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Current Domestic Violence Legal Literature

About the “Current Domestic Violence Legal Literature” website:

The "Current Domestic Violence Legal Literature" website is a resource for keeping informed about current articles related to domestic violence law.

The Law Library staff selects domestic violence articles daily from the U.S. legal journals and non-U.S. legal journals published in English. We then input into this database the basic bibliographic information and an image of the first page of each article. The image of the article's first page will provide readers with a more complete idea of the scope of each article and the biographical background of the authors. Articles will be added two to three times a week, depending on the volume of cites.

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Articles are listed in reverse chronological order:
October 26, 2009

Author: Antoinette Sedillo Lopez et al.
Title: A Medical/Legal Teaching and Assessment Collaboration on Domestic Violence: Assessment Using Standardized Patients/Standardized Clients
Citation: 14 International Journal of Clinical Legal Education 61 (2009)

Author: Deborah Tuerkheimer
Title: Forfeiture After Giles: The Relevance of "Domestic Violence Context"
Citation: 13 Lewis and Clark Law Review 711 (2009)

Author: Misty Wilson Borkowski
Title: Battered, Broken, Bruised, or Abandoned: Domestic Strife Presents Foreign Nationals Access to Immigration Relief
Citation: 31 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 567 (2009)

Author: Rae Taylor and Erin L. Nabors
Title: Pink or Blue...Black and Blue? Examining Pregnancy as a Predictor of Intimate Partner Violence and Femicide
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1273 (2009)

Author: Nicole Dehan and Zipi Levi
Title: Spiritual Abuse: An Additional Dimension of Abuse Experienced by Abused Haredi (Ultraorthodox) Jewish Wives
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1294 (2009)

Author: Christina Lanier and Michael O. Maume
Title: Intimate Partner Violence and Social Isolation Across the Rural/Urban Divide
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1311 (2009)

Author: Suzanne M. Slattery and Lisa A. Goodman
Title: Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Domestic Violence Advocates: Workplace Risk and Protective Factors
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1358 (2009)

Author: Lynette M. Renner
Title: Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Parenting Stress: Assessing the Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1380 (2009)

Author: Jerry Finn and Teresa Atkinson
Title: Promoting the Safe and Strategic Use of Technology for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Evaluation of the Technology Safety Project
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1402 (2009)

October 5, 2009

Author: Sara R. Benson
Title: Failure to Arrest: A Pilot Study of Police Reponse to Domestic Violence in Rural Illinois
Citation: 17 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 685 (2009)

Author: Amanda M.K. Pacheco
Title: Broken Traditions: Overcoming the Jurisdictional Maze to Protect Native American Women from Sexual Violence
Citation: 11 Journal of Law and Social Challenges 1 (2009)

Author: Alice Edwards
Title: Violence Against Women as Sex Discrimination: Judging the Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Citation: 18 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 1 (2008)

Author: Joshua H. Joseph
Title: Gender and International Law: How the International Criminal Court Can Bring Justice to Victims of Sexual Violence
Citation: 18 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 61 (2008)

Author: Joseph G. Grzywacz et al.
Title: Acculturation and Conflict in Mexican Immigrants' Intimate Partnerships: The Role of Women's Labor Force Participation
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1194 (2009)

Author: Anuradha Paranjape et al.
Title: Psychometric Properties of a New Scale to Assess Family Violence in Older African American Women: The Family Violence Against Older Women (FVOW) Scale
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1213 (2009)

Author: Lauren Bennett Cattaneo et al.
Title: The Victim-Informed Prosecution Project: A Quasi-Experimental Test of a Collaborative Model for Cases of Intimate Partner Violence
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1227 (2009)

Author: Lainie Rutkow et al.
Title: Violence Against Women and the U.S. Supreme Court: Recent Challenges and Opportunities for Advocates and Practitioners
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1248 (2009)

September 14, 2009

Author: Jenny Woodson
Title: NOTE, Sanctioned Indifference: Addressing Domestic Violence in the Courts and Beyond
Citation: 10 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 1037 (2009)

Author: Wayne J. Pitts. et al.
Title: The Need for a Holistic Approach to Specialized Domestic Violence Court Programming: Evaluating Offender Rehabilitation Needs and Recidivism
Citation: 60 Juvenile and Family Court Journal 1 (2009)

Author: Njeri Mathis Rutledge
Title: Turning A Blind Eye: Perjury in Domestic Violence Cases
Citation: 39 New Mexico Law Review 149 (2009)

