Teen Dating Violence: Information and Resources developed by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (June 2004)

This information packet provides an introduction to the dynamics, prevalence and consequences of teen dating violence. The packet explores issues specific to teen dating violence, examines current provision of support services for teens and presents information about a variety of promising prevention /intervention strategies. While some awareness materials such as booklets, checklists and posters are included, the intent of packet contents is to examine some of the key dating violence issues currently facing teens and their advocates.

Material within the packet has been organized into categories according to current issues (see the Cover/Table of Contents). Following the Overview, a Key Issues section begins with a brief review of Teen Dating Violence Public Policy, followed by information about Health Concerns for Teen Dating Violence Survivors, Use of Violence by Girls and Boys in Heterosexual Teen Relationships, Service Provision Challenges and Changing Approaches in Prevention. The packet includes articles and referral information designed to promote increased knowledge on each key issue and concludes with a Fact Sheet, Statistics Sheet, Bibliography, and Resource Lists designed to help readers gain to access Prevention/Education, Intervention Programs and Direct Service Tools, Websites and Videos.

• Teen Dating Violence: Information and Resources
• Cover/Table of Contents
• Overview
• Key Issue: Teen Dating Violence Public Policy
• Key Issue: Health Concerns for Teen Dating Violence Survivors
• Key Issue: Use of Violence by Girls and Boys in Heterosexual Teen Relationships
• Key Issue: Service Provision Challenges
• Key Issue: Changing Approaches in Prevention
• Fact Sheet
• Statistics Sheet
• Bibliography
• Resource Lists
• Websites
• Video List
• Video Distributors

• In their own words; teens speak out [PDF] by the Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
• Intimate partner violence and age of the victim, 1993-1999 (October 2001) by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
• A Parent's Guide To Teen Dating Violence: Questions To Start The Conversation [PDF] by Liz Claiborne, Inc. (2000)
• What You Need to Know About Dating Violence: A Teen Handbook [PDF] by Liz Claiborne, Inc. (2000)
• A Parents Handbook: How To Talk To Your Children Abourt Developing Healthy Relationships [PDF] by Liz Claiborne
• Handouts for Healthy Relationships: "Consent" [PDF], "Dater's Bill of Rights" [PDF], "Early Warning Signs of Teen Dating Violence" [PDF], "Healthy Relationships" Poster [PDF], "Relationship Contract" [PDF], "Rights and Responsibilities" [PDF], "You Have the Power to Help Your Friends" [PDF]
• Overview of Legislative Issues [PDF] by the National Center for Victims of Crime (2003)
• Minors' Access to Protective Orders by the National Center for Victims of Crime (2003)
• The Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (VAWA 2000) by the Office on Violence Against Women (2001)
• Dating violence against adolescent girls and associated substance use, unhealthy weight control, sexual risk behavior, pregnancy, and suicidality by Jay G. Silverman, PhD; Anita Raj, PhD; Lorelei A. Mucci, MPH;Jeanne E. Hathaway, MD,MPH (2001), published by the Journal of the American Medical Association
• Domestic Violence and Birth Control Sabotage: A Report from the Teen Parent Project [PDF - Full Report] [PDF - Executive Summary] by the Center for Impact Research (2000)
• Towards an Understanding of Women's Use of Non-Lethal Violence in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships by Shamita Das Dasgupta (2001)
• Measuring the Extent of Woman Abuse in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships: A Critique of the Conflict Tactics Scales by Walter Dekeseredy and Martin Schwartz (February 1998)
• Male Victims of Domestic Violence: A Substantive and Methodological Research Review by Michael Kimmel (2001)
• Gender and Contextual Factors in Adolescent Dating Violence by Christian Molidor, Ph.D., Richard Tolman, Ph.D., and Jennifer Kober, M.S.W (1998) - Information available from Center4Policy.org (For copy call Jan Bartunek (800) 929-2955 ext. 19)
• Domestic violence: who are the victims and who are the perpetrators? [PDF] by Calvin Bell
• Teen dating violence among lesbian, bisexual and transgendered girls [PDF] by Gunner Gurwitch (2001)
• Helping with Domestic Violence: Legal Barriers to Serving Teens in Illinois [PDF] by Center for Law and Social Policy, in collaboration with the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent health and the City of Chicago Mayor's Office on domestic Violence (2000)
• Seeking Safe Haven: Two States' Approaches to the Minor Parent TANF Living Arrangement Rule [PDF] by Jodie Levin-Epstein (1999)
• "Model" safety plan implementation & Teen Safety Plan [PDF] by the Massachusetts Department of Education (2003)
• Safety Planning with Teens, taken from Teen Dating Violence Resource Manual, Chapter 4 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (1997)
• Working with Young Men Who Batter: Current Strategies and New Directions by Dean Peacock & Emily Rothman (November 2001)
• The social norms approach to violence prevention [PDF] by Alan Berkowitz, published as part of the Family Violence Prevention Fund Online Discussions (2003)
• Young men as allies in preventing violence and abuse: Building effective partnerships with schools [PDF] by Alan Berkowitz, Peter Jaffe, Dean Peacock, Barri Rosenbluth & Carole Sousa, published as part of the Family Violence Prevention Fund Online Discussions (2003)
• Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) [PDF] by Jackson Katz, published as part of the Family Violence Prevention Fund Online Discussions (2003)
• Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault by David A. Wolfe and Peter G. Jaffe (January 2003)