Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Each year, millions of women throughout the world experience violence and abuse at the hands of their intimate partner. Abusers coercively control them by using a variety of tactics ranging from physical or sexual violence to emotional or psychological abuse. Building Financial Empowerment for Survivors of Domestic Violence aims to address this critical knowledge gap by providing those who work with survivors of domestic violence with practical knowledge on how to empower the financial well-being and stability of survivors.

This one-stop resource for students, activists, educators, and advocates provides a thorough and accessible overview of the many dimensions of domestic violence and abuse, including risk factors, consequences, and resources.Appropriate for readers at the high school level and above, the volume focuses on the scope, extent, and characteristics of domestic violence by studying the issue from a variety of perspectives and vantage points, including the voices of domestic violence survivors and the activists and advocates working on their behalf to end one of the world's worst human rights problems.

In the United States, domestic violence, including intimate partner violence and child abuse, are significant problems that cause immense harm in our society. While the military's domestic violence and child abuse incidence rates are lower than comparable rates in civilian communities, both intimate partners and children die every year at the hands of military servicemembers.

Provides basic consumer health information about domestic violence, signs of abuse, risk factors including abuse in specific populations, and strategies to prevent and intervene in domestic violence. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and a list of resources for additional help.

Stalking targeted at one of the child's parents by the other poses a major psychosocial and physical threat to children's wellbeing and security. Although interdisciplinary research on stalking has expanded in recent decades, intimate partner/ex-partner stalking has been viewed as an "adults only" problem. Ex-Partner Stalking and Children brings together scholars and practitioners from different disciplines in the field to examine ex-partner stalking as a psychosocial and criminological issue in children's and young people's lives.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious social problem affecting both men and women worldwide that can lead to a variety of negative mental and physical health effects.

Nationally representative studies confirm that LGBTQ individuals are at an elevated risk of experiencing intimate partner violence. While many similarities exist between LGBTQ and heterosexual-cisgender intimate partner violence, research has illuminated a variety of unique aspects of LGBTQ intimate partner violence regarding the predictors of perpetration, the specific forms of abuse experienced, barriers to help-seeking for victims, and policy and intervention needs.

This book critically exposes some of the factors used in the risk determination of intimate partner violence, alongside an analysis on the definition and management of the risk of recidivism. Traditional beliefs and gender stereotypes underlying police attitudes associated with domestic violence are explored. The authors provide considerations for domestic violence prevention and intervention programs, highlighting the importance of adopting proactive and supportive attitudes in response to victims.