August 31, 2009

Author: Videtta A. Brown
Title: Gang Member Perpetrated Domestic Violence: A New Conversation
Citation: 7 University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 395 (2007)

Author: Mary Ann Curry et al.
Title: Development of Measures of Abuse Among Women With Disabilities and the Characteristics of their Perpetrators
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1001 (2009)

Author: Bonnie S. Fisher
Title: Commentary on Curry et al.'s Safer and Stronger Program and Suggestions for Future Methodological Research
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1026 (2009)

Author: Rebecca J. Macy
Title: Commentary on Development of Measures of Abuse Among Women with Disabilities and the Characteristics of Their Perpetrators
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1035 (2009)

Author: Laurie E. Powers et al.
Title: Interpersonal Violence and Women With Disabilities: Analysis of Safety Promoting Behaviors
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1040 (2009)

Author: Susan F. Grossman
Title: Commentary on Powers et al.'s Article: "Interpersonal Violence and Women With Disabilities: Analysis of Safety Promoting Behaviors"
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1070 (2009)

Author: Douglas A. Brownridge
Title: Situating Research on Safety Promoting Behaviors Among Disabled and Deaf Victims of Interpersonal Violence
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1075 (2009)

Author: Mary Ann Curry et al.
Title: Reply to Our Commentators
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1080 (2009)

Author: Rita K. Noonan and Dyanna Charles
Title: Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention Strategies: Formative Research With Middle School Youth
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1087 (2009)

Author: Kelly Cue Davis et al.
Title: Women's Awareness of and Discomfort with Sexual Assault Cases: Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Relationship Type
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1106 (2009)

Author: Niwako Yamawaki et al.
Title: The Functions of Gender Role Traditionality, Ambivalent Sexism, Injury, and Frequency of Domestic Violence Perception: A Study Between Japanese and American College Students
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 1126 (2009)

August 17, 2009

Author: Amanda Jane Proctor
Title: Breaking Into the Marital Home to Break Up Domestic Violence: Fourth Amendment Analysis of "Disputed Permission"
Citation: 17 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law 139 (2009)

Author: Dana Harrington Conner
Title: Abuse and Discretion: Evaluating Judicial Discretion in Custody Cases Involving Violence Against Women
Citation: 17 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law 163 (2009)

Author: Molly Dragiewicz and Yvonne Lindgren
Title: The Gendered Nature of Domestic Violence: Statistical Data for Lawyers Considering Equal Protection Analysis
Citation: 17 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law 229 (2009)

Author: Elizabeth L. MacDowell
Title: When Reading Between the Lines is Not Enough: Lessons from Media Coverage of a Domestic Violence Homicide-Suicide
Citation: 17 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law 269 (2009)

August 10, 2009

Author: Jericho M. Hockett et al.
Title: Oppression Through Acceptance? Predicting Rape Myth Acceptance and Attitudes Toward Rape Victims
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 877 (2009)

Author: Amy L. Brown et al.
Title: Psychological Consequences of Sexual Victimization Resulting From Force, Incapacitation, or Verbal Coercion
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 898 (2009)

Author: Allison Ruby Reid-Cunningham
Title: Parent-Child Relationship and Mother's Sexual Assault History
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 920 (2009)

Author: Hyunjung Choi et al.
Title: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Symptoms Following Prostitution and Childhood Abuse
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 933 (2009)

Author: Jeffrey L. Todahl et al.
Title: Sexual Assault Support Services and Community Systems: Understanding Critical Issues and Needs in the LGBTQ Community
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 952 (2009)

Author: Anuradha Paranjape et al.
Title: When Older African American Women Are Affected by Violence in the Home: A Qualitative Investigation of Risk and Protective Factors
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 977 (2009)

July 29, 2009

Author: Erin McGill
Title: NOTE, A Wrong Makes a Right: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing in Domestic Violence Prosecutions after Giles v. California
Citation: 1 Chapman Journal of Criminal Justice 249 (2009)

Author: Christina Misner-Pollard
Title: Domestic Violence in Russia: Is Current Law Meeting the Needs of Victims and the Obligations of Human Rights Instruments?
Citation: 3 Columbia Journal of East European Law 145 (2009)

Author: Jacqueline Curran
Title: An Examination of the Domestic Violence Act 1996 and the Current Problems in Proceeding with Domestic Violence Prosecutions
Citation: 16 Irish Student Law Review 33 (2009)

