Lauren Brown

Ms. Bagley
Intern/Mentor
9 October 2017
Annotated Source List

Adamo, Colin,“Young People and Dating Violence”, Advocates for Youth, Mar,2014,
http://advocatesforyouth.org/datingviolence

This article is about dating violence in youth, including people in their early twenties. What was
an interesting point that was made was that environment can also impact a person’s risk of either
being a victim or an abuser. For example a teenage girl living in Chicago, Illinois is at a higher
risk of being involved with dating violence than me, a teenage girl living in Ellicott City,
Maryland. Below their introductory paragraph was a list of statistics about teenage dating
violence. One of the most interesting statistics that I read was the drastic amount of females who
have been sexually abused. About eleven percent of girls, and just four percent of boys. Another
statistic that I found interesting was that seventy-seven percent of female victims were
“previously victimized by the same offender”, meaning that their abuser has abused them more
than once. Out of all of the statistics provided, the statistic in the fourth section was the most
baffling. Dating violence victims are at a higher risk of teenage pregnancy, getting STI’s, and
other infections. This is more common in impoverished areas that feed into negative
relationships,
This source contained a lot of facts and statistics that gave me a new point of view on the
subject. It heavily leaned on poverty and environment as one of the strongest factors in teenage
dating violence, which I strongly disagree with. Although I would still recommend this article
because of it’s credibility, and because of how informational it is.

“Dating Abuse Statistics.” Loveisrespect.org, National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2017,

www.loveisrespect.org/resources/dating-violence-statistics/.

This article was about domestic violence to young adults. Each sentence was a statistic,
hence the title Dating Abuse Statistics. Many of the statistics were surprising, I had no idea that
one in ten high school students have been physically abused by their significant other. Initially I
just thought that a majority of domestic violence in younger people was more verbal rather than
physical. Not to mention the fact that forty-three percent of female college students have
reported abusive behavior. According the article, women struggle with domestic violence
significantly more often than men do, so a majority of the article involved women/
This is a very good source with your never ending facts. What I like the most about this
article is that nothing is pushed. I would recommend this article.

“Dating Violence”, The United States Department of Justice, 1 Feb.2016,

https://www.justice.gov/ovw/dating-violence

This article was about teen dating abuse. It provided a definition of dating violence, and the
factors that go into dating violence; including the “frequency of interaction” between the victim
and the abuser, the length of the relationship, and the type of relationship. I was confused about
what they meant by “the type of relationship”, I assumed that they meant that the type of
romantic relationship is a factor. The article did not include any other information, nor did they
include any statistics.
I did not like this article mostly because it only provided a definition and three factors
that define a abusive relationship. I would not recommend this article for other researchers, even
though the information is coming from a credible source.

“Dating Violence Prevention.” Dating Violence Prevention , Youth.Gov, 2013, youth.gov/youth-

topics/teen-dating-violence.

This website was about teenage dating violence, and how it can have a negative impact
on the people involved. It only provided one statistic in the whole article, which was that about
twenty-nine percent of adolescents have reported being abused. What was very sketchy about
that one quote was the way the statistic was phrased. “...29 percent of adolescents reported being
verbally or psychologically abused within the previous year”, this could be referring to abuse
from others besides significant others.
This source was unhelpful because it only provided a basic definition of teenage dating
violence, and how it can have negative effects on a victim. I would not recommend this website
to another researcher.

“Domestic Violence”. District Court of Maryland. Maryland Judiciary, 2017,

www.mdcourts.gov/legalhelp/domesticviolence.html.

The Domestic Violence article contains information about what Domestic Violence is,
and what a victim should do if they want to get help. The article also explains the difference
between a Peace Order and a Protective Order. This very helpful because it is very easy to
confuse both of the orders because both orders have similar ramifications for the respondent.
This article also provides report about domestic violence cases from the last decade. The report
was very interesting because Howard County has had more Child Abuse cases filed than in
Baltimore County. Although this article was meant to aide potential petitioners, it provided me
with useful information.
This source was very beneficial. Even without the report, I would have been provided
with enough information for my research. The article is also very credible because it is a
government website. I like this article because it is not verbose, and very easy to understand. I
would highly recommend this website for anyone researching Domestic Violence in the state of
Maryland.

