About Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is best understood as a pattern of abusive behaviors -- including physical, sexual, and psychological attacks as well as economic coercion -- used by one intimate partner against another (adult or adolescent) to gain, maintain, or regain power and control in the relationship. Find materials in this area that support effective strategies to end domestic violence.

Intervention

This area contains information on the development and delivery of safe and appropriate services for victims of domestic violence and their children.

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prevention

This area provides resources to support primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention efforts that identify and address factors that perpetuate and increase risk of domestic violence.
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education & awareness

This area includes strategies for raising awareness and increasing community engagement to end domestic violence.

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policy & systems advocacy

This area provides information and tools to assist individuals and their collective(s) working to end domestic violence through public policy and systems change.
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Program Development

This area includes resources to support the work of domestic violence programs regarding nonprofit management, personnel supervision and staff development, coalition-building, and practice standards and policies.
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Population-Specific approaches

The resources included here present a starting point for considering the various issues that impact the lives of victims and survivors in specific populations.
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Recent Additions:

Summary of Changes from VAWA Reauthorization 2013 by the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women (2013)
#FemFuture: Online Revolution by Courtney Martin and Vanessa Valenti for the Barnard Center for Research on Women (March 2013)
Using Policies to Promote Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: What is Working? by Carol Plummer in consultation with Alisa Klein (March 2013)

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