Domestic Violence Resources
http://www.silcom.com/~paladin/madv/
A compilation of resources provided by the Paladin Group.
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Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Antistalking Legislation (1996)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060211024357/http://www.ilj.org/dv/index.htm
Passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Title W of the Violent Crime Control and Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), marked a major change in our national response to crimes such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Act fosters collaboration among law enforcement, health care providers, nonprofit service groups, com-munity leaders, and the private sector. In addition, the Act provides a substantial commitment of Federal resources for police, prosecutors, prevention programs, and victim service initiatives in cases involving these crimes. Taken together, these provisions are helping communities throughout our country to develop a seamless system to respond to these crimes.
An important provision of the VAWA directs the Attorney General to submit annual reports to Congress providing information conceming the incidence of stalking and the effectiveness of State antistalking efforts and legislation. While there is increased aware-ness of the problem of stalking, both in the private and public sectors, there is much that we do not know. Although stalking has entered the public consciousnessthrough some highly publicized cases, stalking affects many people every day, crossing all racial, social religious, ethnic, and economic lines. We know that stalking is a crime of terror, power, and control. But we do not always know how to prevent or respond to this complex crime. To meet the challenge of formulating an effective criminal justice strategy for combatring stalking, we must increase our knowledge about stalkers, intervention techniques, prevention efforts and law enforcement policies and practice. Annual Report to Congress, March 1996
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Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims: A 21st Century Strategy
http://www.theiacp.org/documents/pdfs/Publications/EPRVStrategy.pdf
A 21st Century Strategy for Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims introduces state, local, and tribal law enforcement leaders to the benefits, challenges, methods, and responsibilities for enhancing their response to victims of crime. As the first of three companion volumes, this document discusses the evolution of enhanced victim response, summarizes its four key principles, identifies the seven critical needs of victims, and illustrates the potential of community partnerships in the implementation of the strategy.
Although state laws define the rights and redress of victims of crime, very often these individuals are neglected in the criminal justice system. Historically, law enforcement has focused on the apprehension and prosecution of perpetrators. The enhanced response to victims strategy, however, developed and tested with law enforcement’s direct participation and input, is intended to assist America’s law enforcement community in embracing a philosophy that places crime victims’ interests and needs at the zenith of response to crime and community problem-solving.
Every sworn and non-sworn law enforcement employee plays a key role in enhancing response to victims. This effort is not simply the creation of a separate victim unit, but an integrated and inclusive effort that will extend to all branches and levels of law enforcement. In championing enhanced victim response, the IACP designed this strategy for use by the executives and leadership, middle management, and front line officers serving in state, county, municipal, tribal, college and university law enforcement agencies.
The strategy has been successfully pilot tested by three police agencies: Charlotte- Mecklenburg, NC, Beaverton, OR, and Mundelein, IL. This publication documents the benefits these departments enjoyed as a result of implementing enhanced response to victims. Two companion documents, The Implementation Guide and the Resource Toolkit, detail lessons learned and methods developed through the efforts of personnel and their partners at these sites. Source: International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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ESIA: End Stalking in America
http://www.esia.net/
The purpose of this site is to help educate the general public, to be of assistance to all potential victims of stalking, and to assist those victims who are currently being harassed and stalked. We hope to give you the information, inspiration, and motivation to help us end stalking in America, and to help and understand those victims who are currently being stalked. Currently, E.S.I.A. is assisting victims (men and women) who are current victims of harassment and stalking. In addition, we are educating corporations and private companies on the dangers of stalking.
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Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence:
Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/181867.txt
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/181867.pdf
This NIJ Research Report presents findings from a survey of 8,000 U.S. women and 8,000 U.S. men about their experiences as victims of intimate partner violence (rape, physical assault, and stalking). Respondents were asked detailed questions about the characteristics and consequences of their victimization during their lifetime and the past 12 months, including the rate of injury among rape and physical assault victims, their use of medical services, and their involvement with the criminal justice system. It also summarizes the survey's findings on victimization rates among women and men, specific racial and ethnic groups, and Hispanics and non-Hispanics.
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Family Violence : In the Spotlight
http://www.ncjrs.gov/spotlight/family_violence/summary.html
Family violence, including child physical and sexual abuse, child neglect and maltreatment, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse, takes place in homes across the country every day. Exposure to such violence has a devastating impact on both children and adults in those households and communities, whether they are direct victims of abuse or witnesses to it. Children exposed to such violence at an early age are likely to become either perpetrators of abuse or victims of violence in adulthood. In May 2000, the Bureau of Justice Statistics published a report based on data from the 1993-1998 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The NCVS gathers data about crimes using an ongoing, nationally representative sample of households in the United States. This Special Report found that, between 1993 and 1998, the average number of victims of intimate partner violence who lived with children under the age of 12 was 459,590 (Intimate Partner Violence, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000).1This paints a daunting picture for the future of our children, even if only one child in each of those households is exposed to violence.
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The Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://endabuse.org/
The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by abuse, because every person has a right to live in a home free of violence. The web page offers news items from the press and other web resources for those researching family violence issues.
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First Response to Victims of Crime (2001)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/firstrep/2001/welcome.html
NCJ 189631 provides information to help law enforcement officers better understand and meet the needs of crime victims during the first response period. Offers law enforcement officers basic guidelines to observe when approaching and interacting with five general categories of crime : victims: elderly victims, victims of sexual assault, child victims, victims of domestic violence, and survivors of homicide victims. Also provided is a list of national hotlines and other toll-free numbers to assist officers in helping victims find the resources they need to cope with an recover from their victimization. NCJ 176971. Prepared by the National Sheriff's Association for the Office for Victims of Crime. The handbook is a revision of the May 2000 edition. 35pp.
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First Response to Victims of Crime (2008)
http://www.ovc.gov/publications/infores/pdftxt/FirstResponseGuidebook.pdf
By approaching victims in a respectful and supportive manner, officers can gain their trust and cooperation. Victims may then be more willing to provide detailed information about the crime to officers and later to investigators and prosecutors, which, in turn, will lead to the conviction of more criminals. But always remember that you are there for the victim; crime victims are not just witnesses who are there to assist you with your duties. In other words, put victims first!
You can better respond to individual types of crime victims and specific types of criminal victimizations by first understanding the three major needs most victims have after a crime has been committed: the need to feel safe, the need to express their emotions, and the need to know “what comes next.” (Note, the general tips provided here and throughout this guidebook are advisory only and should be considered in conjunction with your agency’s own specific protocols on responding to victims of crime.) Source: National Sheriffs Association. 2008.
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From Pain to Power: Crime Victims Take Action
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/fptp/fptp.pdf
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/fptp/welcome.html
Following an overview of the effects of crime on its victims, this monograph addresses some of the benefits of community involvement for crime victims, including rebuilding self-esteem, reducing isolation, regaining a sense of power, and dealing with fear and anger. The monograph discusses victim assistance, victims’ rights advocacy, and violence prevention and presents some caveats regarding victim activism. September 1998. NCJ166604. OVC. (Last checked 07/25/08)

Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women
Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/183781.txt
This NIJ Research Report presents findings from the NVAW Survey on the prevalence and incidence of rape, physical assault, and stalking; the rate of injury among rape and physical assault victims; and injured victims' use of medical services. The data show that violence is more widespread and injurious to women's and men's health than previously thought-an important finding for legislators, policymakers, intervention planners, and researchers as well as the public health and criminal justice communities. Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes. National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. November 2000. NCJ 183781. 68pp.
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Guide for Policy Makers
http://www.uncjin.org/Standards/policy.pdf
On the implementation of the United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Centre for International Crime Prevention. 1999.
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Handbook on Justice for Victims
http://www.uncjin.org/Standards/9857854.pdf
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Centre for International Crime Prevention. 1999.
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Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
http://www.dvinstitute.org/
Interdisciplinary organization seeking to prevent and reduce family violence in the African American community. Website includes extensive bibliographies and pages of links.
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International Victimology Website
http://www.victimology.nl/
Your gateway to victimology on the web. IVW was launched in June 1999 as a resource for all those interested in improving justice for victims of crime and abuse of power. Through IVW, the UN Center for International Crime Prevention, the Research and Documentation Center of the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and the World Society of Victimology aim to promote the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.
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Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv01.htm
The vast majority of victims of intimate partner violence in the United States are women. Most victims of domestic homicides – murders that were committed by intimate partners – are women. The percentage of female murder victims who were killed by their partners has remained virtually unchanged in recent years. But nonfatal incidents of intimate partner violence dropped dramatically from 1993 to 2001, according to a new Crime Data Brief from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. As the rate of violent crime in the United States dropped by 50 percent, to an unprecedented low, the Justice Department also registered a steep drop in intimate partner violence. The new Brief finds that, from 1993 to 2001, intimate partner violence against women dropped by 49 percent. Intimate partner violence is defined as nonfatal violent incidents committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends of the victims. Written by Callie Marie Rennison, PhD, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993 – 2001 analyzes the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey. It classifies intimate partner violence as rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault or simple assault committed by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Intimate Partner Violence in the United States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/intimate/ipv.htm
This new Web site examines fatal and nonfatal violence by intimates (current or former spouses, girlfriends, or boyfriends). It includes victim characteristics such as race, sex, age, income, and ethnicity. It also includes data on murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault that were experienced by males and females 12 years or older. (NCJ 210675). (BJS)
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Justice for All
http://www.jfa.net/
A criminal justice reform organization. Web site contains numerous resources for victims of crime, including back issues of a newsletter called Voice of Justice.
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Domestic Violence in the United States 2006
A report of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)
http://ncavp.org/common/document_files/Reports/2006NationalDVReport(Final).pdf
The 43 page report compiled by the New York-based coalition includes data regarding over 3,000 individuals who experienced domestic violence.
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Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.mcadsv.org/
The Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCADSV) is a statewide membership organization whose members represent a network of over 70 domestic and sexual violence programs and over 200 allied organizations and individuals. We have provided leadership as the statewide voice for survivors of domestic and sexual violence and the programs that serve them since 1978. MCADSV is dedicated to the empowerment of all the state's survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Our mission is to develop and promote efforts aimed at the elimination of all domestic and sexual violence in Michigan.
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Michigan Crime Victims
http://www.MIvictims.org/
