| VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – General Links
Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
MN Center Against Violence and Abuse - MINCAVA
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/
National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women - VAWNET
http://www.vawnet.org/
Violence Against Women Online Resources
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/
Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.ncdsv.org/
National Center for Victims of Crime: Violence Against Women
http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbID=DB_ViolenceAgainstWomen155
National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) – Violence Against Women
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/index.html
NC Conference of District Attorneys, Violence Against Women Resource
Prosecutor:
http://www.ncdistrictattorney.org/vaw/index.htm
Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
http://www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute/default.htm
Faith Trust Institute (formerly the Center for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence)
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
http://www.dvalianza.org/
Assessing Justice System Response to Violence Against Women: A Tool for Law Enforcement, Prosecution and Courts to Use in Developing Effective Responses
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/promise/pplaw/pplaw.html
Vicarious Trauma Resource: Gift From Within
http://www.giftfromwithin.org/
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - Federal Laws And Regulations,
Federal Legislation and Regulations (OVW)
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/regulations.htm
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - Grant Information
Office on Violence Against Women – Grant Information
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/ovwgrantprograms.htm
Office for Victims of Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/welcome.html
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/funding/funding.html
National Institute of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm
Rape Prevention and Education Grant Program (Center for Disease Control)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/RPE.htm
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – Immigration
ASISTA (Advanced Special Immigrant Survivors Technical Assistance) is an exciting new project with the goal of providing technical assistance on complex questions arising in immigration cases for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.
more info here
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – International Issues
Department of State – Office of International Women’s Issues
http://www.state.gov/g/wi/
Department of State – Links to US Embassies and Consulates
http://usembassy.state.gov/
United Nation’s “Women Watch: The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women”
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – Law Enforcement Links
Assessing Justice System Response to Violence Against Women: A Tool for Law Enforcement, Prosecution and Courts to Use in Developing Effective Responses
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/promise/pplaw/pplaw.html
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
http://www.fletc.gov/
IACP – Violence Against Women Project
http://www.theiacp.org/research/RCDViolenceAgainstWomen.html
National Sheriffs Association
http://www.sheriffs.org/prog-dv.shtml
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - Prevention
National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – Risk Factors
Violence Against Women: Identifying Risk Factors (National Institute of Justice, 2004)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/197019.pdf
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - Statistics
Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women (National Institute of Justice, 1993 – 2004)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/vawprog/vaw_portfolio.pdf
Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States (Center for Disease Control, 2003)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_cost/ipv.htm
Extent, Nature and Consequences of Violence Against Women (National Institute of Justice / Center for Disease Control, 2000)
http://ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/181867.pdf
Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Prevention and Control)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/ipvfacts.htm
Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection: A Report to Congress Under the Violence Against Women Act (National Institute of Justice / Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1996)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/dvsal.htm
Stalking and Domestic Violence: The Third Annual Report to Congress Under the Violence Against Women Act, 1998)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/grants/stalk98/stalk98.pdf
Violence Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/vrithed.htm
Sex Difference in violent Victimization (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/sdvv.htm
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data Collection Systems in the States (2002)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/192275.pdf
Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in Research, Practice and Policy (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2004)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/199701.pdf
RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS
Victim Rights Law Center
http://www.victimrights.org/
National Domestic Violence Hotline
http://www.ndvh.org/
National Center for Victims of Crime
http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/Main.aspx
State Domestic Violence Coalitions
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/statedomestic.htm
Sexual Assault Hotlines and State Sexual Assault Coalitions
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/statesexual.htm
Language Line Services – 24 - 7 Interpretation Service
http://www.languageline.com/
ADT Aware Program: Protection for Abused Women (free security resource)
http://www.adt.com/adt/about_adt/adt_in_our_communities/aware/
Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance (2000)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/agg2000/welcome.html
Crime Victims’ Rights in America: An Historical Overview
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/ncvrw/1999/histr.htm
Victim and Witness Intimidation: New Developments and Emerging Responses (National Institute of Justice, 1995)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/witintim.pdf
When Victims Have a Right to Know: Automatic Notification with Vine (Vera Institute of Justice, 1999)
http://www.vera.org/publication_pdf/vine2.pdf
Crime Victim Compensation Directory (Office for Victims of Crime)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/progdir.htm
Advocating for Women in the Criminal Justice System
http://www.justicewomen.com/handbook/index.html
Are you Being Stalked? Tips for Protection
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs14-stk.htm
Employment and Housing Resources
http://www.legalmomentum.org/legalmomentum/programs/ehrsa/
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - General
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
http://www.ncadv.org/
ABA Commission on Domestic Violence
http://www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)
http://www.pcadv.org/
Battered Women’s Justice Project
http://www.bwjp.org/
Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://endabuse.org/
Family Violence Department of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
http://www.ncjfcj.org/dept/fvd/
Institute for Law and Justice
http://www.ilj.org/research.htm
Love is Not Abuse (Liz Claiborne Inc.)
