Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence

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Domestic Violence Links

• Defending Our Lives Defending Our Lives exposes the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. It features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. This film won the Academy Award for Best DocumentaryShort in 1994.
  
• Why Doesn't She Just Leave? Facts and Myths about Domestic Violence - Article by Trish Wilson in the online journal, Feminista
  
  
• Partnerships Against Violence Home page of Partnerships Against Violence
  
• APB Women's Safety Hotlines Hotlines from APB News.com.
  
• Violence Prevention Pipeline - A Safer Future For BC Women British Columiba's Ministry of Women's Equality is an organization that funds community-based initiatives for the prevention of violence against women.
  
• SafetyNet Domestic Violence Resources SafetyNet - Resources and links, including statistics and a listing of state coalitions against domestic violence from Cybergrrl. Be aware that there is good information on this site, but it has not been updated in several years.
  
• SAWNET; South Asian Women's NETwork - Domestic Violence Domestic Violence information for South Asian Women (taken to include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).
  
• Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET) A searchable, authoritative source of information about violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, gays and lesbians, and others
  
• The Battered Husband Controversy Debunks the myth that men and women are equally violent in the home. Over twenty citations.
  
• Mail Order Brides and the Abuse of Immigrant Women A License To Abuse: The Impact of Conditional Status on Female Immigrants by Michelle J. Anderson [Text and footnotes of this article are reprinted from The Yale Law Journal. Volume 102 . April 1993 . Number 6. Copyright (c) 1993 by The Yale Law Journal Co., Inc.]
  
• United States DV Resources Domestic Violence Resources by State on a clickable map, sponsored by Womens Rural Advocacy Programs in Minnesota
  
• Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory "The PMWI is a 58-item instrument designed to measure the level of psychological abuse of women by their intimate male partners. Partial text from Tolman's PMWI validation Study (1995) is available." - Kristin Ward, Cornell University
  
• White Ribbon Campaign For the women engineering students murdered in Montreal.
  
• Women's Rights Network The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center was funded, in September 1998, through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control. The Center is a consortium of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), The University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL), and Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) at Wellesley College.
  
• Ending Violence Against Women, Population Reports, Series L, Number 11 published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
  
• Warning Signs of An Abusive Relationship Useful information from the University of Buffalo.
  
• Graphic Resource Site for Women's Domestic Violence Issues. Free graphic images and designs to use as posters, handouts, or for other applications including use at fund raising events related to violence against women issues. Please request permission for reproduction.
  
• Women's Aid Organisation Malaysia Women's Aid Organisation Malaysia are Malaysian women against violence against women, who provide shelter, counselling, support and advocate for law reform.
  
• Men and Women Against Domestic Violence An internet-based coalition of men and women working to address the issue of domestic violence. We declare that this is not just a women's issue, but is very much a men's issue, too. Therefore, it is our responsibility to educate and advocate against physical, mental, emotional and sexual violence of all kinds.
  
• Firearms and Domestic Violence Fact Sheet from the Violence Policy Center
  
• A Comparison of Pimps and Batterers by Evelina Giobbe Evelina Giobbe is at the Commercial Sexual Exploitation Resource Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The mission of CSERI is to abate commercial sexual exploitation through research, education and community organizing, and to advocate for the human rights of prostituted women, youth, and transgendered persons, and to increase opportunities for individuals to leave the sex industry.
  
• Domestic Violence as a Form of Child Abuse Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - National Child Protection Clearing House, Issues Papers - Article by Marianne James, Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Criminology
  
• Domestic Violence in the Workplace - AFSCME Information for union members about preventing domestic violence in the workplace.
  
• Angels In Blue: Stalking Page Information on stalking law and behavior, including information on internet stalking.
  
• Reading List on Domestic Violence Good basic reading list on domestic violence -- history, research, self-help.
  
• SAFE House's Safety Plan Web Page A plan for increasing safety and preparing in advance for the possibility for further violence.
  
• Advocates for Victims of Violence AVV provides safe refuge to victims and families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Located in Valdez, Alaska, temporary shelter is available 24-hours a day. Outreach to the Valdez community, Copper River Valley, and Prince William Sound.
  
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month Events Family Violence Prevention Fund listing of events planned for October 2000.
  
• New Social Security Numbers For Domestic Violence Victims And Others SSA Publication No. 05-10093 - describes procedures and requirements for requesting a new social security number.
  
