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Domestic Violence

A Guide to Finding Government Information

Web version of this guide includes links to web resources.

Search Tips:

Mix and match these terms in searching the library catalog, WestCat , or use them to search journal articles and law reviews via the library's Databases page. You can also use them to search government information sites listed on our Starting Points page - click the tab and pay particular attention to the Top Six.

  • domestic violence
  • sexual abuse victims
  • family violence
  • marital violence
  • intimate partner violence
  • children and violence
  • honor killings
  • victims of family violence
  • battered women
  • prevention
  • wife abuse
  • abusive men

An important source for many research topics is Congress. Congressional committees and subcommittees hold hearings on a wide variety of controversial and timely subjects. Simply add the word "hearing?" to a search string in WestCat .

Search Engines

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Use these search engines to search for government information by typing "site:gov" in the search box preceding your search terms:

  • site:gov "domestic violence"
  • site:mil domestic violence
Federal Government Information

This short report describes the interrelationship between domestic violence and child abuse and what programs some locales are implementing to help children caught up in the violence.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS124461

This report has statistics on all aspects of domestic violence and its victims and perpetrators, responses by the justice system and programs for intervention.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS122359

This hearing discusses ways to help victims of domestic violence retain their employment, often the only thing preventing them from having to depend completely on their abusers for food and shelter.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS109525

This short document introduces the Safe Start Initiative, founded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, an attempt to address the problems children face when they are exposed to violence.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo724

This short statistical report compares domestic violence to non-domestic violence sexual assault and aggravated assault cases in 15 counties located in 8 different states by prosecution and conviction rates.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS108625

This flyer describes the Illinois Crime Victim's Compensation Program, a program victims of violent crime can apply to for help with medical expenses, lost wages, counseling and more.
http://ediillinois.org/ppa/docs/00/00/00/02/20/09/20091028204602_cc96.pdf

This report discusses the effect of removing gun rights from domestic batterers.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo11230

Training health care providers who treat domestic violence victims to provide better care.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS92011

Domestic Violence and New Americans: Directory of Programs and Resources for Battered Refugee Women

An alphabetical directory of non-governmental organizations that can help victims of domestic violence from foreign countries where language and cultural barriers might exist.
HE 20.410:P 94

This factsheet defines Intimate Partner Violence and gives a few statistics on its personal and economic impact.
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo16817

Illinois Government Information

This online document explains what is covered by this program and how to apply.
http://ediillinois.org/ppa/meta/html/00/00/00/02/21/83.html

This Act allows for victims of domestic violence and their family members to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year to address the violence.
http://iledi.org/ppa/meta/html/00/00/00/00/37/78.html

Legal Information

This article argues for a hybrid syndrome to replace the "battered spouse" and "battered child" syndromes used as the basis for a self-defense plea when a domestic abuse victim is charged with murdering their abuser. 2009
Criminal Law Brief v.4, p.76 via Nexis Uni

The author argues for restorative justice to reduce domestic violence and empower victims instead of a one-size-fits-all treatment by the criminal justice system. 2009
Criminal Law Brief v.4, p.3

http://www.wiu.edu/libraries/govpubs/guides/domesticViolence.php

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