Michigan Victim Alliance has established this web site to provide current information on services and support for victims of violence.. Includes downloadable forms such as a "Personal Protection Order". Also contains information on how to keep kids safe in cyberspace, how to prevent becoming a victim of cyberstalking, and ways to avoid online form. Made possible by a one year grant.
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Michigan Domestic Violence Benchbook: A Guide to Civil and Criminal Proceedings, 2nd edition
http://courts.michigan.gov/mji/resources/dvbook/dvbook.htm
MJI's Domestic Violence Benchbook is an integrated resource that addresses Michigan law governing domestic violence in the three courtroom contexts where it is most likely to be at issue. (1) Personal protection proceedings. The statutes and court rules governing issuance and enforcement of Michigan personal protection orders are covered in detail. The discussion also addresses double jeopardy concerns and full faith and credit for sister state and tribal protection orders. (2) Criminal proceedings. "Domestic violence crimes" are defined, with emphasis on domestic assault and stalking offenses. Conditional pretrial release, evidentiary problems and batterer intervention services are also discussed. (3) Divorce and child custody proceedings. The discussion explores the effects of domestic violence on the court's decision-making regarding property division, support, and access to children, with consideration of interstate and international child custody disputes. In addition to the foregoing topics, this benchbook addresses firearms restrictions that arise from criminal and personal protection proceedings. Supplementing the legal discussion, the reader will find general information about the dynamics of domestic violence, and "best practice" suggestions throughout the text. Published by the Michigan Judicial Institute. Approximately 350pp. 2001.
Note: 1st edition is available in print format in the Main Library Government Documents Library and in the MSU DCL Library.
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Michigan Personal Protection Orders Online
http://www.mivictims.org/help/ppo/index.html
Covers both domestic relationship and stalking.
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Michigan Resource Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.mcadsv.org/mrcdsv/web/links.html
Visit us to find books, videos, newsletters, and journals on sexual assault and domestic violence. We can also help you with your research! Take a moment to browse through our site and see some of what's in our collection. Interlibrary loan possible.
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Michigan Victim Resources and Links
http://www.michiganprosecutor.org/VictLink.htm
CRIME VICTIMS CAN FIND HELP IN THE COMMUNITY. Being a victim of crime can be a frightening experience, but you are not alone. Many state and national programs and groups are available to help you cope with your experience now and in coming months. This page will help you to learn about resources in Michigan, nationally and on the Internet. Courtesy of the Prosecuting Attorney's Coordinating Council.
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Michigan's Stalking Law
http://www.msu.edu/~safe/facts/mi_stalking.htm
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Minnesota Center Against Violence and Women
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/
Providing quick access to over 3000 resources.
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Multicultural Perspectives on Domestic Violence in the United States: Bibliographic References
http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/DomesticViolence/
Natalie J. Sokoloff, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, February 2002.
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National Calendar of Crime
Victim Assistance-Related Events
http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovccalendar/
A centralized resource that keeps you updated on victim assistance events taking place around the Nation, or in your own backyard. Since it was launched in January 2006, nearly 350 events have been added to this interactive calendar.
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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/cmprfact.htm
Includes facts and statistics (with references) on Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence and Youth Violence.
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National Center for State Courts
Family Violence State Links
http://www.ncsconline.org/WC/Publications/KIS_FamVioStateLinksPub.pdf
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National Center for Victims of Crime
http://www.ncvc.org/
NCVC is one of the largest non-profit organizations advocating for all victims of crime. The web site features links to victim related web sites and discussion forums. Be sure to check out the statistics section with statistical compilations related to violence in general, child abuse, crime against the elderly, domestic violence, hate crimes, homicide, sexual assaults, and violence in the workplace.
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National Center on Elder Abuse
http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/ncearoot/Main_Site/index.aspx
A gateway to resources on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
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National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
see Child Welfare Information Gateway