“Domestic Violence Information - Women's Advocates, Inc.” Women's Advocates,

www.wadvocates.org/outreach-education/what-is-domestic-
violence/?gclid=CjwKCAjwj8bPBRBiEiwASlFLFTFh-
Pa8jn9gdOXNCEEvfAx7lXv954eaLNYzsbsV68LLwoOCRbNsCBoCD_4QAvD_BwE.

The article first started with the definition of domestic violence. It is one of the first
sources that stated that domestic violence can happen to people of all cultures, economic class,
and age. The stereotype is that poor families with little to no education are the only ones who
have problems with domestic violence. At the end of the article the the reader is asked a series of
questions to determine if they are experiencing domestic violence. If the reader answered yes to
any of the questions then they are most likely in an abusive relationship. A hotline was provided
right below the questions.
This source was helpful, but not as much as the other sources. I would recommend this
website for victims of domestic violence, but I would not recommend this for people researching
domestic violence.

“Domestic Violence: MedlinePlus.” MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You, U.S.
Library of Medicine, 21 Dec. 2016, medlineplus.gov/domesticviolence.html.

This article was about domestic violence. At the very beginning of the article, they
included different types of domestic violence which are physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
Not including threats, stalking, and economic abuse. I had no idea that economic abuse even
existed. The definition of economic abuse is the withholding of money from the victim, most
likely to have an advantage over the victim. The only other information that was included in this
article was hotlines and places where victims can get help.
This source was relatively helpful, I learned about another type of domestic violence, so
it did provide me with useful information. I would recommend this article to others, just because
it provides new information.

Evans, Sarah E., Corrie Davies, and David DiLillo. “Exposure to Domestic Violence: A
Meta-Analysis of Child and Adolescent Outcomes”. Aggression and Violent Behavior,
Pergamon, 18 Mar. 2008,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178908000074.

This article is a summary of a case study that took place at the University of Nebraska.
The psychologists who participated in this study were looking for significant effects that can take
place in adulthood as a result of exposure to domestic violence in adolescence. I did not like this
article because it only provided me with basic statistics about domestic violence. This article was
unnecessarily verbose for the very small amount of information that was provided.
This source was not advantageous to my research. It added onto information that I
already knew about domestic violence. A majority of the article was explaining the small amount
of information that was included. I would not recommend this article for a researcher, unless
they are researching for basic information.

Haley, John, et al. The Truth About Abuse. Facts On File, 2010.

In the text, the Haley starts the section with a long definition of dating abuse. Unlike most
of my other sources, Haley included other indications of teenage dating violence such as false
accusations, controlling behavior, and emotional abuse. At first I was confused about what Haley
meant when he included false accusations, but then I realized that spreading nasty rumors about
your partner is just one example of false accusation that is prevalent in schools everywhere.
Another fact that surprised me was that women in America have a fifty percent chance of
experiencing dating violence in their lifetime. According to the text, dating violence is on the
incline. Women are the most affected by these statistics. Twenty-seven percent of female college
students have experienced rape and attempted rape since the age of fourteen. A survey was
posted by The Psychology of Women Quarterly that was given to women at a university. Of the
one thousand women who participated, fifty percent of the participants claimed that they
experienced unwanted sex. Haley also characterized victims and their abusers. Victims most
likely have a history of drug and alcohol abuse, and have experienced violence from their
romantic partners in the past. Abusers most likely have “sexually aggressive” friends and believe
in gender stereotypes. Another point that was not mentioned in any of my other sources was the
cycle of abuse; which consists of the build up stage, the explosion, and the honeymoon stage,
and repeats itself in an endless cycle until the victim puts a stop to it, or someone else interferes.
This source is my favorite because of the large amount of information that was in the
text. It was also very interesting to read because the authors did not try to seem scholarly by
being verbose.

“How To Talk To Teens About Dating Violence.” Futures Without Violence,

https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/talk-teens-teen-dating-violence/

This article was made to advise parents on how to talk to their teenage kids about dating
violence. It also provides warning signs that a kids might be involved in an abusive relationship.
Even though the article’s word choice is minimal, I know that the target audience are concerned
parents of teenagers. What was especially lacking was the fact that the website only provided one
statistic. Which was that “one in five students experience dating violence”, which is a pretty
basic statistic that you can find anywhere.
This source was not beneficial to my research at all. There was only one statistic in the
whole article, and it was a very basic fact about dating violence. I would not recommend this
article for other researchers.

