking, the prevalence of stalking in the United States, the proportion of stalking that is perpetrated by male former intimate partners, the consequences of stalking, measures that can be taken to protect victims, and the relationship between stalking and other forms of violence.

The Efficacy of the California Stalking Law: Surveying Its Evolution, Extracting Insights from Domestic Violence Cases, Tatia Jordan, 1995. (PDF, 23 pages).
Offers a summary of common stalking behaviors, an overview of the genesis of California's stalking law, and a collection of recommendations concerning anti-stalking legislation.

Look Who'stalking: Seeking a Solution to the Problem of Stalking, Michael J. Allen, 1996.
Provides an overview of stalking legislation in the United Kingdom.

Domestic Violence & Stalking: A Comment on the Model Anti-Stalking Code Proposed by the National Institute of Justice, Nancy K.D. Lemon (1994).

First World Report on Violence and Health, World Health Organization, 2002. (PDF, 372 pages; 54-page summary in PDF, press releases and fact sheets available).
Chapter 4 of the First World Report on Violence and Health (pages 87- 121) discusses the scope, dynamics, and health and economic consequences of intimate partner violence, responses to domestic violence (including support for victims, legal remedies, treatment for batterers, health service interventions, and coordinated community responses), and specific recommendations for responding to domestic violence (pages 111-113). The Report concludes with general recommendations for responses to violence at local, national and international levels (pages 241-254).

Reducing Intimate Partner Abuse: A Look at National, State, and Local Strategies for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Barbara Johnson, 2002.
Discusses some of the primary and secondary health effects of domestic violence.

WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence: Progress Report, World Health Organization (May 2001).

Problems Associated with Children's Witnessing of Domestic Violence, Jeff Edleson, 1999. (PDF, 8 pages).

In Harm's Way: Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment.

The Future of Children, Winter 1999. (PDF, 144 pages).
Journal issue dedicated entirely to articles on child exposure to domestic violence. Topics include strategies for addressing the harm to children from domestic violence, effects of domestic violence on children, children and the legal system, and overviews of intervention and service programs throughout the United States.

The Impact of Violence Against Women on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Dr. Rachel Jewkes, Medical Research Council, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Durban, South Africa (11 November 1999).

State of the World Population 1997: The Right to Choose: Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health, United Nations Population Fund (1997).

Child Witness to Domestic Violence, Kathryn Conroy, 1994.

Chapter 3: Sexual and Reproductive Self-Determination discusses violence against women and women's reproductive health.

Violence Against Girls and Women: A Public Health Priority, United Nations Population Fund.

Just Die Quietly: Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda, Human Rights Watch, vol. 15, no. 15(A) (August 2003).

HIV-Positive Women Report More Lifetime Partner Violence: Findings From a Voluntary Counseling and Testing Clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Suzanne Maman et al., in American Journal of Public Health, vol. 92, no. 8, 1331 (August 2002).

First World Report on Violence and Health, World Health Organization (2002).
Chapter 4: Violence by Intimate Partners discusses the connections between HIV/AIDS, intimate partner violence and marital rape. (PDF, 36 pages).

HIV and Partner Violence: Implications for HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing, Horizons (August 2001).

Turning the Tide: CEDAW and the Gender Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, United Nations Development Fund for Women (2001). (PDF, 33 pages)
Chapter 3 discusses gender-based violence and sexual exploitation.

Fact Sheet: Gender and HIV/AIDS, UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS (25-27 June 2001).

Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS: Setting the Research Agenda—Meeting Report, World Health Organization (23-25 October 2000). (PDF, 33 pages).

Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives—East Central Europe, Center for Reproductive Rights (2000).

Gender and HIV/AIDS: Taking Stock of research and programmes, UNAIDS (UNAIDS/99.16E) (March 1999). (PDF, 44 pages)

Women with HIV/AIDS Speak Out on Domestic Violence, in Womencare News (December 1996). (PDF, 10 pages).
Discusses the intersection of domestic violence and HIV/AIDS, and emphasizes that HIV prevention and AIDS service programs must collaborate with battered women's advocates to "address the dual epidemic of HIV and domestic violence."

Empower Women, Halt HIV/AIDS, UNIFEM.

