Statistics, Government Studies plus Insightful Articles
General Statistics
Domestic Violence
Sexual Assault
Stalking
Cyberstalking
Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence
Government Studies + Insightful Articles
Domestic Violence and General Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women - International Studies
Domestic Violence and Children
Stalking
Cyberstalking
Sexual Assault
Rape and Sexual Assault
General Statistics
Domestic Violence
Intimate partner homicide decline: Between 1976 and 1998, the number of male victims of intimate partner homicide fell an average 4% per year and the number of female victims fell an average 1%.
2000 BJS Study, "Intimate Partner Violence" http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
Non-Lethal Violence decline: The number of female victims of intimate violence declined from 1993 to 1998. In 1998 women experienced about 900,000 violent offenses at the hands of an intimate, down from 1.1 million in 1993. In both 1993 and 1998, men were victims of about 160,000 violent crimes by an intimate partner.
2000 BJS Study, "Intimate Partner Violence" http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
Female homicide: The percentage of female murder victims killed by intimate partners has remained at about 30% since 1976.
2000 BJS Study, "Intimate Partner Violence" http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
Women ages 16 to 24 are at the highest risk: Considered by age category, 1993-98, women ages 16 to 24 experienced the highest per capita rates of intimate violence (19.6 per 1,000 women).
2000 BJS Study, "Intimate Partner Violence" http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women: Ending Violence Against Women - An Agenda For the Nation (Publication)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/advisorymain.htm
Sexual Assault
18% of the women in a 1998 National Institute of Justice survey reported that they had experienced a completed or attempted rape at some time in their lives. http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/172837.pdf
54% of those women were under 17 at the time of the completed or attempted rape.
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/172837.pdf
76% of the women who were raped or physically assaulted since the age of 18 years were assaulted by a current or former husband or cohabiting partner. http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/172837.pdf
National Institute of Justice: Assessing Drug-Facilitated Rape
http://ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/jr000243c.pdf
Stalking
Over one million women are stalked each year.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/grants/stalk98/
78% of all stalking victims are women, 94% of these women being stalked by a man.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/grants/stalk98/
38% of all stalking victims were stalked by current or former husbands, 10% by current or former cohabiting partners, and 14% by current or former dates or boyfriends.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/grants/stalk98/
Cyberstalking
Almost 40% of the caseload in the New York City Police Department’s Computer Investigations and Technology Unit involves electronic threats and harassment.
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm
25% of stalking incidents in a University of Cincinnati study involved cyberstalking.
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm
Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence
Child Witness of DV: About 4 of 10 female victims of intimate partner violence lived in households with children under age 12. Population estimates suggest that 27% of U.S. households were home to children under 12.
2000 BJS Study, "Intimate Partner Violence"
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
Studies find child witnesses to exhibit more aggressive and antisocial as well as fearful and inhibited behaviors (Christopherpoulos et al., 1987; Jaffe, et al., 1986), and to have lower social competence (Wolfe et al., 1986). Children who witnessed violence were also found to show more anxiety, aggression, depression and temperamental problems (Christopherpoulos, et al., 1987; Forsstrom-Cohn & Rosenbaum, 1985; Holden & Ritchie, 1991; Hughes, 1988; Westra & Martin, 1981), less empathy and self-esteem (Hinchey & Gavelek, 1982; Hughes, 1988) and lower verbal, cognitive, and motor abilities (Westra & Martin, 1981), than children who did not witness violence at home. There is also some support for the hypothesis that children from violent families of origin carry violent and violence-tolerant roles to their adult intimate relationships (Cappell & Heiner, 1990; Rosenbaum & O'Leary, 1981; Widom, 1989). "In the Best Interest of Women and Children: A Call for Collaboration Between Child Welfare and Domestic Violence Constituencies," Susan Schechter and Jeffrey L. Edleson
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/papers/wingsp.htm
Government Studies + Insightful Articles
Domestic Violence and General Violence Against Women
"Responding to Domestic Violence: Where Federal Employees Can Find Help"
Office of Justice Programs - Reports and Documents
http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/05_3.html
Violence Against Women Act News
http://www.usdoj.gov/vawo/newsletter
The Violence Against Women Act: Breaking the Cycle of Violence. An Executive Summary
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/factshts/monograph.pdf
Domestic Violence and Stalking Third Annual Report to Congress
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/grants/stalk98/welcome.html
Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey, Research in Brief, by Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, November 1998
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/172837.pdf
Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/alldom.txt
Violence Against Women: Estimates from the Redesigned Survey
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/femvied.htm
Female Victims of Violent Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/fvvc.htm
Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/infores/agg2000/
Violence-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/vrithed.htm
Workplace Violence, 1992-1996
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wv96.htm
Sex Differences in Violent Victimization, 1994
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/sdvv.htm
Crime Victims' Rights in America An Historical Overview
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/ncvrw/1999/histr.htm
Legal Interventions in Family Violence: Research Findings and Policy Implications
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/171666.pdf
Batterer Programs: What Criminal Justice Agencies Need to Know
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/171683.pdf
Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches and Criminal Justice Strategies
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/168638.pdf
Calculating Intimate Danger: MOSAIC® and the Emerging Practice of Risk Assessment
http://www.vera.org/vhp/mosaicnew.html
Civil Protection Orders: Victims’ Views on Effectiveness
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/fs000191.pdf
Findings About Partner Violence From the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, Research in Brief, by Terri E. Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi,
July 1999
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/170018.pdf
The Criminalization of Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/crimdom.pdf
The Cycle of Violence Revisited
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/cyclepre.pdf
Domestic Violence, Stalking and Antistalking Legislation
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/stlkbook.pdf
Validity and Use of Evidence Concerning Battering and Its Effects in Criminal Trials
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/batter.pdf
