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Domestic Violence Facts and Statistics at-a-Glance

PASK Researchers

PASK Video Summary
by John Hamel, LCSW

  1. Introduction

  2. Implications for Policy
    and Treatment


  3. Domestic Violence Politics

17 Full PASK Manuscripts
and tables of
Summarized Studies

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

PARTNER ABUSE STATE OF
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT (PASK)

The world's largest domestic violence research data base, 2,657 pages,
with summaries of 1700 peer-reviewed studies.

Over the years, research on partner abuse has become unnecessarily fragmented and politicized. The purpose of The Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project (PASK) is to bring together in a rigorously evidence-based, transparent and methodical manner existing knowledge about partner abuse with reliable, up-to-date research that can easily be accessed both by researchers and the general public. In March, 2010, the Senior Editor of Partner Abuse recruited family violence scholars from the United States, Canada and the U.K. to conduct an extensive and thorough review of the empirical literature, in 17 broad topic areas. Researchers were asked to conduct a formal search for published, peer-reviewed studies through standard, widely-used search programs, and then catalogue and summarize all known research studies relevant to each major topic and its sub-topics. In the interest of thoroughness and transparency, the researchers agreed to summarize all quantitative studies published in peer-reviewed journals after 1990, as well as any major studies published prior to that time, and to clearly specify exclusion criteria. Included studies are organized in extended tables, each table containing summaries of studies relevant to its particular sub-topic.

In this unprecedented undertaking, a total of 42 scholars and 70 research assistants at 20 universities and research institutions spent two years or more researching their topics and writing the results. Approximately 12,000 studies were considered and more than 1,700 were summarized and organized into tables. The 17 manuscripts, which provide a review of findings on each of the topics, for a total of 2,657 pages, appear in 5 consecutive special issues of Partner Abuse published between April, 2012 and April, 2013. All conclusions, including the extent to which the research evidence supports or undermines current theories, are based strictly on the data collected.

CLASSIC VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH

From Other Renowned Scholars and Clinicians. Click on any name below

PREVALENCE RATES

Don Dutton, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia
(Canada)

Denise Hines, Ph.D.
Clark University

David Sugarman, Ph.D.
Rhode Island College

Zeev Winstok, Ph.D.
University of Haifa (Israel)

CONTEXT OF ABUSE

Ken Corvo, Ph.D.
Syracuse University

Don Dutton, Ph.D
University of British Columbia (Canada)

Leila Dutton, Ph.D.
University of New Haven

K. Daniel O'Leary
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Richard Heyman, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Zeev Winstok, Ph.D.
University of Haifa (Israel)

ABUSE WORLDWIDE ETHNIC/LGBT GROUPS

Kim Bartholomew, Ph.D.
Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Fred Buttell, Ph.D.
Tulane University

Vallerie Coleman, Ph.D.
Private Practice, Santa Monica, CA

Louise Dixon, Ph.D.
University of Birmingham (U.K.)

Denise Hines, Ph.D.
Clark University

Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Ph.D.
Boston University

Chiara Sabina, Ph.D.
Penn State Harrisburg

Christauria Welland, Ph.D.
Private Practice, San Diego, CA

RISK FACTORS

Louise Dixon, Ph.D.
University of Birmingham (U.K.)

Richard Heyman, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Stony Brook

K. Daniel O'Leary
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Sandra Stith, Ph.D.
Kansas State University

Gregory Stuart, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee Knoxville

Zeev Winstok, Ph.D.
University of Haifa (Israel)

IMPACT ON VICTIMS AND FAMILIES

Miriam Ehrensaft, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Ctr.

Renee McDonald, Ph.D.
Southern Methodist University

Marlene Moretti, Ph.D.
Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Amy Slep, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Daniel Sonkin, Ph.D.
Private Practice, Sausalito, CA.

Arlene Vetere, Ph.D.
Surrey University (U.K.)

VICTIM ISSUES

Carol Crabsen, MSW
Valley Oasis, Lancaster, CA

Emily Douglas, Ph.D.
Bridgewater State University

Leila Dutton, Ph.D.
University of  New Haven

Margaux Helm
WEAVE, Sacramento, CA

Denise Hines, Ph.D.
Clark University

Renee McDonald, Ph.D.
Southern Methodist University

CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES

Fred Buttell, Ph.D.
Tulane University

Ken Corvo, Ph.D.
Syracuse University

Don Dutton, Ph.D
University of British Columbia (Canada)

Jeffrey Fagan, Ph.D.
Columbia University

Linda Mills, Ph.D.
New York University

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

Ellen Bowen, LCSW
Private Practice, Santa Rosa, CA

Fred Buttell, Ph.D.
Tulane University

Ken Corvo, Ph.D.
Syracuse University

Louise Dixon, Ph.D.
University of Birmingham (U.K.)

Kimberly Flemke, Ph.D.
Drexel University

Nicola Graham-Kevan, Ph.D.
Univ. Central Lancashire (U.K.)

Lonnie Hazlewood
Private Practice, Austin, TX

Peter Lehmann, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Arlingon

Penny Leisring, Ph.D.
Quinnipiac University

Ronald Potter-Efron, MSW, Ph.D.
Private Practice, Eau Claire, WI

Daniel Sonkin, Ph.D.
Private Practice, Sausalito, CA.

Lynn Stewart, Ph.D.
Correctional Service Canada

Casey Taft, Ph.D.
Boston V.A. Medical Center

Jeff Temple, Ph.D. 
University of Texas Medical Branch

Arlene Vetere, Ph.D.
Surrey University (U.K.)

ONLINE CEU COURSES

  • Domestic Violence Worldwide (4 hours)

  • Evidence-Based Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, Part 1: Research, Theory and Assessment (8 hours)

  • Evidence-Based Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, Part 2: Treatment (8 hours)

  • Domestic Violence: Contemporary Research and Criminal Justice Responses (4 hours)

  • Domestic Violence and Child Custody (4 hours)

  • Intimate Partner Abuse Assessment (4 hours)

  • Working with Victims: Best Practices (4 hours)

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