Factors Affecting Women's Health in Eastern and Central Europe with particular emphasis on Infectious Disease, Mental, Environmental, and Reproductive Health, Wanda Nowicka, Federation for Women and Family Planning.

The PVS Disaster: Poverty, Violence and Substance Abuse in the Lives of Women and Children, Women's Law Project (September 2002). (PDF, 238 pages).

Testimony of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund on the Impact of Domestic and Sexual Violence in the Workplace, submitted to the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Hearing on “Violence Against Women in the Workplace: The Extent of the Problem and What Government and Businesses are Doing About it” (25 July 2002). (PDF, 15 pages).

The Government Response to Domestic Violence Against Immigrant and Refugee Women in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area: A Human Rights Report, The Advocates for Human Rights, 10 December 2004. (PDF, 157 pages).
This report highlights many of the innovative programs and legislative initiatives that advance the safety of battered refugee and immigrant women in Minneapolis/St. Paul community and the prosecution of their abusers. The report finds that battered refugee and immigrant women in the Twin Cities area nevertheless face serious obstacles in accessing protection from domestic violence and government services, and in pursuing accountability for their abusers.

A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2005  (146 pages)

A Practical Guide to Evaluating Domestic Violence Coordinating Councils, Nicole E. Allen & Leslie A. Hagen, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2003). (PDF, 112 pages). 

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Multi-Agency Fora, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 4 pages).
Provides recommendations for increasing the success of multi-agency coordinated responses in the United Kingdom.

Evaluating Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence, Melanie Shepard, April 1999.

Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence in Six Communities: Beyond the Justice System, Sandra J. Clark et al., 1996.

A Coordinated Approach to Reducing Family Violence: Conference Highlights, National Institute of Justice, 1995. (PDF, 48 pages).

New Challenges for the Battered Women's Movement: Building Collaborations and Improving Public Policy for Poor Women, Susan Schechter, January 1999.

Domestic Violence Matters: an evaluation of a development project, Liz Kelly et al., Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate (1999). (PDF, 142 pages).
Evaluates a pilot project that was designed to improve law enforcement response to domestic violence, create a civilian crisis intervention system, and develop links between agencies in order to promote a consistent and coordinated interventions. A summary of the key findings from the evaluation of the Domestic Violence Matters project is available in: Domestic Violence Matters: An Evaluation of a Development Project, Liz Kelly, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, in Research Findings, no. 91 (1999). (PDF, 4 pages).

Developing Policies and Protocols, Ellen Pence & Coral McDonnell, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, in Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence: Lessons from Duluth and Beyond (1999).
Discusses Duluth's efforts to reform the way in which the legal system responded to the needs and concerns of battered women through the use of policies and protocols, and examines some of the assumptions underlying Duluth's reform efforts.

A Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence, Ellen Pence & Martha McMahon, The National Training Project, Duluth, Minnesota. (PDF, 20 pages).
Provides an excellent overview of the history, structure and victim-safety focus of the Duluth model of a coordinated community response.

Advocacy in a Coordinated Community Response: Overview and Highlights of Three Programs, Rose Thelen, Gender Violence Institute. (PDF, 17 pages).
Discusses systems advocacy and advocacy on behalf of battered women within a coordinated community response and examines three coordinated community response models: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project in Duluth, Minnesota; Domestic Violence Project, Inc./SAFE House in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Domestic Violence Emergency Response Teams for Zero Tolerance (DVERT/ZT) in Santa Barbara, California.

Community-Based Intervention: Overview, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, and Domestic Abuse Intervention Project: An Overview, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project. Summarize the work of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP) and DAIP's experience with the Duluth model of a coordinated community response in Duluth, Minnesota.

Program Evaluation Activities at the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

Developing Community Responses to Domestic Violence, Technical Assistance/Resource Center of The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The Impact of Violence in the Lives of Working Women: Creating Solutions—Creating Change, NOW Legal Defense Fund. (PDF, 17 pages).
Discusses the ways in which domestic violence "can have dramatic and far-reaching effects on business" and recommends ways in which employers can assist women employees who are affected by domestic violence.

Domestic Violence: Break the Chain—Multi-Agency Guidance for Addressing Domestic Violence, Home Office. (PDF, 38 pages).
Discusses issues that criminal justice agencies in the United Kingdom should consider in creating an effective coordinated response to domestic violence and provides examples of coordinated responses in the United Kingdom.

