Reported incidence and frequency rates of domestic violence in Russia exceed Western
figures by 4 or 5 times. Although a grassroots social services movement has emerged to�…

Psychologists around the world have made contributions in research, clinical assessment,
and intervention and prevention of domestic violence. Although each country has unique�…

All too frequently the media bombards us with news about a high-profile domestic violence
case, where a man or woman is suspected of murdering their wife or husband, with or�…

In a document dated June 16th 2017, the United States Department of Justice stated that
Domestic Violence (DV) has a significant impact not only on those abused, but also on�…

This article is a response to three questions posed by the editor about past and future
research on interpersonal violence by focusing in this essay on domestic violence:(a) What�…

Domestic violence, like all violence, is a human issue. It is not merely a gender issue.
Women are as inclined as men are to engage in physically abusive acts in domestic�…

The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence is a modern reference from the leading international
scholars in domestic violence research. This ground-breaking project has created the first�…

In this chapter, we use the term domestic violence to refer to the violence (physical, verbal,
sexual, or stalking) that women—in relationship with a man or a woman—experience from�…

The author discusses domestic violence and how it can be understood globally through
historical and cultural knowledge about marriage and family. Topics include the historical�…

To systematically review the worldwide evidence on the prevalence of domestic violence
against women, to evaluate the quality of studies, and to account for variation in prevalence�…