Maryland Courts. District Court of Maryland. Maryland Judiciary, 2017,

www.mdcourts.gov/district/.

The Maryland Courts website contains information about all of the courts in the state of
Maryland. In the tab, “courts”, you can access information on the Court of Appeals to the
Orphan’s Court. In the District Courts link, they had information about what types of cases are
heard in District Courts, and the maximum penalties that a person can receive from judges
presiding in the District Court. Below that they have a section named “Quick Links” where the
user can get access to other links that provide useful information for people going to court. Some
links that were provided were contained information about the Public Defender’s office,
Expungements, and Bail Bonds. All of which are common terms that are often used by judges,
prosecutors, and other lawyers in court. Out of all of the links that were provided, I found the
Domestic Violence link to be the most beneficial to my research.
This source was very advantageous to my research. The Maryland Courts website is very
reliable and up to date. It contains useful information about Domestic Violence and Family Law,
which are topics that I find very interesting. I would recommend this website to anyone
researching topics relating to the law.

“Personal Interview”, Brooks A. Wayne, Hon. Oct. 2017.

Judge Wayne A. Brooks is an Associate Judge of the Howard County District Court of
Maryland. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his bachelors in
psychology at Howard University, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School
of Law; where he served as the president of the student bar association. He has served as a
Special Assistant U.S. Prosecutor, an Executive Administrative Law Judge, and Deputy Director
of Operations in the Office of Administrative Hearings. He has been honored with several
awards, some including Public Defender of the Year in 1992, the Living Legend Award in 2001,
and an Appreciation Award in 1994.

“Personal Interview”, Brown J. Pamila, Hon. Oct. 2017.

Judge Pamila J. Brown is a District Administrative Judge of the Howard County District Court of
Maryland. She served as the president of Maryland State Bar Associations in 2015 to 2016. She
was born and raised in Havre de Grace, Maryland. After high school, she attended Macalester
College and majored in Political Science. After receiving her undergraduate degree, she attended
law school and graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School. In her last year of law
school she was the president of the student bar association. She has served as a Director of
Inmate Legal Services at the Baltimore City Jail from 1979 to 1981 then as the Assistant City
Solicitor of Baltimore City from 1981 to 1986. Before she was appointed to the bench, she was
the Principal Counsel of the Department of General Services from 1998 to 2000. She has been
apart of dozens of foundations and associations since graduating from law school. Judge Brown
has also been rewarded for her many achievements, some of them include the Margaret Brent /
Juanita Jackson Mitchell Award and the Difference Makers Award.

Slabbert, Ilze. “Domestic Violence and Poverty: Some Women's Experiences.” Research on
Social Work Practice, SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320.
http://Sagepub.com, 28 Feb. 2017, eric.ed.gov/?q=Domestic%2BViolence&id=EJ1130623.

This article is about how women with lower incomes are more susceptible to domestic
violence. Slabbert assumed that this was because of lack of choices and opportunites as a result
of their income status. A study was conducted to prove Slabbert’s hypothesis; twenty participants
were interviewed and were asked about their income level then if they had experienced domestic
violence. In the end, Slabbert’s hypothesis was proven to be correct.
In my opinion, Slabbert’s experiment was a bit flawed. Just using twenty participants
does not provide reliable evidence. I would not recommend others to use Slabbert’s experiment
as for their research.

Sousa, Carole A. “TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.” Family Court Review, Blackwell Publishing
Ltd, 15 Mar. 2005, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.174-1617.1999.tb01310.x/full.

This journal was about the “hidden epidemic” of teenage dating violence. It is affecting
many high school students across the U.S.. Sousa highlights this by using stories to draw the
emotions of his readers. She used a story about a sixteen year old girl that was shot by her
boyfriend. She also mentions that teenage dating violence is a fairly new problem that needs to
have more attention.
 I would recommend this journal for other researchers because it is well written and
provides sustainable information. Sousa’s writing style kept my attention, and made the journal
more interesting through additions of stories about teenage dating violence.

“Teenage Dating Violence.” Break the Cycle, U.S. Department of Justice, 2014,
www.breakthecycle.org/.

