About Domestic Violence

Did you know?

Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women exceeding injuries caused by muggings, stranger rape and automobile accidents combined.

In the United States a woman is battered every 15 seconds.

Women of all cultures, races, occupations, income levels and ages are battered...by husbands, boyfriends, lovers and partners.

Do you want to learn more?

We Have Survived
Minnesota Legal Services Educational Fact Sheet
Suggestions for Protection Planning
What Keeps Women in Abusive Relationships

Myths about Domestic Abuse
Myths about Battered Women
Myths about Abusers

Profile of an Assailant
Warning Signs of an Abuser
Signs of Domestic Abuse (The Abused Woman/The Abusive Man)

Wheel Gallery (from the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project and Mending the Sacred Hoop; see Minnesota Program Development, Inc.)

Power and Control Wheel (from the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project)
Equality Wheel (from the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project)
Creator Wheel (from Mending the Sacred Hoop)

Couples Counseling

Victim Rights

Suggested Readings

Disclaimer: This information is directed at heterosexual relationships. Battering also occurs in lesbian and gay relationships, and most of the dynamics are the same, with the violence/power and control issues equivalent in seriousness to those in heterosexual relationships. See Naming the Violence: Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering, edited by Kerry Label, in Suggested Readings.

Additional resources

Other Organizations and Programs