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
http://www.ncadv.org/
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children and to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of women and their children. Web site includes extensive list of web resources.
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National Conference of State Legislatures
State Computer Harassment or "Cyberstalking" Laws
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/CIP/stalk99.htm
Law enforcement agencies estimate that electronic communications are a factor in from 20 percent to 40 percent of all stalking cases. Forty-four states now have laws that explicitly include electronic forms of communication within stalking or harassment laws. State laws that do not include specific references to electronic communication may still apply to those who threaten or harass others online, but specific language can make the laws easier to enforce.
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National Victims' Constitutional Amendment Network
http://www.nvcan.org/
NVCAN is a 501(c)(3) organization supporting the adoption of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizing the fundamental rights of crime victims to be treated with dignity, fairness and respect by the criminal justice system.
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NCJRS Virtual Library: Victims of Crime
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/VictimsOfCrime.asp
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New Directions from the Field:
Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/new/directions/welcome.html
This document is a comprehensive report and set of recommendations on victims' rights and services from and concerning virtually every community involved with crime victims across the nation. The report is the result of more than three years' work by more than 1,000 individuals in different professions. It examines how victims' rights and services have been realized since the 1982 Final Report of the President's Task Force and recommends what we as a society should strive to achieve for victims as we enter the 21st century. While the recommendations may not reflect all of the individual contributors' views, the contributors agree that all of the recommendations are worthy of discussion and consideration. NCJ170600.
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NOW and Violence Against Women
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/
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Office for Victims of Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/
The Office for Victims of Crime's mission is to increase the availability of information about victims' rights and assistance services. It's web site enables crime victims, victim advocates, and others interested in victims' rights to access information about available funding, training, technical assistance, and vocational opportunities in the field of victim services. Users can click on "law enforcement", "prosecutors", and other categories to go directly to information of interest.
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Police Response to Spouse Abuse: An Annotated Bibliography
http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/spouse.html
There have been major changes in the police response to spouse abuse since the 1976 International Association of Chiefs of Police directive stated that “wife abuse should not be considered a victimless crime” (Browne 1987, 168). In fact, many police departments have adopted pro-arrest or mandatory arrest policies for dealing with such incidents. In 1984, a report published by the United States Attorney General’s Task Force on Family Violence recommended that arrest be the preferred policy in dealing with domestic violence incidents. The results of a study published that same year, since referred to as “The Minneapolis Experiment,” concluded that arrest proved far more effective in curtailing repeat offenses of spouse abuse than did either advice or separation (Sherman and Berk 1984). While the authors of this landmark experiment recommended that presumptive arrest and not mandatory arrest policies be instituted based on their findings, the experiment has since been cited by many proponents of mandatory arrest policies. According to the results of subsequent studies, the Minneapolis Experiment has influenced police department arrest policies throughout the country (Binder & Meeker 1988; Cohn & Sherman 1986). This annotated bibliography by Nancy Egan, John Jay College of Criminal Justice identifies a great deal of the literature which refers to police response policies and examines the authors’ recommendations.
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Report on Cyberstalking (1999):
A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm
A Report from the Attorney General to the Vice President. August 1999
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Report to Congress on Stalking and Domestic Violence, 2005 through 2006
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ovw/220827.pdf
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Responding to Domestic Violence
web link
Where federal employees can find help.
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Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities:
A Handbook for Fraud Victims Participating in the Federal Criminal Justice System
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/fraud/rrr/welcome.html
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/fraud/rrr/rrrpdf.pdf
Designed for distribution to victims of fraud, this handbook covers victims’ roles, rights, and responsibilities during the criminal prosecution of a case; the federal justice process; support services available to fraud victims in the federal justice system; frequently asked questions about the process; national organizations and government agencies that provide services regarding fraud crime; suggestions on how to address credit problems; a glossary of legal terms; case contact information; and guidelines for documenting financial losses. September 1998. NCJ 172830. OVC. Note: pdf version reverses order of title.
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Safety Zone: Domestic Violence Resources and Information on Women Abuse
http://thesafetyzone.org/
The Safety Zone is my attempt to provide a content-driven site on domestic violence for use by both survivors and potential helpers. While the page includes a fair bit of public information produced by the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV), its presence on this page is an initiative independent of my professional tie to OPDV.
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Stalking
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/Publications/e12032163.pdf
This 58 page report examines the problem of stalking and the factors that contribute to it, reviews responses to the problem, and what is known about them from evaluative research and police practice. (COPS)
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Stalking and Domestic Violence: A Report to Congress (NCJ186157)
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/ojp/186157.txt
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojp/186157.pdf
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojp/186157.pdf
This Report to Congress is part of an ongoing commitment to share information about the development of laws addressing stalking and strategies that show promise in the field. It is produced in response to subtitle F of VAWA which directs the United States Attorney General to submit a report on these issues. May 2001.
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Stalking and Domestic Violence: First Annual Report to Congress Under the Violence Against Women Act (1986)
