Working With Survivors in Jail: A Manual for Community-Based Advocates
by National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women staff (November 2009) Updated July 2025 by Sophie Davis and Cindene…
Research at the Intersection of IPV and Firearms
Prevalence rates of both intimate partner violence and gun violence remain pervasive. Research demonstrates a lethal association when intimate partner violence and firearms are combined.
Domestic Violence Victimization in the US
In a 2016/2017 national study, almost 1 in 2 women in the U.S., and about 40% of men, report having been subjected to contact sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Nearly a third of women and nearly a quarter of men report having been subjected to severe physical violence by an intimate partner during their lifetime.1