LibGuide: Domestic Violence

One of the top reference requests of Fall 2018 was for information about domestic violence. If you're looking for resources to help you explore this topic, you've come to the right place! Contact the Library for database login information or answers to your research questions.

Resources

• If you are in a domestic violence crisis, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

• If you need a shelter or an advocate in Malheur County, contact Project Dove.

• If you need a shelter or an advocte in Idaho, consult this list of resources.

• If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.

Online Resources

• "Quick Reference Pages," Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

• "Domestic Violence Data and Publications," Oregon Department of Human Services

• "Domestic Violence Resources," Oregon Judicial Department

• "Idaho Statistical Analysis Center (ISAC)," Idaho State Police

• "The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• "Intimate Partner Violence," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  

Research Starter

• "Domestic Violence: An Overview," Salem Press Encyclopedia

eBooks

• Domestic Violence: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Perspectives

• Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice

• Overcoming Domestic Violence: Creating a Dialogue Around Vulnerable Populations

• A Typology of Domestic Violence: Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence

• Understanding Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence in Childhood: Still Forgotten, Still Hurting

• Rethinking Domestic Violence

• Hearing Young People Talk About Witnessing Domestic Violence: Exploring Feelings, Coping Strategies and Pathways to Recovery

• Rape As a Part of Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Case Narratives and Official Reports

Books

Nonfiction

• The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond

• A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive

• Battered Wives

• The Burning Bed

• Child Abuse Sourcebook

• Battered Women: A Psychosociological Study of Domestic Violence

• When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse

• My Partner, My Enemy: An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims
  

Fiction

• Never Let You Go

• Color Me Butterfly: A Novel Inspired by One Family's Journey From Tragedy to Triumph

• Me & Emma

• Domestic Violence: Poems
  

Online Videos

Databases

Read sources about domestic violence from a variety of perspectives on SIRS Issues Researcher.

Looking for more specific information? Customize your search with the enCompass search bar on the Library homepage.

To help narrow down your results during your search, use Boolean operators to connect search terms and quotation marks to search for multi-word phrases, like these examples:

"intimate partner violence" "domestic violence" and statistics and Oregon "child abuse" and "long-term effects" "spousal abuse" and prevention