Research Guides: Student Life & University Libraries: Dating Abuse Prevention & Awareness

February is designated as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Since 2018, Student Life has observed programming related to Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month by extending the discussion to adult relationships (e.g. intimate partner violence, dating violence, domestic violence). Both stalking and human trafficking can be classified as warning signs or types of dating violence, based on the relationship of the offender to the victim; one of our goals is to illuminate this fact in our January programming, and then use our time in February to teach students that dating violence consists of multiple abuses, which may be physical and/or non-physical, rooted in power in control.

See the calendar of events and programs at tx.ag/IVPAwarenessMonths

The resources below are available to help you build your knowledge during the month of February and throughout the year.

Dating Abuse Prevention & Awareness Book List

Online Communities

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence is a national resource center on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence in Asian/Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. We envision a world free of gender-based violence for communities with equal opportunities for all to thrive.
Futures Without Violence
For more than 30 years, FUTURES has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.
Love Is Respect
A project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, love is respect offers 24/7 information, support, and advocacy to young people between the ages of 13 and 26 who have questions or concerns about their romantic relationships. We also provide support to concerned friends and family members, teachers, counselors, and other service providers through the same free and confidential services via phone, text, and live chat.
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
Providing national leadership to end violence against American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian women by lifting up the collective voices of grassroots advocates and offering culturally grounded resources, technical assistance and training, and policy development to strengthen tribal sovereignty.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Through its key initiatives and special projects, NRCDV works to improve community response to domestic violence and, ultimately, prevent its occurrence. Our comprehensive technical assistance, training and resource development are a few examples of the many ways in which NRCDV broadly serves those dedicated to ending domestic violence in relationships and communities.
One Love Foundation
One Love Foundation is a national non-profit organization with the goal of ending relationship abuse. We empower young people with the tools and resources they need to see the signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships and bring life-saving prevention education to their communities.

This Research Guide is made in collaboration with Student Life. The resources highlighted and listed have been vetted by the Substance Misuse and Violence Prevention staff and are meant to help provide accurate and helpful information surrounding the topic of the guide for all Aggies to access and use.

Student Life & University Libraries

Books

Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives

The Psychology of Violence in Adolescent Romantic Relationships

How He Gets into Her Head: the Mind of the Male Intimate Abuser

The Melancholy Void: Lyric and Masculinity in the Age of Gongóra

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

The Intersection between Intimate Partner Abuse, Technology, and Cybercrime: Examining the Virtual Enemy

Men, Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence

All the Flowers Kneeling

Body on the Wall

Bad Boy: A Novel

Stay

Bitter End

Leslie’s Journal: A Novel

Dreamland: A Novel