Author: Anat First and Michal Agmon-Gonnen
Title: Is a Man's Car More Important than a Battered Woman's Body? Human Rights and Punishment for Violent Crimes Against Female Spouses
Citation: 12 New Criminal Law Review 135 (2009)

Author: Babak Lalezari
Title: COMMENT, Domestic Violence: Enough is Enough, Any Force is Enough
Citation: 1 Phoenix Law Review 295 (2008)

Author: Hooma Shah
Title: COMMENT, Brutality by Acid: Utilizing Bangladesh as a Model to Fight Acid Violence in Pakistan
Citation: 26 Wisconsin International Law Journal 1172 (2009)

July 8, 2009

Author: Amanda Cherrin
Title: Caring Fathers: Addressing Domestic Violence and the Care Gap with Male Care Work
Citation: 16 Policy Perspectives: The George Washington University Journal of Public Policy and Public Adminis

July 6, 2009

Author: Tim Donaldson and Karen Olson
Title: "Classic Abusive Relationships" and the Interference of Witness Tampering in Family Violence Cases After Giles v. California
Citation: 36 Lincoln Law Review 45 (2008-2009)

June 29, 2009

Author: Michael G. Heyman
Title: Protecting Foreign Victims of Domestic Violence: An Analysis of Asylum Regulations
Citation: 12 New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 115 (2008)

June 22, 2009

Author: Aiysha Hussain
Title: NOTE, Reviving Hope for Domestic Violence Prosecutions: Giles v. California
Citation: 46 American Criminal Law Review 1301 (2009)

Author: Steve Mulligan
Title: NOTE, Redefining Domestic Violence: Using the Power and Control Paradigm for Domestic Violence Legislation
Citation: 29 Children's Legal Rights Journal 33 (2009)

Author: Jane K. Stoever
Title: Stories Absent from the Courtroom: Responding to Domestic Violence in the Context of HIV and AIDS
Citation: 87 North Carolina Law Review 1157 (2009)

Author: Julie Goldscheid
Title: Goodman and Epstein, Listening to Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Advocacy, Mental Health and Justice
Citation: 29 Pace Law Review 227 (2009)

Author: Margaret E. Johnson
Title: Redefining Harm, Reimagining Remedies, and Reclaiming Domestic Violence Law
Citation: 42 U.C. Davis Law Review 1107 (2009)

Author: Suniti Solomon et al.
Title: Domestic Violence and Forced Sex Among the Urban Poor in South India: Implications for HIV Prevention
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 753 (2009)

Author: Tianfu Wang et al.
Title: Partner Violence and Sexual Jealousy in China: A Population-Based Survey
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 774 (2009)

Author: Richard L. Ogle, Nora E. Noel, and Stephen A. Maisto
Title: Assessing Acceptance of Violence Toward Women: A Factor Analysis of Burt's Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence Scale
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 799 (2009)

Author: Karen G. Weiss
Title: "Boys Will Be Boys" and Other Gendered Accounts: An Exploration of Victims' Excuses and Justifications for Unwanted Sexual Contact and Coercion
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 810 (2009)

Author: Jacqueline Chevalier Minow and Christopher J. Einolf
Title: Sorority Participation and Sexual Assault Risk
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 835 (2009)

Author: Judy L. Postmus et al.
Title: Women's Experiences of Violence and Seeking Help
Citation: 15 Violence Against Women 852 (2009)

June 8, 2009

Author: Katherine G. Breitenbach
Title: NOTE, Battling the Threat: The Successful Prosecution of Domestic Violence After Davis v. Washington
Citation: 71 Albany Law Review 1255 (2008)

Author: Deidre Ewing
Title: NOTE, Prosecuting Batterers in the Wake of Davis and Hammon
Citation: 35 American Journal of Criminal Law 91 (2007)

Author: Jeannie Suk
Title: The True Woman: Scenes From the Law of Self-Defense
Citation: 31 Harvard Journal of Law and Gender 237 (2008)

Author: Tom Lininger
Title: The Sound of Silence: Holding Batterers Accountable for Silencing Their Victims
Citation: 87 Texas Law Review 857 (2009)

Author: Sarah Brady Brundage
Title: COMMENT, Spare the Rod, Save the Child: Reviewing Corporal Punishment Through the Lens of Domestic Violence
Citation: 8 Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy 83 (2008)