ABA Center on Children and the Law
740 15th St NW
Washington, DC 20005-1022
The ABA Center on Children and the Law seeks to improve the laws, policies, and judicial procedures affecting children by supporting legal representation for youth, facilitating coordination between attorneys and caseworkers, reducing court delays, and providing training to court professionals involved in child welfare.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
|
Alliance for Children and Families
11700 West Lake Park Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53224-3099
The Alliance is an association representing private, nonprofit child and family service organizations. Its members provide an array of services ranging from residential care to domestic abuse prevention and intervention. The mission of the Alliance is to strengthen the ability of its members to serve and advocate for children, families, and communities. The Alliance was formed by a merger between Family Service America and the National Association of Homes and Services for Children in 1998. |
Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. (AJLI)
132 West 31st Street
11th Floor
New York, NY 10001-3406
The Association of Junior Leagues International is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. The AJLI offers programs in many areas including youth services, family support services, child welfare (adoption, child abuse and neglect, foster care, and permanency planning) and domestic violence. |
Center for Family Policy and Practice
23 North Pinckney Street
Suite 210
Madison, WI 53703
General Scope: The Center for Family Policy and Practice is a nationally focused public policy organization conducting policy research, technical assistance, training, litigation, and public education in order to focus attention on the barriers faced by never-married, low-income fathers and their families. Current primary projects include: domestic violence and fatherhood and child welfare and fatherhood policy.
Training Specific: The Center offer training and technical assistance services on a variety of topics including welfare reform, child welfare, and State and Federal funding opportunities. For more information, see http://www.cffpp.org/services.html. |
Chadwick Center For Children and Families
Children's Hospital and Health Center
3020 Children's Way, MC 5017
San Diego, CA 92123
General Scope: The Chadwick Center's mission is to protect children and strengthen families through prevention, treatment, education, public policy, advocacy, and research in the areas of child maltreatment and family violence. The Center uses a multidisciplinary, family-centered approach.
Training Specific: The Professional Education Department (PES) addresses prevention, recognition, assessment, investigation, treatment and prosecution of all forms of child maltreatment, including those related to family violence. Programs include: the annual winter San Diego Conference on Child Maltreatment; the advanced intensive Summer Seminars; intern, resident and fellowship programs; and the Clinical Training Program. The California Training and Technical Assistance Center, funded by the state of California, provides continuing education to a multitude of California professionals mainly in the 10 southern California counties who are concerned with child maltreatment issues. For information see http://www.chadwickcenter.org/conference.htm. |
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW -- Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and the general public to information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to programs, research, laws and policies, training resources, statistics, and much more. |
Domestic Violence Resource Network (D.V.R.N.)
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112
| Fax: |
(717) 545-9456 |
| TTY: |
1-800-553-2508 |
| |
1-800-787-3224 |
| Toll-Free: |
1-800-537-2238 |
| |
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) |
| Website: |
http://www.nrcdv.org/ |
Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Domestic Violence Resource Network (D.V.R.N.) strives to strengthen the existing support systems serving battered women, their children, and other victims of domestic violence. Each of the five resource centers partners with community-based domestic violence programs; State coalitions; local, State, and Federal government agencies; Indian Tribal organizations; policymakers; and others involved in assisting victims of domestic violence to identify and respond to emerging information and technical assistance gaps. The centers include the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence; the Battered Women's Justice Project; the Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Child Protection and Custody; the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence; and the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
|
Family Life Development Center (FLDC)
Cornell University
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
The mission of the Family Life Development Center is to improve professional and public efforts to understand and act upon risk and protective factors in the lives of children, youth, families, and communities that affect family strengths, child well-being, and youth development. The FLDC accomplishes its mission through research, training, outreach, education, and program development and implementation.