National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings, Family Violence Prevention Fund (September 2002). (PDF, 79 pages).
Discusses the prevalence and health impact of domestic violence and presents "recommendations on how screening for domestic violence victimization, and assessment, documentation, intervention and referrals should occur in multiple settings, and in various disciplines." Emphasizes the importance of culturally-appropriate responses and provides goals that can be used to monitor the effect of response protocols.

Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health, Betsy Mcalister Groves et al., Family Violence Prevention Fund (September 2002). (PDF, 88 pages).
Discusses the effect of domestic violence on children and provides "specific recommendations for screening and responding to domestic violence in child health care settings."

A Practical Approach to Gender-Based Violence: A Programme Guide for Health Care Providers and Managers, United Nations Population Fund (2001). (PDF, 74 pages).

Documenting Domestic Violence: How Health Care Providers Can Help Victims, Nancy E. Isaac & V. Pualani Enos, National Institute of Justice, September 2001, available in PDF (6 pages) and text formats.

Rural Health Response to Domestic Violence: Policy and Practice Issues: Emerging Public Policy Issues and Best Practices, Rhonda M. Johnson (2000).

Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Healthcare Professionals, Department of Health, March 2000. (Available in PDF, 87 pages).
Provides information, recommendations and strategies designed to help healthcare workers in the United Kingdom respond effectively to domestic violence.

Coding and Documentation of Domestic Violence, William J. Rudman, 2000.

Domestic Violence, Elaine J. Alpert & Cheryl L. Albright, Hippocrates, vol. 14, 2000.

A Health Response: Working in a Wider Partnership, Department of Health, March 2000. (PDF, 62 pages).
Documentation of a conference on healthcare and domestic violence in the United Kingdom. Participants discussed ways in which coordination between healthcare workers and other agencies could be improved.

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Health Services, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 4 pages).

Building Bridges Between Domestic Violence Advocates and Health Care Providers, Janet Nudelman & Helen Rodriguez Trias, 1999.

Preventing Domestic Violence: Clinical Guidelines on Routine Screening, 1999. (PDF, 28 pages).

Ending Violence Against Women, Population Reports, Vol. 7, No. 4, December 1999.
Discusses ways in which healthcare providers can combat domestic violence.

Violence Against Women: A Priority Health Issue, Family and Reproductive Health, World Health Organization (1997).

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Describes the steps that can be taken to evaluate hospital-based domestic violence programs.

Healing Shattered Lives: Assessment of Selected Domestic Violence Programs in Primary Health Care Settings, (PDF, 82 pages).
Profiles domestic violence programs at selected primary health care sites and provides information on how to establish a health care domestic violence program and on developing and implementing a domestic violence protocol.

Family Team Conferences in Domestic Violence Cases: Guidelines for Practice, Lucy Salcido Carter, M.A. J.D., Family Violence Prevention Fund and The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group, 2d ed.  October 2003. (PDF, 36 pages).

This publication provides guidelines for child welfare workers on the appropriate use of Family Team Conferencing, an emerging tool involving family and community members as well as other service providers, in deciding how best to protect children facing abuse.

Helping Children Thrive / Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting, Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham, Center for Children and Families in the Justice System, 2004.  (PDF, 78 pages).
The report has sections on abused women as mothers, abusive men as parents, the effects of abuse on power and control tactics on mothers, the potential impact of abuse against mothers on children of different ages, and strategies used by young people to cope with violence in their homes. The report is written for service providers assisting women survivors of abuse.

Building Safety for Battered Women and their Children into the Child Protection System: A Summary of Three Consultations, Ellen Pence & Terri Taylor (May 2003). (PDF, 132 pages).
Describes Praxis International's experiences in helping three communities use the Safety and Accountability Audit to evaluate the ways in which the intervention of child protection agencies in these communities strengthened or weakened women's ability to protect their children.

Guidelines for Public Child Welfare Agencies Serving Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence, Ramona Foley et al., National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators (March 2000). (PDF, 32 pages).
These guidelines, based on the Greenbook, provide an overview of best practices and recommendations for developing policies and protocols that address the needs of families and children that are experiencing both domestic violence and child maltreatment.

