MCBW Informational Handouts

The following are handouts on a wide variety of subjects related to issues important to battered women and their children. These handouts are PDF files and you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read and print them.

Feel free to download, print, and distribute these handouts as you see fit. However, all of these materials remain copyrighted property of the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women unless otherwise noted. For permission to reproduce any of these materials (for a training manual, for example), please contact Leticia Jones at ljones@mcbw.org or 651-646-6177, ext. 14

The documents that cannot be opened are being updated and will be reposted as they become available.  If you have any questions contact Leticia Jones.  Thank you. 

Actions You Can Take Raising Awareness After a Femicide Characteristics of Men Who Batter
Confidentiality Creating a More GLBT-Friendly Workplace Deaf Culture
Defining Battering Description of Services in MN Facts About Domestic Violence
Guide for Friends and Family Guide for Women Guidelines for Pastors and Rabbis
Homophobia In Our Workplace Immigration Law & Domestic Violence Medical Community Response
MFIP Family Violence Waiver Please Don't Spank the Children Rural Battered Women
Teen Dating Violence Things You Can Do Understanding Men Who Batter
Violence Against Mid-Life and Older Women Voices of Minor Battered Women What is Domestic Abuse?
When a Tenant is a Battered Woman What You Should Know Women Escaping Prostitution
Working with Deaf People Your Use of Technology

Information on Stalking

Information on Strangulation

Information on Murder Suicides



Power and Control Wheels

Power and Control Wheel:

See below for more Power and Control Wheels.

Example of a Power and Control Wheel Unless otherwise noted, these wheels were created and developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project in Duluth, MN and are used with their permission.

Wheels in Spanish:

  • Poder Y Control
  • Igualdad