Websites on Domestic Violence

Primarily for abused men

• Husband Battering - David Throop's pages contain a library of information on husband and partnership abuse. This is a good place to look for statistics.
• David Gross' Notes on husband battering. Well-reasoned overview of studies on husband abuse and an analysis of society's perceptions of it.
• An excellent source of information for men that are abused in Colorado is http://www.dvmen.org/dv.htm. It contains an A-Z guide of things you need to know if you're being abused, including legal information. It's worth looking at ever if you're not in Colorado, to get an idea of your legal position especially.
• MESA Canada provides information for fathering issues affecting battered men.
• Detroit News columnist talks about DV arrests of women and how the media has portrayed it.
• Men's Educational Support Association (MESA) is a father's rights organization that has some information gleaned from studies on domestic violence.
• Menweb contains several articles about domestic violence against men, including an article from the founder of the first modern women's shelter in the world, and several others.
• Domestic Violence Arrests of Women are going up. Cathy Young writes of how this reflects an increase in fairness in arrests.
• The cop and the survivor, a site that deals with the relationship between the police and domestic violence victims.
• Ontario's infamous Bill 117 essentially gives abusers another tool for abuse: they can claim to be victims, and within a couple of days, seize all the assets of their victims. The burden of proof is on the person accused instead of the abuser.

Primarily for same-sex domestic violence victims

• Lambda's project
• Bibliography of same-sex violence

Primarily for abused women

• Feminist.org list of hotline numbers
• Nashville Police Department DV Page contains practical, educational information on domestic violence, such as indicators of DV, what stages are common, why people stay in DV relationships, how to plan for when you're thinking about leaving, what to do when you're in a fight, etc... Some of the best practical information that I've come across!
• Safety Planning - how to protect your friend or yourself.
• Blain Nelson's Abuse Pages contains a wealth of information on domestic violence. If you want to understand the dynamics of abuse, this is a good place to start.
• Higher Education Center Against Violence is a clearinghouse of information and resources on domestic violence.
  • Domestic Violence Factoids. A lot of DV statistics are thrown around that aren't based on anything. This debunks a lot of the "facts" of domestic violence. I highly recommend reading this if you are interested in DV issues.
• Shattered Love Broken lives contains numerous articles on domestic violence.
• Law Runner is a search engine for legal documents.