52 Days of Domestic Violence Flu in America (pdf)
In this article, the author highlights that in the midst of public health concerns such as the swine flu, domestic violence is another pandemic that often goes unnoticed with majority of the fatalities involving men as the perpetrators of violence against women and children. The article concludes with a list of victims and their killers and serves as a reminder that domestic violence has been, and continues to be a concern for all to address.
Awareness and Attitudes About Domestic Violence
"This brief report summarizes findings from 2 focus groups and a telephone poll of 600 women in June, 2006 regarding their views about domestic violence. Demonstrates understanding of domestic violence and attitudes towards accountability and intervention."
Battered Women’s Protective Strategies
"This Applied Research paper adopts a holistic approach to understand battered women’s protective strategies, reviewing a wide range of strategies used by women to cope with numerous threats posed by battering, not just the threat of bodily harm."
Casey Gwinn Blog, Family Justice Center Alliance
In his blog, he writes about the current work he is doing with the Family Justice Center on issues surrounding domestic violence. Casey Gwinn has played a key role in developing the President’s Family Justice Center Initiative and currently assists communities across America in developing Family Justice Centers.
Critique of the "Battered Woman Syndrome" Model
This document provides an overview of the concept "battered women syndrome" and examines the inadequacy of the model for describing battered women's experiences, whether it is used in expert testimony, counseling, or advocacy.
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data Collection Systems in the States, Final Report (pdf)
This report summarizes the findings of the domestic violence and sexual violence data collection systems. The report offers recommendations for further recording of data and how each of the States collect violenc related data.
These factoids come from Richard J. Gelles's investigation of commonly-used statistics -- some turn out to be accurate while others are mere fantasy.
Equality Wheel (pdf)
Developed by the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, the equality wheel shows different ways equality is defined in a relationship.
Equality Wheel (Spanish) (pdf)
Developed by the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, the equality wheel shows different ways equality is defined in a relationship. A Spanish format is now available, called Igualidad.
Evaluating Violence Against Women Research Reports
This VAWNET document provides introductory guidelines for the use and evaluation of research reports on violence against women.
This article discusses the growing trend toward mandating women into batterer intervention programs and discusses why it occurs.
Her Story of Domestic Violence: A Timeline of the Battered Women's Movement
A timeline of the Battered Women's Movement from 753 B.C. to 1999.
New Special Collection on Researching Violence Against Women Online
"The Internet offers an abundance of information about violence against women, including millions of websites, blogs, and other online resources. However, sifting through web content and finding accurate and useful information can be challenging. This Special Collection offers guidance that is meant to enhance skills and confidence on the Web, teaching ways to efficiently produce meaningful, relevant results."
Power and Control Wheel (pdf)
The Power and Control Wheel was developed by battered women in Duluth who had been abused by their male partners and were attending women's education groups sponsored by the women's shelter. The Wheel used in our curriculum for men who have used violence against their female partners. While we recognize that there are women who use violence against men, and that there are men and women in same-sex relationships who use violence, this wheel is meant specifically to illustrate men's abusive behaviors toward women. The Equality Wheel was also developed for use with the same curriculum
Power and Control Wheel (Spanish) (pdf)
The power and control wheel was developed by battered women in Duluth, specifically for men who use violence against their female partners. A Spanish version is now available, called Poder Y Control.
Reviewing Domestic Violence Fatalities: Summarizing National Developments
This document brings together information on domestic violence fatality reviews from across the country. It defines domestic violence, provides a state-by-state matrix of domestic violence death review initiatives, introduces teams' philosophies and the purposes and goals of teams, addresses team membership, explores death review team protocols, confronts concerns regarding confidentiality, liability, and immunity, offers a selection of investigative methods already used by teams as they conduct death reviews, and talks about the issue of effecting change through the process of reviewing domestic fatalities.
Shelter Rules: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This document details both the positive and negative dynamics of shelters for battered women. It provides a critical analysis of the outcomes of shelter rules and guidelines.
Stories from Women with Disabilities
Real stories from women with disabilities. Each of them has survived abuse. Some talk about how they were abused by a parent or family member, others tell about abuse by a partner or husband, or by someone else. Some women already had a disability when they were abused, while for others, the abuse caused a disability.
Survivor: I Have Been Her Kind
An story written about a woman as she experiences domestic violence, realizing her children are witnessing the violence, and shows the obstacles she faces in getting out.
This report provides an overview of feasibility studies, validation results, and ongoing research regarding the use of technology to facilitate screening for intimate partner violence and stimulate provider-patient discussions in the Emergency Department.
The Roots of Resistance to Women's Self-Defense
"In this article, the author discusses three major types of resistance to women's self-defense (and to women's resistance to violence more generally): the belief that women's resistance is impossible, that it is too dangerous, and that it risks blaming the victim. The author argues that one source of these reactions is people's taken-for-granted beliefs about gender, which limit their ability to understand the research on women's resistance and self-defense—and, indeed, prevent them from being able to conceptualize women as strong and competent social actors."
Using It or Losing It: Men's Construction of Their Violence Towards Their Female Partners
This research used a qualitative methodology to explore, in depth, (1) the way in which men use violence in their intimate relationships, and (2) understand the experience of violence.
Varieties of Patriarchy and Violence Against Women: Resurrecting "Patriarchy" as a Theoretical Tool
"The effort to construct a theory of patriarchy to explain violence against women have been derailed by criticism. In this article, the author addresses some of these criticisms, uncovers the explanatory strengths of this concept, and lays some foundations for a more fully developed theory of violence against women. The concept of patriarchy holds promise for theorizing violence against women because it keeps the theoretical focus on dominance, gender, and power. It also anchors the problem of violence against women in social conditions, rather than individual attributes."
Discusses the forms of battering; what causes violence; characteristics of men who batter; roots of battering and the problem; the battered woman; the batterer; the children; and the myths.