Periodic Publications

Our office publishes research briefs and reports on a variety of topics related to domestic and gender-based violence periodically, to assist New Yorkers in understanding these issues and encourage further conversation.

2019

• Creating Pathways: Enhancing Systems' Responses to Sexual Violence - Summary Report: A summary of the April 2019 conference on New York City's healthcare, law enforcement, legal, and advocacy communities' response to sexual violence.
• A Foundation Report: Family Violence (Issued July 2019): An overview of the issue of family violence, including local crime statistics and data from the New York City Family Justice Centers.
• ENDGBV IN FOCUS: Survey findings from the New York City Healthy Relationship Training Academy – TechnoLOVE Workshop (Issued February 2019): A summary of the results from pre- and post-TechnoLOVE workshop surveys conducted by the New York City Healthy Relationship Training Academy.
• A Foundation Report: Stalking (Issued January 2019): An overview of the issue of stalking, including national and local statistics, as well as a discussion of New York City prevention and intervention strategies.

2018

• Data Brief: Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide in New York City, 2010-2017 (Issued October 2018): A descriptive analysis of NYC homicides in which an abusive partner murdered their current or former intimate partner and then died by suicide.
• Intimate Partner Violence Disrupts Child Development and Impacts Non-Offending Parent’s Ability to Parent (Issued April 2018): 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 (Issued March 2018): 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 (Issued February 2018): An analysis showing differences in performance on pre- and post-workshops surveys based on participant age and gender.

2017

• Intimate Partner Violence Traumatizes Children and Teens (Issued November 2017): 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 (Issued November 2017): 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.

• 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 (Issued September 2017): A summary of the results from pre- and post-workshop surveys conducted by the New York City Healthy Relationship Training Academy.

• Intimate Partner Elder Abuse in New York City (Issued August 2017): 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.

• News Coverage of Intimate Partner Homicides in New York City (2013-16) (Issued July 2017): A systematic review of all news articles reporting on NYC intimate partner homicides from 2013-16.