This comprehensive, two-volume work examines domestic abuse in the United States and worldwide, providing research, personal stories, and primary documents that reveal the extent of the problem.

Table of Contents

• Topical List of Entries
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Timeline of Significant Events Related to Domestic Violence and Abuse
• Encyclopedia Entries
• A
• Acid Throwing
• Africa and Domestic Abuse
• AIDS and Domestic Violence
• Alaska Natives and Domestic Abuse
• Alcohol and Domestic Abuse
• Ali, Somy
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Amnesty International
• Anger Management and Domestic Abuse
• Animal Abuse and Domestic Abuse
• Asia and Domestic Abuse
• Athletes and Domestic Abuse
• Avon Corporation
• B
• Battered Woman Syndrome
• Batterer Intervention Programs
• Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
• Biological and Psychological Theories about Domestic Abuse
• The Body Shop
• Break the Cycle
• Brides Walk
• Bullying and Domestic Abuse
• Bystander Intervention Programs
• C
• The Caribbean and Domestic Abuse
• Castle Rock v. Gonzales Case
• Celebrities and Domestic Abuse
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Child Abuse and Domestic Abuse
• Children, Impact of Domestic Abuse On
• Christianity and Domestic Abuse
• College-Aged Victims
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
• Courts and Domestic Abuse
• Crisis Lines
• Culturally Competent Services
• Cycle of Violence
• D
• Demographic and Health Surveys
• DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services Case
• Disabilities and Domestic Abuse
• Disasters and Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership through Alliances (DELTA) Program
• Dowry Killings
• Drugs and Domestic Abuse
• Duluth Model
• E
• Economic Recession and Domestic Abuse
• Educational Programs
• Effects of Domestic Violence
• Elder Abuse
• End Violence Against Women (EVAW) International
• Equality Now
• Europe and Domestic Abuse
• F
• Failure to Protect
• Family Structure and Domestic Abuse
• Family Violence, Risk Factors For
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
• Female Perpetrators
• Feminism and Domestic Abuse
• Films and Domestic Abuse
• Financial Abuse
• Forced Marriage and Domestic Abuse
• Funding for Domestic Violence Services
• Futures Without Violence
• G
• Gender-Related Theories
• Global Fund for Women
• Grassroots Movements
• H
• Health Effects of Domestic Abuse
• History of U.S. Domestic Violence before 1970
• History of U.S. Domestic Violence Developments, 1970s
• History of U.S. Domestic Violence Developments, 1980s
• History of U.S. Domestic Violence Developments, 1990s
• History of U.S. Domestic Violence Developments, 2000s
• Honor Killings
• Hospital and Medical Records and Domestic Abuse
• Housing and Domestic Abuse
• Hughes, Francine
• Human Trafficking
• I
• Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse
• Incite!
• India and Domestic Abuse
• International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA)
• Islam and Domestic Abuse
• J
• Judaism and Domestic Abuse
• K
• Katz, Jackson
• Kimmel, Michael
• Kivel, Paul
• Kristof, Nicholas and Sheryl WuDunn
• L
• Latin America and Domestic Abuse
• Legislation and Policies, Dating Violence
• Legislation and Policies, Domestic Abuse
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) Victims
• Linguistic Analysis of Verbal Abuse
• Liz Claiborne Inc.
• M
• Mai, Mukhtar
• Male Victims of Domestic Abuse
• Mam, Somaly
• Mandatory Arrest Policies
• Mary Kay Corporation
• Mediation and Domestic Abuse
• Men's Efforts against Domestic Abuse
• Middle and Upper Classes and Domestic Abuse
• The Middle East and Domestic Abuse
• The Military and Domestic Violence
• Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment
• Mortality Review Boards and Domestic Abuse
• Music and Domestic Abuse
• N
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
• National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• National Family Violence Survey
• National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
• National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS)
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
• Native Americans and Domestic Abuse
• News Media and Domestic Abuse
• Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and Domestic Abuse
• Nonprofit Organizations and Domestic Abuse
• Nonviolence Theories and Domestic Abuse
• North America and Domestic Abuse
• O
• Outreach Services
• P
• Patriarchy and Domestic Abuse
• Personal Narrative: Kristin Franklin
• Personal Narrative: Lauren Pilnick
• Personal Narrative: Patricia
• Personal Narrative: Sabrina
• Physicians, Health-Care Providers, and Domestic Abuse
• Pizzey, Erin
• Policing Domestic Abuse
• Pregnancy and Domestic Abuse
• Prevention Institute
• Prisons and Domestic Abuse
• Psychological Effects of Domestic Abuse
• R
• Reproductive Coercion
• Restraining Orders and Personal Protection Orders
• Runaway and Homeless Youth
• S
• Schechter, Susan
• Self-Defense, Homicides, and Domestic Abuse
• Self-Defense, Legal Issues
• Shelters for Domestic Abuse Victims
• Simpson, O. J. Case
• Social and Societal Effects of Domestic Abuse
• Social Change Movements
• Sociological Theories about Domestic Abuse
• South America and Domestic Abuse
• South and Southeast Asia and Domestic Abuse
• Spiritual Abuse
• Stalking
• Straus, Murray
• Support Groups for Victims of Domestic Abuse
• T
• Technology and Domestic Abuse
• Teen Victims of Domestic Abuse
• Therapy and Counseling for Domestic Abuse
• Thurman, Tracey Case
• Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Abuse
• Tribal Law and Justice Act
• Types of Domestic Abuse
• U
• UNIFEM and UN Women
• Uniform Crime Reports
• The United Nations and Domestic Abuse
• U.S. Government Responses to Domestic Violence
• United States v. Morrison Case
• V
• Verizon Foundation
• Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
• Vital Voices
• W
• Walker, Lenore
• War and Domestic Violence
• Warning Signs of Abuse
• Welfare and Domestic Abuse
• White Ribbon Campaign
• Women's Aid Federation of England
• Women's Rights Movement
• Women Thrive Worldwide
• Workplace Violence and Domestic Abuse
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Appendix 1: Primary Documents
• 1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• 2. Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights re: Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) et al. v. United States
• 3. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
• 4. Violence Against Women Act
• Appendix 2: State, National, and International Organizations Related to Domestic Abuse
• Glossary
• Recommended Resources: Books, Journals, Articles, and Videos
• About the Editor and Contributors