Building Bridges Between Domestic Violence Organizations and Child Protective Services, Linda Spears (February 2000).

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Meeting the Needs of Children, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 2 pages).
This report addresses the inadequacies in current policy and practice addressing the needs of children in abuse situations and provides recommendations for improvement.

Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy and Practice, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 1999. (PDF, 134 pages). An executive summary of the report is available in HTML format.

Domestic Violence in Child Welfare Preventative Services: Results from an Intake Screening Questionnaire, Randy H. Magen et al., 1997.

Fairness and Accuracy in Evaluations of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Custody Determinations, Rita Smith & Pamela Coukos, in Judge's Journal, vol. 36, no. 4 (Fall 1997). (PDF, 10 pages). Discusses some of the ways in which batterers use custody battles to control and intimate their partners, and develops recommendations for addressing child custody when domestic violence is an issue.

Identifying Domestic Violence in Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations, Randy H. Magen et al., 1994.

Children of Domestic Violence: Risks and Remedies, Barbara J. Hart, in Child Protective Services Quarterly (Winter 1992).
Discusses the risks that domestic violence poses to children and proposes strategies for intervention that will help both parents and children.

Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Youth Violence: Strategies for Prevention and Early Intervention, Janet Carter.
Discuses the correlation between child and spousal abuse, and the effects of domestic violence on children. Suggests collaboration between community agencies to reduce the social and economic risk factors for domestic abuse and child abuse and outlines the components of such a collaboration.

Addressing the Effects of Domestic Violence on Children, Martha Matthews. Discusses U.S. federal and state laws governing domestic abuse, child custody, visitation, and child abuse.

Child Welfare Practices for Cases with Domestic Violence, Oregon Department of Human Services. (PDF, 80 pages).

A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2005  (146 pages)

Helping Children Thrive / Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting, Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham, Center for Children and Families in the Justice System, 2004.  (PDF, 78 pages).
The report has sections on abused women as mothers, abusive men as parents, the effects of abuse on power and control tactics on mothers, the potential impact of abuse against mothers on children of different ages, and strategies used by young people to cope with violence in their homes. The report is written for service providers assisting women survivors of abuse.

Domestic Violence Against Women in Albania, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2003. (PDF, 67 pages).

According to the report 40 percent of women in 11 districts were regularly subjected to physical violence and 64 percent were subjected to physical and psychological violence.

Predictors of Domestic Violence Homicide of Women, Family Violence Prevention Fund. Study Indicates that Jobless Abusers Most Apt to Kill, Marie Tessier, in Womens eNews (24 July 2003).
FVPF's press release and Tessier's article summarize the result of the study reported in Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From a Multisite Case Control Study, American Journal of Public Health, vol. 93, no. 7 (July 2003).

Survivors of intimate violence seek help online: Implications of responding to increasing requests, Ann L. Kranz (19 March 2001).
Describes the results of a study of unsolicited email requests received by Violence Against Women Online over the course of a year and identifies some of the questions that organizations must ask in developing a strategy for responding to unsolicited requests for assistance, particularly from victims of violence. 

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Assessing and Managing the Risk of Domestic Violence, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 4 pages).
Although there is no way to predict domestic violence, this report identifies certain characteristics that may indicate that an individual is more or less vulnerable to violence.

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Accommodation Provision, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 4 pages).
Discusses strategies for increasing the shelter options available to battered women in the United Kingdom.

Safety Planning, Jill Davies, 1997.
Provides a definition of safety planning, identifies the different kinds of risks for which women may need to plan, discusses safety planning strategies and approaches, and outlines the responsibilities of an advocate. How Do We Measure Victim Safety?, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

Assessing Social Risks of Battered Women, Radhia A. Jaaber & Shamita Das Dasgupta.
Provides guidance for ensuring that risk assessments centralize women's safety by attending to the unique network of needs, problems and concerns that face each woman. The article emphasizes assessment of social risks, the "external conditions, pressures, norms, and practices that exacerbate the dangers to a battered woman."

How an Abuser Can Discover Your Internet Activities, Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women. (PDF, 1 page).