http://ncjrs.org/txtfiles/stlkbook.txt
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Stalking and Domestic Violence: Third Annual Report to Congress Under the Violence Against Women Act
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ovw/172204.pdf
Includes information regarding sentencing and supervision strategies being pursued by some jurisdictions to address stalking and domestic violence. In addition to the results of the NVAW Survey and the anecdotal survey of practitioners, the third annual report has a chapter on the status of State and Federal antistalking legislation, including a State-by-State review of statutes as they pertain to minors and other issues. Chapter 4 of the report focuses on the Department of Justice's efforts to respond to stalking and domestic violence. The report concludes with recommendations for additional steps to address these crimes. 1998.
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Stalking in America: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/169592.txt
Highly publicized incidents involving celebrity victims have focused public attention on stalking. NIJ and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) have collaborated on a Research in Brief, Stalking in America: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey, that answers some fundamental questions about stalking. The survey, based on the first national stalking data collected in the United States, discusses the nature of stalking, the prevalence of stalking, the characteristics of victims and offenders, the frequency of stalking in this country, and the consequences of stalking on individuals and society.
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Stalking Victims' Sanctuary
http://www.stalkingvictims.com/
The purpose of this site is to educate people about this insidious crime, and most importantly, to offer sanctuary to those exposed to its ugly face. We offer these resources so that victims may take back their lives. Regaining control, reclaiming it from those who thrive on stripping it from others, is the task facing all victims. Our duty is to assist with that endeavor.
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Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/
To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The recommendations contained in the Toolkit were reviewed by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.
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Understanding DNA Evidence:
A Guide for Victim Services Providers
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/bc000657.pdf
DNA evidence is playing a larger role than ever before in criminal cases throughout the country, both to convict the guilty and to exonerate those wrongly accused or convicted. This increased role places greater importance on the ability of victim service providers to understand the potential significance of DNA evidence in their clients' cases.
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Understanding Michigan's Anti-Stalking Law
http://www.ingham.org/bc/wom/stalking.htm
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Validity and Use of Evidence Concerning Battering and Its Effects in Criminal Trials
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/batter.txt
This NIJ Report to Congress presents three papers addressing : 1) the medical and psychological validity of the effects of battering, 2) the extent to which evidence and expert testimony on this issue have been admitted in criminal trials; and 3) the assessment of criminal justice professionals on the effects of this evidence in criminal trials. NCJ160972, May 1996, 166 pages.
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Victim Assistance Online: A Comprehensive Resource Center
http://www.vaonline.org/
An information, research and networking resource for victim assistance specialists, professionals in related disciplines and all interested in the field of victimology.
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VictimLaw.Info
http://www.victimlaw.info/victimlaw/
VictimLaw, developed by the National Center for Victims of Crime with funding from the Office for Victims of Crime, is a new online database that houses more than 15,000 victims’ rights statutes (Federal and State), tribal laws, constitutional amendments, court rules, and administrative code provisions. The database is searchable by topic, keyword, jurisdiction, and citation. Such ready access to information can advance the cause of crime victims’ rights by facilitating the exercise, implementation, and enforcement of those rights.
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Victim Resources
http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119-1384---,00.html
Describes the Crime Victim’s Rights Act, P.A. 87 of 1985, as amended. The prosecuting attorney is required by law to inform the victim of his or her rights under the terms of the Crime Victim’s Rights Act during the pre-conviction process. Information provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections.
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Victims Rights and Resources in Michigan
http://web.archive.org/web/20011218070736/http://www.gop.senate.state.mi.us/cvr/
Sponsored by Senator William Van Regenmorter and the Michigan Senate Republicans. Includes Crime Victim's Rights Act, information about the Crime Victims Compensation Board, and a directory of additional Michigan agencies providing help to victims. Dec. 2001. Still available thanks to the Internet Archive.
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Victims' Rights Compliance Efforts:
Experiences in Three States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/vrce.pdf Many victims and their advocates believe that one of the greatest challenges of the criminal justice system is ensuring compliance with victims’ rights laws. This report describes innovative programs in three states—Colorado, Minnesota, and Wisconsin—to improve the enforcement of victims’ rights. The report documents the experiences and challenges faced by state criminal justice systems in providing and enforcing victims’ rights, identifies common themes that enhance and impede the compliance enforcement process, and suggests general models and cautions for program replication. This report is designed for state-level decisionmakers concerned with the provision and enforcement of victims’ rights and should be viewed as a tool for lawmakers and policymakers who are searching for ways to help improve the provision of victims’ rights in their states. May 1998. NCJ 168099. OVC.
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Violence Against Women (Online Journal)
http://www.lib.msu.edu/dbases/kw/criminal_justice.htm#EJ
MSU faculty, staff, and students may access the full text of recent issues; requires pilot id and password for remote access.
Also listed under Periodicals.
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Violence Against Women Office Home Page
Detailed Index
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
Offers an extensive list of speeches, testimony, reports, funding sources, and web links.
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Violence Against Women Online Resources
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/
This site is a cooperative project of VAWGO - the Violence Against Women's Grants Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and MINCAVA - the Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse at the University of Minnesota. The site is advised by a National Advisory Board made up of professionals from a spectrum of criminal justice and related professions.This Website is devoted to providing law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women.
(Last checked 07/25/08)

