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Assessing Domestic Violence

Resources for screening and assessing domestic violence in families.

	Child Protection in Families Experiencing Domestic Violence Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (HHS) User Manual Series (2003) Background on the overlap between child maltreatment and domestic violence, and guidelines for child protection practice with families experiencing domestic violence. (PDF - 3360 KB)

Assessing Safety and Responsibility in Child-Custody Disputes
Jaffe, Lemon, & Poisson (2003)
In Child Custody and Domestic Violence: A Call for Safety and Accountability
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Aspects of domestic violence that should be assessed, as well as considerations for evaluating victimized mothers, batterers, and children.

Can Violent Parents Be Fit Parents?
Sturge (2003)
In Studies in the Assessment of Parenting
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Recommends that assessments in cases of domestic violence should include the mental health of the child, the caregiving abilities of the parents, the reasons for violent behavior, the couple's relationship, and the quality of the child's relationship with each parent.

Guidelines for Assessing Violence
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS) (2004)
In Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy: A Treatment Improvement Protocol: TIP 39
These guidelines outline a protocol for screening clients for domestic violence and child abuse.

Handbook of Domestic Violence Intervention Strategies: Policies, Programs, and Legal Remedies
Roberts (Ed.) (2002)
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Includes assessment strategies for women and children affected by domestic violence.

Module Two: Identification. Participant's Manual
Bay Area Academy (2001)
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This module of the Issues in Domestic Violence curriculum for child welfare workers focuses on the identification of spouse abuse in child welfare cases. Describes assessment strategies and includes instructions for the CD-ROM assessment instrument found in the curriculum.

Screening for Domestic Violence in a General Pediatric Clinic: Be Prepared!
Holtrop, Fischer, Gray, Barry, & Bryant
Pediatrics, 114(5, pt. 1), 2004
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A study of the use of the Partner Violence Screen tool in a pediatric clinic.

	Related Information Gateway Topics Responding to child abuse & neglect: Responding to domestic violence Systemwide: Domestic violence services

Updated on July 2, 2008