Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence and Abuse
Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence and Abuse
Editor: Finley, Laura L.
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 978-1-61-069001-0
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
Image Count:
29
Book Status:
Pending
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Table of Contents
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