Violence and Threats in the Home
“Why Doesn’t She Just Leave?” Barriers to Getting Out of Abusive Relationships
Domestic violence is a fact of life in the U.S. for approximately 35% of women and 28% of men. When we learn someone is in an abusive relationship, the first question many people ask is “Well, why doesn’t she just leave?” However, getting out of the situation is not as easy as people like to think. Read More
The Cycle of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence often follows a repeating cycle within each relationship. Not every abusive relationship follows this pattern, but many survivors describe a tension building phase, an abusive incident, and a honeymoon phase. Read More
Every Step You Take: Stalking in Dating Relationships
One in six women and one in 19 men will experience stalking in their lifetimes. Stalking is a pattern of watching or contacting that causes the person being stalked to feel afraid for their privacy, safety, and their life. Read More
Youth Violence in Rural Areas
A new study of rural youth violence found important similarities and one important difference in the community characteristics that predict youth violence. Read More
What Is to Blame for Youth Violence?
The Media, Guns, Parenting, Poverty, Bad Programs, Or… Read More
Child abuse and father figures: Which kind of families are safest to grow up in?
Some studies show that children with a father surrogate living at home are more likely to be reported for maltreatment—abuse and neglect—than those with a biological father at home or, as some research shows, no father figure at all. Read More
Teen Mothers as Targets for Violence
It is well-known that teen pregnancy puts girls at risk for a lifetime of poverty, but a new study shows that teen mothers are also at high risk of being abused by their boyfriends or husbands in the months after their baby is born. Read More
Linking Spouse and Child Abuse
There has been a growing interest in the relationship between spouse abuse and child abuse and a growing consensus that if a woman is abused by her husband, the children are likely to also be abused. Read More