http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/
National Center for the State Courts – The Center for Family Violence and the Courts
http://www.ncsconline.org/famviol/index.html
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.ncdsv.org/
National Institute of Justice – NIJ – Violence Against Women and Family Violence
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/vawprog/links.html
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
http://www.nrcdv.org/
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
http://www.dvinstitute.org/
NYC Gay and Lesbian Antiviolence Project
http://www.avp.org/
Criminalization of Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits (National Institute of Justice, 1996)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/crimdom.pdf
Cycle of Violence Revisited (National Institute of Justice, 1996)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/cyclepre.pdf
Herstory of Domestic Violence: A Timeline of the Battered Women’s Movement
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents//herstory//herstory.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Battered Immigrant Women
Critique of the Battered Woman Syndrome Model http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/Research/VAWnetDocs/AR_bws.php
Legal Momentum – Advancing Women’s Rights
http://www.legalmomentum.org/
National Immigration Project
http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/
National Network on Behalf of Battered Immigrant Women
http://endabuse.org/programs/
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Battered Woman’s Syndrome
Validity and Use of Evidence Concerning Battering and its Effects in Criminal Trials (National Institute of Justice, 1996)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/batter.pdf
Advocating for Domestic Violence Victims Who Have Been Arrested
http://www.justicewomen.com/tips_dv_victims.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -Barriers to Leaving Abusive Partners
50 Reasons Women Don’t Leave Abusive Partners
http://www.ncdsv.org/images/50_Reasons_Women_Dont_Leave.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Batterer Intervention Programs
Batterer Intervention Programs: Where Do We Go From Here? (National Institute of Justice, 2003)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/195079.pdf
Batterer Programs: What Criminal Justice Agencies Need to Know (National Institute of Justice, 1998)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/171683.pdf
Domestic Violence and Probation
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/bwjp/probationv/probationv.html
Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches and Criminal Justice Strategies (National Institute of Justice, 1998)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/168638.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Coordinated Community Response
Advocacy in a Coordinated Community Response: An Evaluation of Three Programs (VAWOR, 2000)
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/bwjp/communityv/communityv.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Domestic Violence and Children
The Link Research Project (MINCAVA)
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/link/
Children’s Exposure (MINCAVA)
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/library/dv/#748
US HHS: Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
Minnesota Rural Project for Women and Child Safety
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/rural/
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Recommendations to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Child Victims and Witnesses (Office for Victims of Crime, 1999)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/factshts/pdftxt/monograph.pdf
Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Center
http://www.dvirc.org.au/
The Relationship between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
http://www.childabuse.com/fs20.htm
Effects of Domestic Violence (The American Academy of Experts on Traumatic Stress)
http://www.aaets.org/arts/art8.htm
Problems Associated with Children’s Witnessing of Domestic Violence
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/vawnet/witness/witness.html
In the Best Interest of Women and Children: A Call for Collaboration Between Child Welfare and Domestic Violence Constituencies
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents/wingsp/wingsp.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Firearms
ATF Benchcard: Misdemeanor Crimes of Domestic Violence and Federal Firearms Prohibitions
http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/i33103.pdf
ATF Benchcard: Addressing Protection Orders and Federal Firearms Prohibitions
http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/i33102.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Intimate Partner Homicide
Trends in the US: Intimate Homicide (Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS])
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/intimates.htm
Rural and Urban Trends in Family and Intimate Partner Homicide: 1980-1999
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/208344.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Intervention and Prevention
National Evaluation of the Legal Assistance for Victims Program, Final Report, Part 1
(Institute for Law and Justice, 2005)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/208612.pdf
Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in Research, Practice, and Policy
(National Institute of Justice, 2004)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/199701.pdf
Legal Interventions in Family Violence: Research Findings and Policy Implications (National Institute of Justice / American Bar Association, 1998)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/171666.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Lethality and Danger Assessments
Danger Assessment Tool
http://www.son.jhmi.edu/research/CNR/Homicide/DANGER.htm
Lethality Assessments as Integral Parts of Providing Full Faith and Credit Guarantees
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/ffc/chapter9/chapter9.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Medical Issues
Documenting Domestic Violence: How Health Care Providers Can Help Victims (National Institute of Justice, 2001)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/188564.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Military
Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence
http://www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/
Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence: Compilation of Reports, 2001 - 2003
http://www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/reports/Start.pdf
The Military’s Response to Domestic and Sexual Violence
Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence
http://www.ncdsv.org/ncd_militaryresponse.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Police Officer Perpetrators
Police Domestic Violence – A Handbook for Victims
http://www.dwetendorf.com/Victim_Handbook.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Protective Orders
Enforcement of Protective Orders (Office for Victims of Crime, 2002)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/legalseries/bulletin4/ncj189190.pdf
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Rural Issues
Women’s Rural Advocacy Programs
http://www.letswrap.com/
Rural Victim Assistance - A Victim/Witness Guide for Rural Prosecutors
http://www.ovc.gov/publications/infores/rural_victim_assistance/welcome.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Statistics and Research
Intimate Partner Violence, 1993 – 2001 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv01.htm
Intimate Partner Violence in the United States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/intimate/ipv.htm
Findings about Partner Violence from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (National Institute of Justice, 1999)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/170018.pdf
Enhancing Responses to Domestic Violence: Promising Practices from the Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative (Vera Institute of Justice, 2004))
http://www.vera.org/publication_pdf/251_494.pdf
Effect of Arrest on Intimate Partner Violence: New Evidence from the Spouse Assault Replication Program (National Institute of Justice, 2001)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/188199.pdf
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – General Resources
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
http://www.nsvrc.org/resources/
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
http://www.pcar.org
RAINN
http://rainn.org/index.html
Sexual Violence Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/svfacts.htm
Rape in America: A Report to the Nation (1992)
http://www.legalmomentum.org/njep/dvd/pdf/rape_in_america.pdf
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT - College Campuses
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