Domestic Violence Sourcebook

In: Health Reference Series

Abstract

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One Facts about Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Sexual Harassment -- Chapter 1 What Is Domestic Violence? -- Section 1.1-Introduction to Domestic Violence -- Section 1.2-Are Coercion and Controlling Behaviors Linked to IPV? -- Section 1.3-Sexual Abuse and IPV -- Chapter 2 Prevalence of Domestic Abuse -- Chapter 3 Risk Factors for Domestic Violence -- Section 3.1-Why Does IPV Occur? -- Section 3.2-Individual, Relational, Community, and Societal Risk Factors -- Section 3.3-Power and Control Model -- Section 3.4-Economic Stress and IPV -- Section 3.5-Are Separated or Divorced Persons at Increased Risk for IPV? -- Section 3.6-Domestic Violence in the Wake of Disasters -- Section 3.7-When and Which Abusers Are Likely to Reabuse? -- Chapter 4 Detecting Abuse -- Section 4.1-Comparing Healthy and Abusive Relationships -- Section 4.2-Indicators of Domestic Violence -- Section 4.3-Self-Test for Women: Am I Being Abused? -- Chapter 5 Stalking -- Section 5.1-Stalking: What It Is and What You Can Do about It -- Section 5.2-Factors Contributing to Stalking -- Section 5.3-Security Tips for Stalking Victims -- Section 5.4-Stalking Statistics -- Chapter 6 Sexual Harassment -- Section 6.1-Sexual Harassment: What It Is -- Section 6.2-Prevalence of Sexual Harassment -- Section 6.3-Understanding the Link between Childhood Bullying and Sexual Violence -- Section 6.4-Harassment in the Workplace -- Part Two Intimate Partner Abuse -- Chapter 7 Types of Intimate Partner Abuse -- Section 7.1-Primary Forms of Intimate Partner Abuse -- Section 7.2-Physical Abuse -- Section 7.3-Sexual Abuse -- Section 7.4-Emotional Abuse -- Section 7.5-Verbal Abuse -- Section 7.6-Economic Abuse -- Chapter 8 When Abuse Turns Deadly -- Section 8.1-Prevalence of Intimate Partner Homicide -- Section 8.2-Intimate Partner Strangulation.