This site is dedicated to dating violence amongst teens. If you go to their homepage, they
provide different tabs about taking action, learning about dating abuse, and how the organization
helps to prevent dating violence. If you click on the “learn about dating abuse” tab, several
articles will pop up that are about dating abuse. Some of them are about the warning signs, how
common it is, and knowing your rights. It also provided information about how to help a friend
who is in an abusive relationship, but does not want help. I thought that it was really cool
because the website provided realistic approaches to trying to convince a friend to leave an
abusive relationship. If you click on the “How common is dating abuse?” tab, then you go to a
page that has several statistics about dating violence and how common it is. According to the
website, one in three teenagers experience physical or sexual violence. What I thought was
interesting was that they referred to it as an epidemic, which I have never seen it be called
before. At the bottom of the article, they provided more links to other articles that defined dating
abuse.
This source was very helpful to my research. I would recommend this website to
teenagers who are victims of dating violence or know someone who is. I would also recommend
this article to people researching domestic violence and dating violence.

“Teen Dating Violence.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services, 6 Feb. 2017, www.cdc.gov/features/datingviolence/index.html.

This article was about teenage dating violence, and included a general definition. In it’s
background paragraph, it included valuable information that I did not already know. One of the
statistics that I found interesting was that 1 in 10 teens have reported abuse from their significant
other. That is not including the teenagers who are suffering in silence, and teenagers
experiencing violence from others. The article also included information about how victims of
teenage dating violence are more likely to experience depression and anxiety; it can then lead to
the abuse of drugs and alcohol. All of these negative symptoms lead to a decline in a victim’s
school performance. As a majority of victims of dating violence are in high school. The article
also included that teenage dating violence can include “teasing and name-calling”. This
information also surprised me because I always thought that teenage dating violence only
referred to physical acts being done to the victim. Verbal abuse can develop into physical abuse
which puts victims at a greater risk of being seriously harmed. At the very bottom of the article,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), included information about what they are
trying to do to prevent teenage dating violence. They have an ongoing project called “Dating
Matters” that has been put into effect in cities like Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois. It
only takes place in middle schools, as adolescents are more susceptible in middle school. They
even included that February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
More information about other projects that the CDC is enacting to prevent dating violence was at
the bottom of the article.
 This was a valuable and reliable source that I will be referring back to for more statistics,
and possibly for some ideas about a call to action. The article was not hard to understand because
it’s intended audience is middle and high school students. I would recommend this article for
others to use, even though it’s diction is limited.

Teen Dating Violence.” Teen Dating Violence, Just Say YES, www.justsayyes.org/topics/dating-
violence/.

This article was also about teenage dating violence. Within the first two paragraphs, statistics
were provided. Some of them were very interesting to read; one of them was about how 1.5
million high school students in America will experience dating violence from their significant
other. This is 1.5 million high school students who are victimized every year out of 3.3 million
high school students. In between their statistics, they added facts to support their statistics. Such
as the fact that adolescents are dating before they can properly develop “healthy relationship
skills and boundaries”. This also applies to thirteen and fourteen year olds, seventy-two percent
of which are in a relationship. Dating early on can lead to children normalizing abusive actions
that would only get worse as they get older. After the introductory paragraph, a paragraph was
dedicated to what dating abuse looked like. Some of the indicators are obsessive behaviors,
threats, and harassment online and inperson. Below the article, statistics about teenage dating
violence was provided. Some of them were not surprising such as the fact that forty-three percent
of teenage dating violence takes place on school grounds, and that fifty percent of fourteen to
twenty-four year olds have experienced.
This was a well written website, and I would recommend it for other researchers. It
provided sound statistics and explained them without being too verbose. It also provided a lot
more facts than any of my other sources.

“Teen Dating Violence.” National Conference of State Legislatures, 9 May 2017,

http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/teen-dating-violence.aspx

This article is also about teen dating violence, and what laws states have passed to try and
prevent it from happening. In the beginning of the article, it begins with various statistics
provided by the CDC. After the statistics, the article goes into detail about what states have done
to help prevent teenage dating violence. In Maryland, the school board is encouraged to
encourage lessons about dating violence.
There was nothing new about this article because they got all of their information directly
from the CDC website. All of the statistics that I had in the CDC articles, all of them were copied
into this page. I would not recommend this website to anyone who has already gathered
information from the CDC. Besides that, I would recommend this website.

