Over the past 50 years, programs serving intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors have
expanded nationally. However, despite IPV program growth service gaps remain …

Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews/Domestic Homicide Reviews (DVFRs/DHRs) are multi-
agency reviews aimed at reducing domestic homicides. This study systematically reviews …

Batterer programs are at a critical juncture, with a handful of experimental program
evaluations showing little or no effect from the prevailing program approach. This finding has …

Rape law reform has long been hailed as one of the most successful projects of second-
wave feminism. Yet forty years after the anti-rape movement emerged, legal and medical …

Critical social work encourages emancipatory personal and social change. This text focuses
on the challenge of incorporating critical theory into the practice of social workers and …

The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare recently released its Grand
Challenges for Social Work.''Ending gender-based violence''1 (also referenced as domestic …

Anti-human trafficking efforts have increased recently but have been largely ineffective at
eradicating the crime. Scholars identify collaborative approaches and increased inclusion of …

Although intimate partner violence (IPV) is a well-studied topic, surprisingly little consensus
among researchers has been reached with regard to the definition and measurement of its …

Through interviews the present study examined the perspectives of service providers (n= 14)
in the violence against women (VAW) sector regarding risk factors and challenges in …

Caught between violent partners and the bureaucratic complications of the US Immigration
system, many immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to abuse. For two years, Roberta …