Victim and Witness Intimidation: New Developments and Emerging Responses
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/witintim.pdf
Forensic Sciences: Review of Status and Needs
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/173412.pdf
Initiatives to Combat Violence Against Women
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/factshts/factsht.htm
Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/threat.pdf
When will they ever learn? Educating to End Domestic Violence
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/infores/etedv
When victims have a right to know: Automating Notification with VINE
http://www.vera.org/vhp/vine2.pdf
Domestic Violence and Homelessness
http://nch.ari.net/domestic.html
Eyewitness Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/178240.pdf
Rural Crime and Rural Policing
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/rcrp.pdf
Violent Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/viocrm.pdf
Elderly Crime Victims
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/ecv.txt
Criminal Victimization 1994: National Crime Victimization Survey
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cv94.pdf
Intimate Partner Violence (2000)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
Directory of Violence Against Women Sites
http://www.soros.org/crime/pfdv/contents/pdvinternet.html
Crime Victim Compensation Program Directory 2000 (National Association of Crime Victims Compensation Boards)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/progdir.htm
Attorney general Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance 2000 (Office of Victims of Crime)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/infores/agg2000
First response to Victims of Crime (Office of Victims of Crime, May 2000)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/infores/firstrep/firstrep.pdf
Violence Against Women - International Studies
United Nation's country-by-country report on the status of women: "Women of the World"
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/world/index.html
United Nation's "Women Watch" Women's news and recently released statistics
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/news/index.html
The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/ww2000/index.htm
World Fact Book on Criminal Justice Systems
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm
Domestic Violence and Children
"Domestic Violence Information on Children" - Domestic-Violence.Net
http://www.domestic-violence.net/dv/children/index.htm
"Information for mothers & other people concerned about children who witness domestic violence." - Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre (DVIRC)
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dvirc/Childwit.htm
"The Relationship between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse" - ChildAbuse.com
http://www.childabuse.com/fs20.htm
"The Innocent Victim: How Domestic Violence Affects Children"
http://www.nncc.org/Abuse/sac43_innocent.victim.html
"Effects of Domestic Violence on Children and Adolescents: An Overview" by Joseph S. Volpe, Ph.D., B.C.E.T.S. Director, Professional Development
http://www.aaets.org/arts/art8.htm
"Children and Domestic Violence" - Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://www.fvpf.org/kids/
MINCAVA: Domestic Violence and Child Witnessing
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/vaw.asp
Problems Associated with Children's Witnessing of Domestic Violence
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/Vawnet/witness.htm
Child Victimizers: Violent Offenders and Their Victims
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvvoatv.htm
Child Witness To Domestic Violence
http://www.columbia.edu/~rhm5/CHDWITDV.html
Child Abuse and Domestic Violence: Creating Community Partnerships For Safe Families
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/link/fvpfl.htm
In the Best Interest of Women and Children: A Call for Collaboration Between Child Welfare and Domestic Violence Constituencies
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/papers/wingsp.htm
Domestic Violence and Children Journal, "The Future of Children" (Series of Articles on Children Who Witness Domestic Violence) Winter 1999.
http://www.futureofchildren.org/dvc/index.htm
Evaluation of a Protocol to Identify Battered Women During Investigations of Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.columbia.edu/~rhm5/FV_PAPER.html
Problems Associated with Children's Witnessing of Domestic Violence
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/vawnet/witness.htm
Stalking
Stalking in America: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey
By Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes for the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/169592.txt
Domestic Violence and Stalking Third Annual Report to Congress
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawgo/stalk98
The Crime of Stalking: How Big is the Problem?
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/fs000186.pdf
Domestic Violence, Stalking and Antistalking Legislation
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/stlkbook.pdf
Are you being stalked? Tips for Protection
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs14-stk.htm
Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/threat.pdf
Cyberstalking
Cyberstalking: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry. A Report from the Attorney General to the Vidce President. August 1999
www.usdoj.gov/ag/cyberstalkingreport.htm
U.S. DOJ Criminal Division's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)- Speech Issues in the High-Tech Context
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/speech.html
Sexual Assault
Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/alldom.txt
Violence Against Women: Estimates from the Redesigned Survey
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/femvied.htm
Female Victims of Violent Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/fvvc.htm
Violence-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/vrithed.htm
Sex Offenses and Offenders
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/soo.htm
Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Program for Communities Responding to Sexual Assault, Training guide
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/infores/soo/lbmf-wb.htm
National Conference On Sex Offender Registries
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ncsor.pdf
Sex Differences in Violent Victimization, 1994
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/sdvv.htm
Rape and Sexual Assault
Managing Adult Sex Offenders in the Community – A Containment Approach
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/sexoff.pdf
OJP Sex Offender Compendium
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/Reports/99Guides/ojpsoc.pdf
Sex Offender Community Notification
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/162364.pdf
Final Guidelines for Megan's Law and the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/vawo/megan_guide.html
Proposed Guidelines for Megan's Law and the Jacob Wetterling
Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/vawo/jwguid2.htm
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) & Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
www.sane-sart.com
Club Drugs Facts and Figures (Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/f_and_f/club/index.html
Victim-Oriented Multidisciplinary responses to Statutory Rape Training Guide (Office of Victims of Crime & ABA Center on Children and the Law, February 2000)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/statutoryrape/trainguide/welcome.html
State Legislators' Handbook on Statutory Rape Issues (Office of Victims of Crime & ABA Center on Children and the Law, February 2000)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/statutoryrape/handbook/find.html
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