Violence Between Intimates: Domestic Violence
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/vbi.htm
This report of selected findings examines murders, rapes, robberies, and assaults committed by spouses, ex-spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends. It uses data from the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey, the BJS survey of murder cases disposed in large urban counties in 1988, and the FBI Supplementary Homicide Report from the Uniform Crime Reports program. Data on violent offenders were collected in the 1991 Survey of State Prison Inmates and the 1989 Survey of Jail Inmates. The findings show that females experienced more than 10 times as many incidents of violence committed by an intimate as did males -- 572,000 versus 49,000. NCJ 149259. November 1994.
(Last checked 07/25/08)

The Women's Law Initiative
http://www.womenslaw.org
A nationwide resource for women who are victims of domestic violence. It explains, for every state in the United States, how to get a restraining order and provides the applicable statutes and court forms. It includes a number of articles on domestic violence, and provides links to state and local domestic-violence resources.
(Last checked 07/25/08)

Yahoo Domestic Violence Page
http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Types_of_Crime/Domestic_Violence/
Courtesy of Yahoo UK.
(Last checked 07/25/08)

The library subscribes to hundreds of electronic indexes to research literature. Most are accessible via the Web. A complete list is available on the library's Electronic Resources page. A few selected databases which cover domestic violence and related topics include:

Child Abuse, Child Welfare, and Adoption Database - indexes professional literature from sociology, psychology, social work and other fields related to child abuse. Coverage is 1965-present.

Contemporary Women's Issues - reproduces full text of articles from a variety of feminist journals and newsletters, as well as other material such as reports from activist organizations.

Criminal Justice Abstracts - indexes journal articles in criminal justice.

Gender Studies Database - combines NISC's popular Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. The source documents indexed include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources. Several hundred links provide access to carefully selected and important websites. This database includes more than 696,750 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to present.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) via CSA - indexes journal articles and other publications in criminal justice and law enforcement, such as book chapters, conference papers, and reports.

PsycInfo including PsycArticles - the online version of Psychological Abstracts, a comprehensive index to research literature in psychology and related disciplines, including articles, books, and dissertations.

Social Sciences Abstracts - indexes selected scholarly journals in sociology, social work, criminal justice, law, political science, and related fields. Coverage is 1983-present.

Social Work Abstracts - indexes scholarly journals in social work.

Sociological Abstracts - indexes scholarly journals in sociology.

Wilson Select Plus - full text of articles published since 1994, from about 600 scholarly journals covering all disciplines.

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