Books
Reading List
Below is a list of resources and research material that you may find of interest if you wish to delve deeper into these issues. If you've published a paper or book on a relevant topic (or if you have one to recommend), please fill out the form at the bottom so we can add it to the list.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
DomestiC Violence
in Rural communities
Riddell, T., Ford-Gilboe, M., & Leipert, B. (2008). Strategies used by rural women to stop, avoid, or escape from intimate partner violence. Health Care for Women International, 30(1–2), 134–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330802523774
Moffitt, P., Fikowski, H., Mauricio, M., & Mackenzie, A. (2013). Intimate partner violence in the canadian territorial north: Perspectives from a literature review and a Media Watch. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 72(1), 21209. https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21209
Mantler, T., & Wolfe, B. (2017). A rural shelter in Ontario adapting to address the changing needs of women who have experienced intimate partner violence: A qualitative case study. Rural and Remote Health, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh3987
Hall-Sanchez, A. K. (2014). Male peer support, hunting, and separation/divorce sexual assault in rural Ohio. Critical Criminology, 22(4), 495–510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-014-9251-6
DeKeseredy, W. S., Muzzatti, S. L., & Donnermeyer, J. F. (2013). Mad men in bib overalls: Media’s horrification and pornification of rural culture. Critical Criminology, 22(2), 179–197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-013-9190-7
Leipert, B. D., Landry, T., & Leach, B. (2012a). Closing the gap: Rural women’s organizations and Rural Women’s Health in Canada. Rural Women’s Health, 62–79. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442662513-005
DomestiC Violence,
Pets, & Livestock
Ascione, F. R., Weber, C. V., Thompson, T. M., Heath, J., Maruyama, M., & Hayashi, K. (2007). Battered pets and domestic violence: Animal abuse reported by women experiencing intimate violence and by nonabused women. Violence Against Women, 13(4), 354–373. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801207299201
Newland, X., Boller, M., & Boller, E. (2019). Considering the relationship between domestic violence and pet abuse and its significance in the veterinary clinical and educational contexts. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 67(2), 55–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.2018.1559108
Faver, Catherine A., Strand, Elizabeth B. (2003). Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty: Untangling the Web of Abuse. Journal of Social Work Education, 39(2), 237-253. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23044063
Other Articles
by: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Pets as Pawns: The Co-existence of Animal Cruelty and Family Violence
Prepared for Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and The National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges
by: Michael Roguski
Exploring the Links: Family Violence, Firearms and Animal Abuse in Rural Communities
by: Dr. Deborah Doherty & Dr. Jennie Hornosty
Domestic Homicide Risk Factors: Rural and Urban Considerations
by: Victoria Leigh Banman
by: Walter DeKeseredy & Mandy Hall-Sanchez
by: Walter S. DeKeseredy, Amanda Hall-Sanchez, Molly Dragiewicz, Callie M. Rennison
Responding to Wife Abuse in Farm and Rural Communities: Searching for Solutions that Work
by: Jennie Hornosty & Deborah Doherty
The Relationship between Animal Abuse and Family Violence: Implications for Animal Welfare Agencies and Human Service Organizations
by: Eleonora Gullone, Judy Johnson, and Ann Volant
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