Lethality Assessment Tools: A Critical Analysis, Neil Websdale. (PDF, 9 pages).
This article discusses existing tools for assessing lethality in domestic violence cases, how those tools are used and applied, problems with measuring the effectiveness of these tools, and the impact of lethality assessment on women. The report concludes, as does the discussion of lethality in Explore the Issue, that there is no way to predict a lethal outcome, although certain factors identified by lethality assessment tools may indicate increased dangerousness.

Shelter Rules: Who Needs Them?, Linda A. Osmundson.
Discusses the development of shelter rules and policies that both promote the residents' autonomy and also ensure residents' well-being and safety.

An in-depth discussion of victim protection, support and assistance is available through Explore the Issue.

Project Harmony Domestic Violence Online Conference, 14-20 March 2002.
Professionals and advocates from the Caucasus, Russia and the Ukraine exchange questions and advice about strategies to combat domestic violence and provide services to battered women.

Privacy of Victims' Counseling Communications, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (November 2002). (PDF, 8 pages).
Discusses the state of the law in United States jurisdictions regarding the privacy of communications that occur between victims and their therapists.

Changing Practice: How Domestic Violence Advocates Use Internet and Wireless Communication Technologies, Ann L. Kranz (13 May 2002). (PDF, 13 pages)
Emphasizes the need for domestic violence organizations to become aware of issues surrounding "safe and ethical Internet and wireless communication service delivery." 

Domestic Violence Organizations Online: Risks, Ethical Dilemmas, and Liability Issues, Jerry Finn (August 2001).

Advocacy on Behalf of Battered Women, Ellen Pence, in Sourcebook on Violence Against Women 329-43 (2001).
Provides an overview of the history of the battered women's advocacy movement and discusses advocacy efforts to create legal responses that more effectively protect battered women.

Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women, World Health Organization, (WHO/FCH/GWH/01.1), 2001. (PDF, 31 pages).

The Multilingual Access Model: A Model for Outreach and Services in Non-English Speaking Communities, Beckie Masaki, Mimi Kim & Christy Chung, 1999.
Discusses guidelines that should be followed by researchers in order to ensure the safety of victims of domestic violence.

An Approach to Legal Advocacy for Individual Battered Women, Jill Davies, Greater Hartford Legal Assistance, Inc. (30 June 1997). (PDF, 29 pages)
Discusses legal advocacy on behalf of battered women, barriers and obstacles that may prevent women from accessing such relief, and advocacy approaches.

From Good Intentions to Good Practice: Working with Families Where There is Domestic Violence. (Available in PDF and HTML, 12 pages).
Covers monitoring and screening, guidelines for advocates, safety planning, training, evaluation, coordination of responses, and issues relating to children.

RESPECT, Statement of Principles and Minimum Standards of Practice, National Association for Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes and Associated Support.
Provides guidelines and principles for battered women's advocates

Handbook: Advocating for Women in the Criminal Justice System in Cases of Rape, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, Women's Justice Center.
Discusses some of the obstacles battered women may encounter in the legal system and provides guidance for advocates in working for improved police response to domestic violence and in helping women negotiate the legal system.

Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy. (PDF, 10 pages). Also available in Russian. (PDF, 14 pages).
These "Model Strategies" are included in an Annex to the "Resolution on the Elimination of Violence Against Women," drafted by the United Nations Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and approved by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly.

Resource Manual: Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, March 1999. (PDF, 100 pages).
Provides practical guidance designed to help lawmakers, criminal justice and other professionals, and other concerned groups implement the "Model Strategies."

International Experts Group Meeting on the Development of Instruments to Implement an International Criminal Justice Strategy to Eliminate Violence Against Women, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 17-19 December 1998. (PDF, 25 pages).
Annex 3 contains minutes of working group meetings on the "Model Strategies" in the areas of criminal law and procedure, victim support and assistance, police and sentencing or corrections models, and training, research and evaluation. These working group discussions helped frame the compendium on model strategies, above.

Compendium: Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, March 1999. (PDF, 350 pages).
Offers a review of the criminal laws and criminal procedures throughout the world that relate to violence against women. This report also includes a discussion of law enforcement, investigative techniques, sentencing, and prosecutorial policies, such as mandatory arrest policies, and their implementation in different countries. Compares, as well, restraining orders, legislation that promotes victim safety, specialized domestic violence courts, victim support and assistance (including shelter and counseling), in many different countries. Offers a special section on violence against women and the media.

