This document summarizes a chapter from a textbook on crisis intervention and the criminal justice response to domestic violence. It provides multiple choice questions, true-false questions, and fill-in-the-blank questions about the chapter's content. The chapter discusses the historical police response to domestic violence, typologies of domestic abusers, battered spouse syndrome, and best practices for the police response to domestic violence cases. It also covers special topics like the impact of domestic violence on children and prevalence among LGBT couples.