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Intergenerational Transmission of Partner Violence
Results of a 20-year study of the impact of children witnessing violence between their parents. Published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Internet Safety for Survivors
Violence Against Women Online Resources - University of Minnesota

Justice Options for Women who are Victims of Violence
Project looks at the importance of having the input of victims, victim advocates and community justice policy options when new options, such as restorative approaches, are introduced into the justice system in order to ensure that victims are not re-victimized by the system.

Language/Etymology/rule of thumb
Definitive essay on the purported "rule of thumb" law about wife-beating.

Mail Order Brides and the Abuse of Immigrant Women
A License To Abuse: The Impact of Conditional Status on Female Immigrants by Michelle J. Anderson [Text and footnotes of this article are reprinted from The Yale Law Journal. Volume 102 . April 1993 . Number 6. Copyright (c) 1993 by The Yale Law Journal Co., Inc.]

Maison d'amitie
shelter for abused women.

Maitri - San Francisco, CA
Maitri is a free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that helps South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional abuse or family conflict. We provide peer support and referrals to legal help, emergency shelters and counselors.

Making Women's Shelters Accessible to Transgendered Women
Funded by the Violence Intervention and Education Workgroup (VIEW), through a grant provided by the Ministry of Education and Training, as part of the Ontario government's Inter-ministerial Violence Against Women Prevention Initiative.

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