Legal Interventions in Family Violence: Research Findings and Policy Implications, National Institute of Justice & American Bar Association, July 1998. (HTML, 118 pages).
Includes articles on the impact of domestic violence on children's behavior, research on legal interventions in domestic violence (including a number of articles on civil protection orders, arrest policies, prosecution, and court-ordered batterers' intervention programs), and the corporate sector's response to domestic violence.

An in-depth discussion of criminal law is available through Explore the Issue.

A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2005  (146 pages)

The Effects of Arrest on Intimate Partner Violence: New Evidence From the Spouse Assault Replication Program, Chistopher D. Maxwell, Joel H. Garner & Jeffrey A. Fagan, National Institute of Justice, July 2001. (PDF, 15 pages).
The study indicates that while past studies on the effect of arrest have reached conflicting conclusions, arrest was consistently related, although not always in a statistically significant way, to reduced subsequent aggression against female intimate partners.

Working Effectively with the Police: A Guide for Battered Women's Advocates, Jane Sadusky, 2001.

Spouse Assault Replication Program: Studies of Effects of Arrest on Domestic Violence, Arlene Weisz, November 2001.
This report discusses Sherman and Berk's findings in the Minneapolis study and subsequent studies that attempted to reproduce these results. Although these subsequent studies "did not show that arrest definitely deters future violence by all types of domestic abusers," many failed to adequately account for factors such as length of time in jail and the perpetrator's criminal history. The report also emphasizes that a focus on arrest and repeat violence is inadequate and that attention must be paid to the "victims' perspective on police interventions and the message that arrest (or failure to arrest) gives to the victim, the abuser, their children, and to the community."

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Policing Domestic Violence, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 4 pages).
This report evaluates three projects in the United Kingdom focused on strengthening police efforts to address domestic violence. It also provides recommendations for similar projects.

Guidance for Agencies: Collecting and Managing Data, Ascolto Ltd., Home Office Policing & Reducing Crime Unit (February 2000). (PDF, 34 pages)
Provides a framework for criminal justice agencies seeking to develop data collection and management protocols to measure and evaluate their interventions for both impact and cost-effectiveness. Includes a self-assessment diagnostic tool that can help agencies evaluate their current data collection and management systems.

Policing Domestic Violence: Effective Organisational Structures, Joyce Plotnikoff & Richard Woolfson, 1998. (PDF, 62 pages).
Just as battered women's advocates in the United States are increasingly recognizing the ways in which institutional structures define a system's response to domestic violence, so are advocates in the United Kingdom recognizing the importance of institutional design. This study, for example, focuses on the internal organization of the police (i.e., the systems and structures of the police), and examines this organization to evaluate the system's response to domestic violence. The study found, for example, that officers' responses to domestic violence were not translated into performance criteria, thus reinforcing the perceived low status of the crime of battering.

Assessing Justice System Response to Violence Against Women: A Tool for Law Enforcement, Prosecution and the Courts to Use in Developing Effective Responses, Kristin Littel, et al., 1998.
Provides checklists that can be used to evaluate law enforcement and judicial response to domestic violence, using examples from the United States.

The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment, Police Foundation Reports, Lawrence W. Sherman & Richard A. Berk, April 1984. (PDF, 13 pages).
This report found that arrest was more effective in deterring future violence than police attempts to counsel the parties involved or removal of an assailant from the home for several hours.

The Evolution of Domestic Violence Theory and Law Reform Efforts in the United States, Loretta M. Frederick, Battered Women's Justice Project. (PDF, 7 pages)

Domestic Violence and Probation, Fernando Mederos, Denise Gamache & Ellen Pence. (PDF, 26 pages).
In the United States and other countries, a perpetrator may be sentenced to probation, during which he is not incarcerated but his actions are restricted and monitored, for a period of time after his release from jail. The actions of the officer that monitors the perpetrator's behavior can significantly enhance victim safety and batterer accountability.

A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2005  (146 pages)

Battered Mothers Speak Out: A Human Rights Report on Domestic Violence and Child Custody in the Massachusetts Family Courts, Battered Mothers' Testimony Project, Wellesley Centers for Women (November 2002).
Documents and analyzes through a human rights framework the Massachusetts family court system in child custody and visitation cases in which domestic violence is an issue.

