The following is a sampling
of books on the general topic of domestic violence. All are
available from the Resource
Library of the Virginia Sexual & Domestic
Violence Action Alliance (434-979-9002 or 804-377-0335). Additional
resources are available addressing more specific issues, such
as faith community responses to domestic violence, developing
a coordinated community response to domestic violence, domestic
violence in gay and lesbian relationships, and much more.
It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Woman Stay
Ola W. Barnett and Alyce D. LaViolette / Sage Publications
When Love Goes Wrong:
What to Do When You Can’t Do
Anything Right
Ann Jones and Susan Schecter / Harper Perennial,
N.Y.
Sourcebook on Violence Against Women
Claire
M. Renzetti, Jeffrey Edleson, Raquel Kennedy Bergen / Sage
Publications 2001
Understanding Violence Against Women
National
Academy Press 1996
Violent No More- Helping Men End Domestic
Abuse
Michael Paymar / Hunter House 2000
Understanding and Preventing Violence
Albert J. Reiss JR., Jeffrey A. Roth / National Academy Press,
1993
Women and Male
Violence: The Visions and Struggles of the Battered Women’s
Movement
Susan Schecter / South End Press 1982
No More Secrets: Violence in Lesbian Relationships
Janice L. Ristock / Rout ledge, 2002
Locked In A Violent Embrace: Understanding
and Intervening in Domestic Violence
Zvi Eisikovits and Eli
Buchbinder / Sage Publications 2000
Rural Woman Battering and the Justice System:
An Ethnography
Neil Websdale / Sage Publications
Safety Planning with Battered Women: Complex Lives /Difficult
Choices
Jill Davies, Eleanor Lyon, Diane Monti-Catania / Sage Publications
Assessing Woman Battering in Mental Health
Services
Edward W. Gondolf / Sage Publications 1998
No Visible Wounds: Identifying Non-Physical
Abuse of Women by their Men
Mary Sue Miller / Contemporary Books, 1995
In Our Best Interest:
Process for Personal and Social Change
Ellen Pence / Minnesota Program Development Inc., 1995
Violence Against Women: The Bloody Footprints
Pauline B. Bart and Eileen Geil Moran- EDS/Sage Publications,
1993
Men Who Batter
Edward W. Gondolf /
Learning Publications, 1985
Safety for Women:
Monitoring Batterers’ Program
Barbara J. Hart / Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic
Violence, 1988
Working With Battered Immigrant Women:
A Handbook to Make Services Accessible
Family Violence
Prevention Fund, 1995
