Dating violence
Alcohol, Prescription Drug Misuse, Sexual Violence, and Dating Violence Among High School Youth
Changes in Acceptance of Dating Violence and Physical Dating Violence Victimization in a Longitudinal Study With Teens
National Institute of Justice Commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
A Cross-National Comparison of Risk Factors for Teen Dating Violence in Mexico and the United States
Do Substance Use, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Sexual Experiences Vary for Dating Violence Victims Based on Type of Violent Relationships?
Predicting Teen Dating Violence Perpetration
The Associations Between Substance Use, Sexual Behaviors, Bullying, Deviant Behaviors, Health, and Cyber Dating Abuse Perpetration
Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence NIJ-2019-15270
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men - 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
This seminar provides the first set of estimates from a national large-scale survey of violence against women and men who identified themselves as American Indian or Alaska Native using detailed behaviorally specific questions on psychological aggression, coercive control and entrapment, physical violence, stalking, and sexual violence. These results are expected to raise awareness and understanding of violence experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native people.
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The Real World of Dating Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Portrait
In this seminar, Dr. Peggy Giordano of Bowling Green State University presents preliminary findings from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS), a thirteen-year longitudinal study examining the lives of young people transitioning into adulthood. In this study, Dr. Giordano led a team of researchers who performed five waves of structured in-home surveys paired with in-depth qualitative interviews with a subset of respondents who had experienced violence within the context of their dating relationships.
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Risk Factors in Pre- and Mid-Adolescence May Help Predict Dating Violence in Young Adulthood
Teen Dating Violence: What Do We Know About Dating Violence From Adolescence Into Young Adulthood?
The "Real World" of Dating Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood - A Longitudinal Portrait
Relationship Dynamics and Their Contribution to Adolescent Relationships and Dating Violence
Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents
Building Healthy Teen Relationships: An Evaluation of a Dating Violence Prevention Program With Middle School Students
NIJ Journal Issue No. 261
Relationship Abuse During the Transition From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Civil Protection Order Enforcement
T.K. Logan discusses her study that looked at the impact of civil protective orders for domestic violence victims in five Kentucky jurisdictions. Civil protective orders, sometimes known as restraining orders, may cover various situations, such as ordering an assailant to avoid a victim's home and workplace or forbidding any contact with the victim, including by mail or telephone.
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Children Exposed to Violence
Panelists will discuss the results of the recent Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's National Survey on Children's Exposure to Violence and findings from a seven-year follow-up study, funded by NIJ, on home visitation in New York. The survey's findings included startling figures: More than 60 percent of the children interviewed were exposed to violence, crime and abuse within the past year, and more than 1 in 10 were injured in an assault.
Domestic Violence Research 15 Years After VAWA
Since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, a majority of the more than 250 research and evaluation studies funded by NIJ examined domestic violence issues. This research has been collected in the Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women, which includes an abstract of each grant and the results of completed studies.