General Information

Abuse of Power - Offers information for survivors of domestic violence whose partners are police officers or firefighters.
 
Batterer Intervention Services Coalition – Contains extensive information on batterer intervention programs and also includes over two dozen state/county batterer intervention program standards.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Violence by Intimates – U.S. Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Community Policing Resources – Contains descriptions and links to law enforcement departments that receive funding for community policing initiatives. 

Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET) - This site addresses domestic violence, sexual assault, Stalking, and violence against women.  It contains a searchable database, issues directory, listserver, statistics, articles, and a listing of experts.

Employers Against Domestic Violence (EADV) – A proactive collaboration of Massachusetts-based businesses, consisting of over 55 public and private employers.  The mission is to educate  employers about the financial, legal and psychological impact of domestic violence in the workplace. 

Family Violence Prevention Fund – Contains statistics, resources, healthcare response, global response, and workplace response.  Also contains a search engine.

Feminist Majority Foundation: Domestic Violence Information Center – Resources and links.

Men and Women against Domestic Violence – Internet-based organization for education and advocacy against all types of violence.

Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse (MINCAVA)– Resources, references, teaching aids, conferences, and links.

National Center for Victims of Crime – This contains extensive information and resources.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence – This is the home page for NCADV.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service - one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals. NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug  Control Policy.

National Domestic Violence Hotline – Telephone number and information about the hotline.

Office on Violence Against Women - The U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Violence Against Women Office Website.  Includes the National Domestic Violence Hotline telephone number, regional and state telephone numbers, as well as publications and press releases by top US officials on the issue of domestic violence.

Safety Net – Resources, bibliographies, a handbook, statistics, and telephone listing.

United Nations Commission on Human Rights – Violence against Women – This UN report focuses on all forms of violence against women in the family.  It contains an introduction to the problem of violence in the family, examines domestic violence as a violation of international human rights law, addresses the question of domestic violence and other forms of violence against women in the family, lists existing national legislation on domestic violence, the legal mechanisms available in various countries, model legislation on domestic violence, and recommendations on ways and means to eliminate violence against women.

Violence Against Women Online Resources - This site provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women. The Document Library offers documents about a variety of issues pertaining to violence against women, such as full faith and credit (protection orders), model programs, model legislation, and information about domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, batterer intervention.

 

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