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Domestic Violence Resources


Books

Useful terms for finding books about domestic violence include

  • family violence
  • conjugal violence
  • spousal abuse
  • wife abuse
  • child abuse

Examples on books in the Alvernia Library include:

Dunn, J. (2002). Courting disaster : intimate stalking, culture, and criminal justice. New York : Aldine de Gruyter.

Dutton, D. (2006). Rethinking domestic violence. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Hackson, N.A. (Ed.). (2007). Encyclopedia of domestic violence. New York : Routledge.

Weiss, E. (2004). Surviving domestic violence : voices of women who broke free. Volcano, CA:Volcano Press.

 

Selected Net Library e-books

To search Net Library from off-campus, you must first create a free account on Net Library from a computer on the Alvernia University computer network.

Malley-Morrison, K. (2004). International Perspectives On Family Violence and Abuse: A Cognitive Ecological Approach. Mahwah, N.J:Erlbaum.

Parker, J. N. & Parker, P. M. (2003). Domestic violence: A medical dictionary, bibliography and annotated research guide to internet references. San Diego, CA Icon Group.

Sana . L. (2001). Intimate partner violence: Societal, medical, legal, and individual responses. New York: Kluwer.

 

Domestic Violence Statistics

Homicide Trend in the U.S. - Intimate Homicide
Data from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics

Intimate Partner Violence
A fact sheet from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

 

 



Updated: October 29, 2007

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