• New Hampshire AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program Our advocates, who are placed at crisis centers and police/prosecutor's offices, provide education and support to victims of domestic and sexual violence and stalking throughout New Hampshire.
  
• Domestic violence: an epidemic - UNICEF Domestic violence: an epidemic - a new UNICEF report, Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls - Available in Adobe Acrobat readable PDF format.
  
• Cyberstalking: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry Department of Justice site.
  
• PeaceWorks Home Page "PEACEWORKS"is an unique art documentary about domestic violence being developed by The Shelter, Inc. A team of artists/activists/formerly battered women and technicians, have come together to produce this screenplay. Drawn from the poetry, music and artwork of victims, the film stitches together vignettes exploring the root causes of violence and outlining the individual and communal journey of healing from abusive relationships.
  
• SE Escape This site examines the issue of prostituted abused women and provides resources for those who wish to help them escape this exploitation.
  
• 100+ Songs Related to Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault A listing of more than 100 songs in every genre, from traditional ballads to punk, many with links to online lyrics.
  
• Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc. - Internet Warning Detailed information on abuser's access via the internet.
  
• Domestic Violence Information Center Information and resources from The Feminist Majority Foundation.
  
• Domestice Violence in the Navy Virginian-Pilot online special report
  
• Trans and Intersex Survivors of Domestic Violence: By Diana Courvant and Loree Cook-Daniels on the website: The American Boyz (AmBoyz) is an organization which aims to support people who were labeled female at birth but who feel that is not an accurate or complete description of who they are (FTMs) and their significant others, friends, familie and allies (SOFFAs).
  
• Prince Edward Island Woman Abuse Protocols This initiative's goal is to reduce violence towards women by establishing policy and protocol to effectively respond to victims of family violence.
  
• Claims about Husband Battering Article by Michael Flood - critique of the argument that women's violence is equal to that of men in relationships.
  
• Domestic Violence and Welfare from the Welfare Information Network. Articles on the economic aspects of domestic violence, welfare and homelessness.
  
• Domestic Violence - U.S. Resources Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help and information concerning domestic violence, elder abuse and abuse against disabled persons in the United States.
  
• National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape Started in 1978, when marital rape was a crime in only 4 states. Follows national cases; has legal briefs, legislative testimony, bills, statutes, law reviews, newspaper clippings, articles, statistics, published and unpublished studies, and letters.
  
• The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence by Ascione, Weber & Wood : The Zero 5.0laf - The Official Website of Andrew Vachss The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence. A National Survey of Shelters for Women Who Are Battered. By Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D, Claudia V. Weber, M.S., and David S. Wood, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
  
• USAF & NNFR Partner Violence document Partner Violence in Ethnic Minority Families - National Network for Family Resiliency Publication.
  
• Bellweather Project - The Advocate's Survival Center The Bellwether Project is a nonprofit project that works toward improved systems responses in the wake of violence against disenfranchised and marginalized persons - particularly women and children. The Bellwether Projects provides support and information to the advocacy community who work as liaisons and support persons between victims and the systems victims turn to for justice and protection. The Bellwether Projects also provides information and training directly to systems who respond in the immediate aftermath of violence.
  
• Loved?, Dishonored, & Abused Includes a personal story, warning signs and justice issues.
  
• Family and Domestic Violence Training Package - Participants' Kit Australian government site with a step by step training manual on domestic violence.
  
• Military Family Resource Center - Domestic Violence Prevention Month This Web site, developed by the Military Family Resource Center, contains information on building and strengthening domestic violence prevention partnerships between military and civilian communities. Domestic violence hurts not only those who suffer its emotional and physical wounds, but it impedes the military mission and harms families.
  
• Education Wife Assault Information for abused women, professionals, friends, and family on abuse of all types. E-Commerce enabled for publications sales and donations.
  
• Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) Education and referral organization which also provides technical assistance and training. Information about the lending library, services, domestic violence and the law, membership, and news about current projects.
  
• Language/Etymology/rule of thumb Definitive essay on the purported "rule of thumb" law about wife-beating.
  
• White Rock Women Resources and support for the Women of White Rock and South Surrey. Hotline for domestic abuse.
  
• Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community An African American perspective on community and family violence.
  
