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How to Use the Domestic Violence Resource Packet

This document provides recommendations and suggestions for making full use of the Domestic Violence Resource Packet (Promoting Safety : A Resource Packet for Marriage and Relationship Educators and Program Administrators.).

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Domestic Violence and Healthy Marriage & Relationships: What is the Connection?

This Collection by Topic is designed to help practitioners, administrators and advocates in the fields of Marriage and Relationship Education (MRE) and Domestic Violence (DV) – as well as those interested in these fields – understand and learn about research, strategies and tools to address domestic violence issues. This collection is based upon new research […]

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Services for Male Victims of Domestic Violence: A Fact Sheet

Healthy relationships are nonviolent and allow both men and women to express themselves without fear of being belittled, criticized or having their opinion diminished. The field of marriage education has looked to domestic violence experts to discern how to talk with couples about what is/is not healthy and what to watch for that could signal […]

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Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey

This report presents findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey on the extent, nature, and consequences of intimate partner violence in the United States. The survey, which was conducted from November 1995 to May 1996, consisted of telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 8,000 U.S. women and 8,000 U.S. men about their […]

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Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-99

Estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicate that in 1999 persons age 12 or older experienced about 791,210 violent crimes by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend. Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women: During 1999 females experienced 671,110 (85%) such violent victimizations; males, 120,100(15%). Younger women generally had […]

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Advocacy Beyond Leaving: Helping Battered Women in Contact With Current or Former Partners: A Guide for Domestic Violence Advocates

This resource addresses how to identify safety strategies, find resources and to know what to say when a victim’s focus and goals are to remain in contact, remain in the relationship or to improve their children’s relationship with their father. It also recommends what kinds of new partnerships need to be developed to benefit these […]

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The “”Green Book”” Demonstration

This fact sheet describes the interagency demonstration project, referred to as the Green Book Initiative, which supports the implementation of the recommended policy and practice guidelines featured in the Green Book. Within selected jurisdictions, the Initiative fosters and enhances collaborations among domestic violence service providers; child protective services; juvenile, family, and criminal courts; and community […]

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Intimate Partner Violence

Estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicate that in 1998 about 1 million violent crimes were committed against persons by their current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends. Such crimes, termed intimate partner violence, are committed primarily against women. About 85% of victimizations by intimate partners in 1998, about 876,340, were against women. […]

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