Journal of Interpersonal Violence

The Journal of Interpersonal Violence offers the most up-to-date information on domestic violence, rape, child sexual abuse and other violent crimes. JIV only publishes reports of individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.

Reviews of research studies or legal cases are welcome at Trauma, Violence, and Abuse: A Review Journal.

Unique Focus
Well respected and highly rated, JIV publishes research on all aspects of interpersonal violence from researchers around the globe. JIV is the first scholarly publication to require manuscripts to address issues of diversity in the work. Publishing research from a wide perspective, JIV is an excellent source for the latest research on interpersonal violence which informs practice, policy and future research.

Informative Features
The following features regularly appear: 

• Practice Update summarizes major areas of research and discusses their applications to practice.
• Commentary exchanges ideas on topics of current concern in the field, such as videotaping investigative interviews with children, acquaintance rape and reporting child abuse.
• On Methodology stimulates and informs research by identifying critical issues and offering potential solutions for common methodological problems in interpersonal violence research.*
• Book Reviews discuss publications that are of key importance to researchers and practitioners in the field.
• Annual Index provides quick and easy access to material by author and article
• Scholarly Articles address the causes, effects, treatments and prevention of all types of interpersonal violence
• Notes from Practice reports innovations from experiences in practice
• Special issues and special sections focus on important topics in
  interpersonal violence and trauma and may include a range of research studies, reviews of research, conceptual or theoretical manuscripts, and commentaries. Special issues are typically edited by a guest editor. JIV accepts proposals for special issues by contacting the Editor.
  

* Please note: Methodology-related manuscripts include studies on the conduct of one or more steps in the processes of science, including the development of questions or hypotheses, techniques, design, measurement, data analysis or other aspects of scientific investigations focused on interpersonal violence. Methodology manuscripts must include a description of how the information presented contributes to or broadens the current state of the science in the field. Manuscripts, for example, that focus only on translating a scale(s) into other languages will not be considered for publication unless the findings meet one or more of the foci listed above. Simple replication or extension of findings may be appropriate for publication in JIV but not in the methodology section.

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