• Does this look like the face of a battered Woman A seemingly happy mother/wife the show she put on but deep down was being put through a life of hell. Read this and recocnize the signs.
  
• Zonta International Strategies to Eradicate Violence Against Women ZISVAW is a program dedicated to eliminating violence against women and children funded by the Zonta International Foundation.
  
• The Clothesline Project Provides an opportunity for women to bear witness to their personal experience of violence, and celebrate their transformation from victim to survivor in a powerful statement of solidarity.
  
• Battered Women and Their Children Reports, papers and a training curriculum on identifying families with child abuse and domestic violence.
  
• DV/CPS Collaboration Home DV/CPS collaborative strategies for integrating domestic violence services into child protection systems.
  
• New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Promoting effective cross-systems' responses to DV through training, technical assistance and policy development.
  
• Victim Services Domestic Violence Shelter Tour A virtual tour of a shelter for domestic abuse survivors in New York City.
  
• Wife, Marital, Spousal Rape - Information Page The Wife Rape Information Page at the University of New Hampshire
  
• City of Shelter Domestic Violence Training Video
  
• National Network on Behalf of Battered Immigrant Women Three organizations jointly direct the Network, with each one providing leadership in its areas of expertise.
  
• United Declaration Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women Text of the UN's Declaration. This is a gopher site, no frills, but the complete text is given.
  
• Violence by Intimates Bureau of Justice Statistics Fact Book in PDF format.
  
• Bryant Program on Domestic Violence Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado. The Bryant Program on Domestic Violence is the result of a partnership including the Graduate School of Public Affairs (GSPA), the Sunshine Lady Foundation, faculty from all campuses of the University of Colorado, and the domestic violence practitioner community.
  
• Shattered Hearts: Applying Hassan's BITE model to abusive relationships Describes similarities between mind control and/or cultic relationships and the relationship between a batterer and victim.
  
• Human Services Policy (HSP): Special Populations/Domestic Violence Department of Health and Human Services online resources related to Domestic Violence
  
• Domestic Violence and Homelessness National Coalition for the Homeless Fact Sheet #8, May 1998
  
• Domestic Violence Information Manual: Informative articles, resources and web links designed to: increase public awareness of the nature and extent of domestic violence - from Australia.
  
• Violence Against Women Act of 1994 Hyperlinked text of the Violence Against Women act. Provided by the Department of Justice, Violence Against Women Office.
  
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Making the Link - Domestic Violence & Alcohol and Other Drugs
  
• State Computer Harassment or "Cyberstalking" Laws National Conference of State Legislatures
  
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is "a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of women and children."
  
• US State Department - Services - International Adoption and Child Abduction Information on international adoption and child abduction issues provided by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
  
• Call to Protect A domestic violence prevention project to provide those in danger with instant access to help in the form of a wireless phone.
  
• Domestic Violence: A Workplace Issue Department of Labor Publication
  
• Biderman's Chart of Coercion Analysis of mind control with significance for survivors of domestic violence.
  
• Take Back The Night Louisville Kentucky Take Back The Night home page. Part of the national Take Back the Night events in October, the program works to end violence against women and children.
  
• Survivor's Handbook Handbook for Survivors in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
  
• Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence The Center is a non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Founded in 1977 by the Rev. Marie M. Fortune, the Center is an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence.
  
• Donate a Phone Program The national Donate a Phone campaign collects wireless phones to benefit victims of domestic violence. In the hands of a victim, these phones are a lifeline, enabling them to call for assistance when faced with an emergency situation.
  
• NOW and Violence Against Women The National Organization for Women's site on issues related to violence against women.
  
• V-Day: Until the Violence Stops Conceived by Vagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler, V-Day is a consciousness raising event designed to end violence against girls and women through public performances, education, networking, and fundraising activities.
  
• The Miles Foundation The Miles Foundation is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to providing direct and support services to victims of violence associated with the military; providing professional education and training of military personnel and civilian community based advocates; conducting and supporting research; serving as a resource center for advocates, journalists and government officials; and serving to ensure that public policy is well-informed and constructive.
  
• Danger Assessment Instrument in Identifying Risk Factors for Femicide in Violent Intimate Relationships - Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
  
• Understanding the Victims of Spousal Abuse Some answers to all those "why" questions...
  
• Domestic Violence Handbook Informative general information site hosted in Oakland County, Michigan. Site is joint effort of the Oakland County Domestic Violence Coordintating Council, Creative Communciations Group, and the American Divorce Information Network, publishers of Divorce Online.
  
