04--Family Violence:  Legal, Congresses & Reports

Berry, Dawn Bradley.  The domestic violence sourcebook:  everything you need to know.  Los Angeles:  Lowell House;  Chicago:  Contemporary Books, 1995.  252p.

Calling for change:  international strategies to end violence against women.  The Hague, Netherlands:  Development Cooperation Information Dept., DVL/OS of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1994.  United Nations Development Fund for Women. Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Voorlichtingsdienst Ontwikkelingssamenwerking.  65p.  Based on a seminar organized by UNIFEM held in The Hague, June 6-9, 1993.

DeKeseredy, Walter S.  Four variations of family violence:  a review of sociological research:  a report prepared for the Family Violence Prevention Division, Health Canada.  Ottawa, Ont., Canada:  National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Family Violence Prevention Division, Health Canada, 1993.  14p.

Dobash, R. Emerson, & Russell P. Dobash, eds.  Rethinking violence against women.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications, 1998.  276p.  Based on a series of international workshops sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

Eekelaar, John M., & Sanford N. Katz.  Family violence:  an international and interdisciplinary study.  Introduction by Anthony Storr.  Toronto:  Butterworths, 1978.  572p.  Proceedings of a conference arranged by the International Society on Family Law held at McGill University, June 1977.

Ellis, Megan.  Legal process for battered women:  a manual for intermediaries.  4th ed.  Vancouver, BC:  Legal Services Society, Community Programs, 1992.  105p.

Family violence in Canada:  Canada, current national data.  Ottawa:  Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 1994.  110p.

Family violence initiative:  summaries of funded projects (1988-1991).  Ottawa, Ont., Canada:  National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Family Violence Prevention Division, Health Programs and Services Branch , Health Canada, 1994.  102p.  Also in French under title:  Initiative de lutte contre la violence familiale. 

Family violence initiative:  summaries of funded projects (1991-1993).  National Clearinghouse on Family Violence.  Ottawa:  The Clearinghouse, 1994.  65p.  Also in French under title:  Initiative de lutte contre la violence familiale, résumés des projets subventionnés (1991-1993).

Federal/Provincial/Territorial report on wife battering to the Meeting of Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women, Niagara-on-the-Lake, May 28-30, 1984.  Ottawa:  Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984.  460p.

Frank, Sharlene.  Family violence in aboriginal communities:  a First Nations report.  Victoria, BC:  Minister of Women's Equality, 1992.  23p.  Minority report:  Is anyone listening?:  report of the British Columbia Task Force on Family Violence:  March 1992.

Information relating to wife assault in British Columbia:  a joint project of the Ministry of Labour, Women's Programs and the Ministry of Attorney General.  Victoria, B.C.:  Ministry of Labour, Women's Programs, 1985.  72p.

Injunctions for battered wives:  a do-it-yourself kit.  Paddington Neighbourhood Law Centre.  London:  The Centre, 1975.  6p.

Kantor, Glenda Kaufman, & Jana L. Jasinski, eds.  Out of the darkness:  contemporary perspectives on family violence.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications, 1997.  332p.  A collection of 23 articles, a majority of which were first presented at the 4th International Family Violence Research Conference, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire.

Lachance, Lise.  Marital violence in Canada:  a journalistic report.  Bombay, India:  Research Centre for Women's Studies, S.N.D.T. Women's University, 1994.  Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University.  94p.

Marshall, Pat Freeman, & Marthe AsselinVaillancourt.  Changing the landscape:  ending violence:  achieving equality:  executive summary/national action plan.  Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women.  Ottawa, Ont.:  The Panel, 1993.  105p.

Pressman, Barbara, Gary Cameron & Michael Rothery, eds.  Intervening with assaulted women:  current theory, research, and practice.  Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum Associates, 1989.  196p.  Updated papers based on presentations at a conference at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1987.

Reports on wife assault.  Ontario Medical Association, Committee on Wife Assault.  Toronto:  The Committee, 1991.  21p.

Sampselle, Carolyn M.  Violence against women:  nursing research, education, and practice issues.  New York:  Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1992.  262p.  Based in part on a conference held in Indianapolis on Apr. 21, 1990.

Simon, Rita J., ed.  From data to public policy:  affirmative action, sexual harrassment, domestic violence, and social welfare.  Lanham, MD:  Women's Freedom Network:  University Press of America, 1996.  185p.  Second volume based on papers presented at the 1995 Women's Freedom Network National Conference.

Violence against women:  abuse in society and church and proposals for change.  The Task Force report to General Synod 1986 of the Anglican Church of Canada.  Toronto, Canada:  Anglican Book Centre, 1987.  64p.

Violence in the family:  theory and practice in social work.  Edinburgh:  H.M.S.O., 1982.  70p.  Based on presentations at a three day seminar organized in 1979 by the Social Work Services Group.