Dating and Domestic Violence
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Dating and Domestic
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Dating and Domestic Violence
Information on Dating and Domestic Violence
D
ating and domestic violence is a serious social
problem impacting women, men, and children.
Although women are the majority of survivors of
dating or domestic violence relationships, men can be survivors as
well. Dating and domestic violence occurs in heterosexual and
homosexual relationships. On GVSU’s campus dating and domestic
violence happens to our students, faculty, and staff. This education
release provides information and resources about dating and
domestic violence you can use to inform and empower the
university community.
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Statistics
International, National, and State
 National- On average more than 3 women are murdered
by their partners in the United States every day.
 State- In 2000 approximately 22, 328 cases of domestic
violence were prosecuted in the State of Michigan. 65% of these
cases were acts of intimate partner violence towards women.
In the News
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Notable Quotes from Recent News Articles about Dating and Domestic Violence
But the general trend of domesticrelated violence appears to be on the
upward swing. "We are seeing cases
going up and up but this is mainly
because we have sensitised people to
report these cases and at every
police station, we have a family and
child protection officer who handles
these cases," said Mr. Asan Kasingye,
the officer in charge of Community
Affairs in the Uganda Police Force.
Most of the cases of domestic
violence, according to the police,
involve physical assault (beatings) and
sexual attack like rape and
defilement.
Mr. Kasingye said most of the victims
of this form of violence are women.
Domestic violence persists partly
because cases are rarely followed to
the end where perpetrators get
appropriately punished, said Ms
Brenda Kugonza, the advocacy
officer at the Centre for Domestic
Violence Prevention, a local
organisation that fights for women's
rights.
According to the Uganda
Demographic and Health Survey
2006, spousal or intimate partner
violence is the most common form
of violence against women between
the ages of 15 and 49.-Uganda;
Why Ugandans Kill for Love,
Africa News, May 17, 2008.
Scholarly
A new study has found that victims
of domestic abuse are likely to face
discrimination when seeking rental
housing in the District, despite a law
prohibiting such bias.
The investigation was initiated by the
Equal Rights Center, a Washington
fair-housing advocacy group that has
conducted civil-rights testing for 25
years. The study, done in January and
February, covered 93 rental
properties. It found that in 65
percent of the cases of domesticabuse victims seeking housing, they
were denied it outright or offered
disadvantageous conditions to get an
apartment.
The study was intended to calculate
the extent of the problem one year
after a law took effect in the District
to protect victims of domestic
violence from being denied rental
housing, said Rabbi Bruce E. Kahn,
the center's executive director. The
legislation was designed, in part, to
stem homelessness among women
and children, who make up about
half the city's homeless population.
The leading cause of homelessness
among women is domestic violence,
advocates say.-Abuse Victims
Face Bias, Study Says, Sylvia
Moreno, The Washington Post,
May 8, 2008
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Examples of Scholarly Journal Articles about Dating/Domestic Violence
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence
Hassouneh, D. & Glass, N. (2008). The influence of gender role
stereotyping on women’s experience of female same-sex intimate
partner violence. Violence Against Women, 14(3), 310-325.
Perez, S. & Johnson, D.M. (2008). PTSD compromises battered women’s
future safety. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(5), 635-651.
Stickley, A., Timofeeeva, I., & Sparén, P. (2008). Risk factors for intimate
partner violence against women in St. Petersburg Russia. Violence Against
Women, 14(4), 483-495.
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Resources
Online, Print, and Video Resources related to Dating/Domestic Violence
Online
www.centeragainstdv.org
www.divorcesource.com/shelters/michigan.shtml
www.domesticviolence.org/
www.endabuse.org
feminist.org/other/dv/dvhome.html
www.mcadsv.org
www.ncadv.org/
www.ndvh.org/
www.ywca.org/
Print
Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice
Domestic Violence Sourcebook
Domestic Violence at the Margins: Readings on Race, Class, Gender, and
Culture.
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Family and Friends Guide to Domestic Violence: How to Listen, Talk,
and Take Action When Someone You Care about is being Abused
Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
When Men Batter Women
Women Submit! Christians & Domestic Violence
Video
Domestic Violence: Portrait of Abuse
In the Mix: Love Shouldn’t Hurt-Recognizing Dating Violence
Killing us Softly (I, II, and III)
Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity
V-Day Until the Violence Stops
Wrestling with Manhood
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