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Domestic Violence Research Links

Here are some research resources on domestic violence:

Alison Osattin, MPH and Lynn M. Short, Ph.D, MPH National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998

This 118 page PDF file describes 36 sets of training materials designed to show healthcare providers how to treat domestic violence and sexual assault cases. The materials described include manuals, videos, scripted lectures with slides, information packets and handbooks.

An Advocates Guide to Full Faith and Credit

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

This guide was developed for advocates who assist victims of domestic violence with orders for protection. It provides a glossary of full faith and credit terminology, advocate tips, and information about enforcement of full faith and credit legislation.

Neil Websdale, Ph.D., Maureen Sheeran, Policy Analyst, Byron Johnson, Ph.D.

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.

Working Effectively with the Police: A Guide for Battered Women's Advocates

By Jane Sadusky for BWJP

Battered women's advocates and police departments in several jurisdictions have been successful in developing a more effective police response to domestic assault cases. The author discusses the changes police officers have made regarding when and how they arrest, investigate, write reports, and how they work with and support prosecutors and victim advocates.

Trapped in Poverty/Trapped by Abuse: New Evidence Documenting the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Welfare

By Jody Raphael of the Taylor Institute and Richard M. Tolman of University of Michigan

This report is a summary and analysis of recent research studies which identify the extent of domestic violence among women receiving welfare that helps gauge the effects of violence on women's lives, their use of welfare, and on their ability to become economically self-sufficient.