Periodic Publications

OCDV periodically publishes research briefs and reports on a variety of topics related to intimate partner violence to assist New Yorkers in understanding these issues and encourage further conversation.

• Intimate Partner Violence Disrupts Child Development and Impacts Non-Offending Parent’s Ability to Parent: A fact sheet that outlines the impacts of intimate partner violence on child development and on the ability to parent.

• OCDV IN FOCUS: A Closer Look at Foreign-Born Clients Visiting the New York City Family Justice Centers: An overview of the foreign-born client population of the Family Justice Centers showing that the majority of Family Justice Center clients are foreign-born and that the client base reflects the diversity of New York City's population.

• OCDV IN FOCUS: Survey Findings from the New York City Healthy Relationship Training Academy - Differences by Participant Age and Gender: An analysis showing differences in performance on pre- and post-workshops surveys based on participant age and gender

• OCDV IN FOCUS: Survey findings from the New York City Healthy Relationship Training Academy - Participation in the Academy leads to significant improvement in knowledge and attitudes around healthy relationship: A summary of the results from pre- and post-workshop surveys conducted by the New York City Healthy Relationship Training Academy


• News Coverage of Intimate Partner Homicides in New York City (2013-16): A systematic review of all news articles reporting on NYC intimate partner homicides from 2013-16.


• Intimate Partner Elder Abuse in New York City: The first ever in-depth look at this important issue that affects the health and safety of the New York City elder community and their families.


• Intimate Partner Violence Traumatizes Children and Teens: A fact sheet geared toward educators about the effects of intimate partner violence in the home and the prevalence and impact of teen dating violence.


• Data Brief: Domestic Violence Homicide Incidents in the Ten Largest U.S. Cities: An analysis of data from the FBI Supplementary Homicide Reports (2015) shows NYC had the lowest rate of domestic violence and intimate partner violence homicide incidents of the ten largest U.S. cities.