The American Bar Association, 2017, https://www.americanbar.org/aba.html

The American Bar Association is a national association that has thousands of members,
all of which are lawyers or aspiring lawyers. It was founded in 1878 as a way to promote
students to pursue a career in law, and as a way for lawyers to be connected to each other while
taking part in public service. The American Bar Association also provides a moral code for
lawyers that was signed into law in forty-nine states. In addition, the American Bar Association
has several commissions, some include the Commission on Disability Rights, the Commission
on Domestic and Sexual Violence, and many others. Through these commissions and other
events, lawyers and law students are able to connect with other affluent members of the
American Bar Association, Judge Brown being one of them. This was seen on the website, as
they had posted available jobs that required a Juris Doctor on the website. Although the
American Bar Association is a very esteemed association, it’s website was very cluttered. When
you scroll down the home page, there are a lot of different things being advertised. Conveniently,
there was a search engine at the top of the homepage. The Commission on Domestic and Sexual
Violence tab is the only thing that pops up from the search engine. On the website, information
about seminars and webinars on domestic violence was the most valuable information that I
received from the website. What I learned was that while the American Bar Association wants to
draw in more students into the field of law, most of these seminars and webinars are aimed at
current law student and professionals in law.
The American Bar Association is a very credible site to use for information, but there
were barely any pertaining to Domestic Violence or Teenage Dating Violence. I disliked how
cluttered the homepage was, and if there was not a search engine on the homepage, I would not
have been able to find anything.

“What is Dating Violence.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services, 6 Feb. 2017,
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/teen_dating_violence.html

This is another article by the CDC about teenage dating violence. It provides a more
complex definition of teen dating violence indicating that its target audience is teenagers that are
in high school or possibly an concerned parent of guardian. The article included alternate words
that describe “teen dating violence”. Including intimate partner abuse, relationship abuse, or
domestic violence. This article also includes the short-term and long-term effects of teenage
dating violence. According to the CDC’s research, about seven percent of adult females and four
percent of adult males who experienced domestic violence, had initially been victims of dating
violence before eighteen years old. They also include statistics from the 2013 National Youth
Risk Behavior Survey that mentioned that only ten percent of teens who admitted that they were
victims of dating violence reported their abusers. Meaning that researchers cannot know the full
amount of victims of teenage dating violence. The short term effects of teen dating violence
include suicidal thoughts and actions and antisocial behaviors in addition to depression, anxiety,
and abuse of alcohol and drugs. Below the short-term and long-term effects, the article also had
reasons as to why dating violence happens, and why victims think that it is acceptable. A few of
the reasons provided were that the victims suffer from drug and alcohol addiction, depression as
a result of low self-esteem, or witnessed or experienced violence in their homes.
This was also a very reliable source that provided me with new information. I initially
thought that this article would have the same information as the other article that is in the same
web page, but it had even more interesting information pertaining to dating violence.

“11 Facts About Teen Dating Violence.” DoSomething.org | Volunteer for Social Change, Do
Something!, www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-teen-dating-violence.
 This article is about teenage dating violence, and it shows eleven facts about the effects
of dating violence. According to the website, teens who are victims of dating violence are will
become suicidal, abuse alcohol and other drugs, and suffer from unhealthy eating disorders.
What shocked me was the fact about how twenty-five percent of high school girls have
experienced physical and sexual abuse, and are six times more likely to become pregnant or
contract an STI. Another statistic that was very unexpected was that fifty percent of victims of
physical or sexual abuse will commit suicide. When I read that statistic, I so surprised that the
attempted suicide rate was so high.
This source provided me with new and interesting information about teenage dating
violence. I would recommend this site to anyone looking for information on any type of social
justice topics.

“ 42 Domestic Violence Warning Signs”, Live Your Dream, 2016, act.liveyourdream.org/42-

domestic-violence-warning-signs-
cpc/?gclid=CjwKCAjwj8bPBRBiEiwASlFLFQDPHkbCkboMWBoktx5XrHQbEhvLBc-
pXsXeiH2vR6gU_uvhsryYARoCel8QAvD_BwE.

This article is about the warning signs of domestic violence. I chose this source because I
still need information about the indicators of domestic violence. Signs of physical abuse included
the use of weapons to intimidate, forcing the victim to do things against their will, and
controlling the everyday life of the victim. Signs of emotional abuse include possessiveness,
insults, and intentionally cheating on the victim. There were also many other types of abuse
including financial, sexual, and reproductive abuse. Reproductive abuse is a subset of sexual
abuse, and is usually not mentioned in a list of different types of abuse. At the bottom of the
article, options for victims were provided along with a hotline and agencies that the victim could
contact for help.