Domestic Violence, Visitations and Custody Decisions in New York Family Courts: Final Report, Chris O'Sullivan (8 August 2002). (PDF, 61 pages).

Justice and Safety for All: Promoting Dialogue Between Public Defenders and Victim Advocates, Jennifer Trone et al., Vera Institute of Justice (2002). (PDF, 24 pages).
Summarizes the issues discussed at a meeting between domestic violence advocates and public defenders that was organized to provide these professionals with an opportunity to discuss how they view each other and their work. The booklet is designed to assist advocates and public defenders in facilitating such a dialogue in other communities.

Specialized Felony Domestic Violence Courts: Lessons on Implementation and Impacts from the Kings County Experience, Lisa Newmark et al., The Urban Institute (October 2001). (PDF, 98 pages).

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Use of the Criminal Law, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 4 pages).
Discusses domestic violence prosecution policies in the United Kingdom, including absent victim investigations and prosecutions.

Domestic Violence Courts: A Descriptive Study, Dag MacLeod & Julia F. Weber, 2000. (PDF, 55 pages).

Specialized Criminal Domestic Violence Courts, Julie A. Helling, 1999.
Discusses some of the kinds of specialized procedures or institutions that judicial systems in the United States have developed, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches.

Safety and Accountability: The Underpinnings of a Just Justice System, Barbara J. Hart, May 1998. (PDF, 24 pages).
Provides a detailed discussion of some of the barriers faced by battered women in accessing the court system and discusses ways in which courts and the judiciary can more effectively respond to the needs of battered women and their children and enhance batterer accountability.

Domestic Violence and the Courtroom: Understanding the Problem... Knowing the Victim, American Judges Foundation & American Judges Association.
Discusses forms of abuse, dynamics of domestic violence, and ways in which judges can help protect victims of domestic violence.

Why We Watch the Criminal Justice System, WATCH

A View from the Bench, Judge Cynthia L. Cox, and A View from the Bench, Judge Peter Macdonald.
Discuss the creation of supervised visitation centers and the role of the judiciary in that process.

An in-depth discussion of the judiciary's responses to domestic violence is available through Explore the Issue.

A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2005  (146 pages)

Prosecutors, Kids, and Domestic Violence Cases, Debra Whitcomb, NIJ Journal no. 248 (2002). (PDF, 8 pages).
Discusses issues that may face prosecutors when handling domestic violence cases in which children are involved.

Criminal Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Linda A. McGuire.
Discusses ways in which prosecutors can more effectively respond to domestic violence, criminal justice practices and policies that would better protect victims and ensure batterer accountability, and the ways in which domestic violence prosecutions may differ from other kinds of criminal prosecutions. 

It's Time to Take the Burden Off Victims in the Prosecution of Domestic Assault Cases, Daryl B. Coppoletti.

Reducing Domestic Violence... What Works? Civil Law Remedies, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, January 2000. (PDF, 4 pages).
Notes that while an analysis of judicial responses indicates that judges continue to uphold the presumption that allowing contact between child and father is preferable, where possible, "(t)here is a growing body of evidence from women's and children's experience which controverts the 'contact is best' presumption. Contact may be being granted in cases where it is dangerous for women and children." The report recommends that judicial reluctance to refuse contact should be addressed, and suggests that judicial officers be trained about the dynamics of domestic violence.

Taking Abusers to Court: Civil Remedies for Domestic Violence Victims, Linda K. Meier & Brian K. Zoeller.
Discusses the kinds of civil law tort remedies that may be available to victims of domestic violence under common law, including assault, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Bulletin: Enforcement of Protective Orders, U.S. Department of Justice, January 2002.
Discusses some of the technical aspects of enforcement of protective orders in the United States, including national registries, comity between federal states, and consolidated procedures.

Wife Abuse and Child Custody and Visitation by the Abuser, Kendall Segel-Evans, 1989.

Strategies to Improve Supervised Visitation Services in Domestic Violence Cases, M. Sharon Maxwell & Karen Oehme, October 2001.
Discusses the increasing use of supervised visitation services as a way to reduce the potential harm to victim and child based on an understanding of the impact of domestic violence on children, and develops strategies to increase the safety of victim and child.

