Domestic Violence Resources
Handouts and Guides
- Domestic Violence FAQ's and Violencia Doméstica (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Tip Sheets on Stalking for Victims and for Advocates (Dept. of Justice)
- Fact Sheet: Understanding Sexual Violence
- Domestic Violence: Protecting Yourself and Your Children - also in Spanish (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Know Your Rights: Domestic Violence (American Bar Association)
- Leaving an Abusive Relationship - also in Spanish (Dept. of HHS, Office on Women's Health)
- Common Reactions After Trauma - also in Spanish (National Center for PTSD)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline brochures (see all downloadable materials here):
- Power and Control Wheels (Domestic Abuse Intervention Project):
- Offering Support (National Domestic Violence Hotline)
Hotlines and Other Phone Assistance
- National Domestic Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) - National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
- National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474
- National Victim of Crime Hotline: 1-855-4-VICTIM (855-484-2846)
- California Partnership to End Domestic Violence: 1-800-524-4765, 1-916-444-7163
- California Coalition Against Sexual Assault: 916-446-2520;
Text/SMS: 916-905-2272
Helpful Websites
- AEquitas
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Sexual Violence Prevention
- End Violence Against Women International
- Futures Without Violence
- Mending the Sacred Hoop
- National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
- National Center for Victims of Crime
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- Office on Violence Against Women (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
- Peace Over Violence (formerly, L.A. Commission on Assaults Against Women)
- PreventConnect
- Rape Abuse Incest National Network
- Resource Sharing Project
- Responding to Campus Sexual Assault
- Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault
- Stalking Resource Center
- Vision of Hope
Articles
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Clinical Guidance on Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive and Sexual Coercion
- Intimate Partner Violence Around the Time of Pregnancy: Association with Breastfeeding Behavior (Journal of Women's Health, 2006)
- The Impact of Current and Past Interpersonal Violence on Women's Mental Health (Social Science Medicine, 2005)
- Violence Against Women and the Perinatal Period: The Impact of Lifetime Violence and
Abuse on Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Breastfeeding (Trauma Violence Abuse, 2007)