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Written by professionals in the fields of clinical service and research, Violence Against Women provides a broad perspective on the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence. This text examines a wide range of relationships that may be affected by intimate partner violence and takes a culturally sensitive, international approach to issues underpinning family violence, dating violence, and the injuries children suffer when their caregivers perpetrate violence. Violence Against Women offers insight into a variety of subjects affecting women domestically and internationally. These subjects include risk assessment for intimate partner violence; safety planning for victims of intimate partner violence; criminal prosecution of and protective orders against intimate partner violence; homicide and suicide related to intimate partner violence; intimate partner violence in China and among Chinese Americans; intimate partner violence in LGBTQI relationships; and occurrence of and intervention in cases of intimate partner violence in the military. This educational resource offers definitive data to be applied by professionals in cases of intimate partner violence and anticipates future research and innovation in order to foster more effective intervention in cases of domestic violence the world over. The authors, representing the fields of medicine, nursing, social service, law, law enforcement, and public policy, have collaborated to provide a substantive educational reference for clinical care, social policy, and research workers. Violence Against Women is a comprehensive source of multidisciplinary information for professionals and students in need of a sound understanding of intimate partner violence and violence against women in general. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Risk and Protective Factors for IPV 2. Assessing for IPV 3. Risk Assessment in IPV 4. General Indicators of IPV in Women’s Health 5. Protective Orders and Economic Abuse in Domestic Violence: A Case Study 6. Investigating IPV: The Legal Response 7. IPV: Prosecution and Medical Issues 8. Winning in Court: Maximizing Protection through Prosecution 9. IPV and Child Protection: The Journey to Collaborative Intervention Approaches 10. Safety Planning 11. An Overview of Best Practices to Prevent IPV 12. The WHO, UN and Red Cross Approaches to IPV 13. IPV and Sexual Assault: A Global Perspective 14. Strangulation in the Living IPV Patient 15. Stalking 16. Fatal Intimate Partner Violence 17. Sex-Related Homicide 18. IPV and Mental Health Outcomes 19. Suicide and IPV 20. IPV During Pregnancy 21. The Continuum of IPV and Child Maltreatment: Definitions, Epidemiology, and Health Consequences 22. Intergenerational Transmission of IPV 23. IPV and the Mother Who Kills 24. Feminist Perspective: IPV and the Intersection with Health Care 25. LGBTQI Culture Considerations 26. IPV in the Military Community 27. Violence on the Streets: the Abuse, Assault and Murder of Sex Workers 28. The Co-occurrence of IPV and HIV 29. IPV in China and the Chinese American Community Index