Parenting in the Context of Domestic Violence, Jeffrey L. Edelson et al., Judicial Council of California (March 2003). (PDF, 43 pages).
Discusses parenting behaviors of victims and perpetrators of domestic violence and examines strategies for intervention.

The Troubling Admission of Supervised Visitation Records in Custody Proceedings, Nat Stern & Karen Oehme, in Temple Law Review, vol. 75, 271 (2002). (PDF, 42 pages).
Argues that reliance on records created at supervised visitation centers in making custody determinations undermines women's and children's safety.

Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases: Legal Trends, Research Findings, and Recommendations, Daniel G. Saunders, University of Michigan (August 1998/October 1998).
Examines "legal and cultural trends surrounding custody and visitation decisions" in the United States and describes "the social science evidence supporting a need to consider domestic violence in these decisions."

Supervised Visitation & Family Violence, Robert B. Straus, excerpted from Family Law Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2 (Summer 1995). (PDF, 2 pages).

Custody & Visitation Decision-Making When There Are Allegations of Domestic Violence, Barbara J. Hart (1995).
Discusses legal reforms undertaken in jurisdictions in the United States to better ensure safety for battered women and their children in custody and visitation determinations.

Safety Planning for Children: Strategizing for Unsupervised Visits with Batterers, Barbara J. Hart (1990).
Provides advocates with strategies for working with children to create safety plans for unsupervised visitation and notes that unsupervised visitation is appropriate only where the batterer no longer poses a risk to the mother or child.

Batterer Intervention Programs: Where Do We Go From Here?, Shelly Jackson et al., U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute for Justice (June 2003). (PDF, 35 pages).

Batterer Intervention Programs: Where Do We Go From Here?, Workshop Notes (17 January 2003).

Reducing Domestic Violence . . . What Works? Perpetrator Programmes, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate (January 2000). (PDF, 4 pages).
This report overviews program designs, effectiveness, the need for evaluation and increased participation, as well as gives recommendations for improving perpetrator programs.

Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches and Criminal Justice Strategies, Kerry Healey, National Institute of Justice (1998). (PDF, 143 pages).

Batterer Programs: What Criminal Justice Agencies Need to Know, Kerry Murphy Healey & Christine Smith, National Institute of Justice (1998). (PDF, 12 pages).

A Review of Standards for Batterer Intervention Programs, Juliet Austin & Juergen Dankwort (1998).

Do Batterers' Programs Work?, Jeffrey L. Edleson (1995).
This paper discusses criteria for evaluating batterers' intervention programs and the importance of ensuring that such programs are accompanied by efforts to support women and children seeking safety, to keep men in batterers' intervention programs, and to alter prevailing understandings of acceptable behavior in intimate relationships.

Controversies and Recent Studies of Batterer Intervention Program Effectiveness, Larry Bennett & Oliver Williams.

The Impact of Mandatory Court Review on Batterer Program Compliance: An Evaluation of the Pittsburgh Municipal Courts and Domestic Abuse Counseling Center (DACC), Edward W. Gondolf, Executive Summary.

The Austin Community Domestic Violence Project: A Blueprint for Raising Community Awareness and Promoting Local Action, Olga Becker, Gloria Lewis & Kathleen Monahan, 1999.

Getting the Word Out: Domestic Violence Awareness in Rural Communities, Diane Reese & Sue Julian, 1999.
Provides a discussion of strategies used by battered women's advocates in West Virginia to raise awareness in rural communities about domestic violence and available services.

Responding to Abuse Against Women with Disabilities: Broadening the Definition of Domestic Violence, Mary Ann Curry & Fran Navarro, in Health Alert, vol. 8, no. 1, 1 (Winter 2002). (PDF, 8 pages).

Working with Victims of Crime with Disabilities, Cheryl Guidry Tyiska, National Organization for Victim Assistance (19 April 2001).

Impact: Feature Issue on Violence Against Women with Developmental or Other Disabilities, Institute on Community Integration, vol. 13, no. 3 (Fall 2000). (PDF, 28 pages).

Intimate and Caregiver Violence Against Women with Disabilities, Patricia E. Eriwn (July 2000). (PDF, 15 pages).