• Rural Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault The challenge of providing services in rural areas
  
• Domestic Violence Prevention Online Electronic Journal dealing with domestic violence prevention issues
  
• What is Emotional Abuse? Information from Health Canada defining emotional abuse and providing resources for dealing with it.
  
• The Family Violence Prevention Fund The Family Violence Prevention Fund describes itself as "a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform."
  
• Peace at Home Peace at Home is a human rights agency dedicated to stopping domestic violence.
  
• Violence Against Women Office Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice
  
• When Victims Have a Right to Know: Automating Notification with VINE Review of the Vine system for victim notification by the Vera Organization. Report is available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
  
• Saving Bernice: Battered Women, Welfare, and Poverty Center for Impact Research
  
• Maitri - San Francisco, CA Maitri is a free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that helps South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional abuse or family conflict. We provide peer support and referrals to legal help, emergency shelters and counselors.
  
• UM SSW - Trapped: Project Publications and Research Reports Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence.
  
• National Domestic Violence Hotline 24-Hour Access from all 50 states. Translators available.
  
• Resources for Anti Violence Networks (RAVN) RAVN will provide advocacy services to high-risk battered women as well as training and consultation to other organizations. Special issues: lesbian battering, trafficking/prostitution, abuse of disabled women, stalking. [Also listed in Society: People: Women: Organizations]
  
• Defense Task Force for Domestic Violence Public information about the Defense Domestic Violence Task Force that was established by The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Public Law 106-65.  The Task Force is comprised of 24 members all of whom were appointed by the Secretary of Defense.  Half of the members are senior military and civilian personnel from the Department of Defense and half represent subject matter experts from the private sector, Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services.
  
• No Safe Place No Safe Place offers resources and insights into the origins and possible solutions to violence against women. (Public Broadcasting System)
  
• Battered Immigrant Women Agencies providing services to battered immigrant women should join the National Network on Behalf of Battered Immigrant Women. Services provided are information on training, information on current policies related to battered immigrant women, technical assistance materials, technical assistance on complex immigration issues via e-mail.
  
• Poverty, Welfare and Battered Women: What Does the Research Tell Us? Department of Justice Online Resources
  
• ID: Women's and Childrens Alliance - Boise, Idaho Guide to help with domestic abuse, rape crisis center, counseling, shelter for abused women and children
  
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Conversation with Judith Herman Harry Kreisler interviews Judith Herman on the personal and political dimensions of trauma and recovery; September 2000. Explains how PTSD develops in women survivors of domestic violence.
  
• The Silent Witness National Initiative Silent Witness National Initiative is a non-profit organization promoting peace, healing and responsibility in adult relationships in order to eliminate domestic murders by the year 2010.
  
• Domestic Violence and Birth Control Sabotage: A Report From The Teen Parent Center for Impact Research
  
• Domestic Violence Help Look up help for a loved one or family member from all over the United States. There are stories of families and their struggle with domestic violence.
  
• Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women The Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women does activism to end domestic violence and oppression everywhere, and provides services to lesbian, bisexual and transgendered women victims/survivors of battering.
  
• Responding to Domestic Violence: Where Federal Employees Can Find Help Prepared by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Includes places to turn to and a sectionalized report.
  
• Arguing the Violence Against Women Act: Two Views Readings for an online discussion May 1, 2000 from the Beekman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
  
• Domestic Violence Resource Manual Multnomah County Department of Community and Family Services - Comprehensive resource manual and compilation of contacts information for agencies providing services in this area of Oregon
  
• The Urban Institute Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence in Six Communities: Beyond the Justice System
  
• WARNING: How an Abuser Can Discover Your Internet Activities American Bar Association site with caution and advice on how to use the internet more safely to obtain information and resources on domestic violence.
  
• Polaroid | Medical Professionals | Domestic Violence Follow the links to Health Care Professional. Good information about documenting abuse using instant photography in health care settings.
  
• Domestic Violence Photography Oregon State Police - Coos Bay Forensic Laboratory
  
• Immigration Interim Rule on Battered Woman Immigrants This interim rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("the Service") regulations to allow a spouse or child to seek immigrant classification if he or she has been battered by, or subjected to extreme cruelty committed by, the citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse or parent.