Current areas of special interest include childhood violence prevention and evaluation of programs designed to prevent abuse and neglect. The FLDC operates the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), which promotes scholarly exchange among researchers and makes original data available for secondary analysis.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
|
Family Research Laboratory (FRL)
126 Horton Social Science Center
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824-3586
The Family Research Laboratory devotes its attention to understanding family violence and the effect of violence on families through literature reviews and research-based studies. Research topics include all aspects of family violence and abuse, including physical abuse of children, corporal punishment of children, child sexual abuse, pornography, violence between siblings, parental abductions, and missing and abducted children.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
|
Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)
383 Rhode Island Street
Suite 304
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) works to end violence against women and children around the world. Strongly advocating for the Violence Against Women Act, passed by Congress in 1994, the FVPF has expanded its scope by reaching out to new audiences that include men and youth, promoting leadership within communities to ensure that prevention efforts become self-sustaining, and transforming the way health care providers, police, judges, employers, and others respond to violence.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
|
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT)
6160 Cornerstone Court East
San Diego, CA 92121
General Scope: The Family Violence Sexual Assault Institute has now merged with Alliant International University to form the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT). The IVAT is an international resource, research and training center that includes all areas of violence, abuse and trauma. The Institute encompasses multiple centers, which focus on family violence in the broad sense, sexual assault, youth and school violence, workplace violence, violence prevention, and traumatic stress.
The Institute’s mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals on a local, national, and international level by sharing and disseminating vital information, improving networking among professionals, and assisting with program evaluation, consultation, and training to promote violence-free living.
Training Specific: IVAT provides workshops and educational training on all aspects of family violence, sexual assault, child maltreatment, aggression, trauma, intervention and prevention programs, assessment, forensic issues, and policy development. For more information, see http://www.ivatcenters.org/training.htm. |
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
105 Peters Hall
1404 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6142
General Scope: The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse's (MINCAVA) mission is to support research, education, and access to violence related resources. To that end, MINCAVA provides up-to-date educational resources about all types of violence, including higher education syllabi, published research, funding information, training events, both individuals and organizations which serve as resources, and a searchable database of training manuals, videos and other resources.
Training Specific: The Training Resources section of the website contains resources that may be helpful to trainers and organizations that are looking for already published violence prevention training manuals, curricula and teaching resources to assist them with violence prevention training. Child abuse, sexual violence, and workplace violence are among the topics covered in these resources. For more information, see http://www.mincava.umn.edu/library/training/.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Violence Against Women Online Resources - http://www.vaw.umn.edu/
This site provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women. Topics include: domestic violence sexual assault stalking child custody & protection batterer intervention programs
|
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
2000 M Street NW
Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036
| Phone: |
(202) 467-8700 |
| Fax: |
(202) 467-8701 |
| TDD: |
(800) 211-7996 |
| Toll-Free: |
(800) FYI-CALL |
| Website: |
http://www.ncvc.org |
The National Center for Victims of Crime provides direct services and resources, advocates for passage of laws and public policies, and delivers training and technical assistance to organizations, counselors, and attorneys who assist victims of crime. |
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
P.O. Box 18749
Denver, CO 80218
General Scope: The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCDAV) is a tax-exempt membership organization that works to stop violence in the lives of women and children by representing a network of shelters, safe homes, and counseling programs.
The Coalition's efforts include helping to set priorities for Federal funding, producing various publications, sponsoring national conferences, developing and promoting model programs, operating a clearinghouse for information and technical assistance, fostering public policy, promoting public awareness, and providing direct services.
Training Specific: The University of Colorado at Denver’s Graduate School of Public Affairs now offers its Master of Public Administration degree with a Concentration in Domestic Violence Program Management and Policy Development through a distance-learning format. For additional information, please see http://www.ncadv.org/unsorted/EducationOpportunties_162.html. |
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
P.O. Box 8970
Reno, NV 89507
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is dedicated to improving the court system's handling of juvenile and family matters through applied research, technical assistance, and continuing education of judges and juvenile justice professionals on family violence, child abuse and neglect, and child protection and custody.
With funding from the Packard Foundation and the U. S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, the NCJFCJ's "Greenbook Initiative" (Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy and Practice) includes recommendations to help child welfare and domestic violence agencies and family courts work together more effectively to help families experiencing violence. Many sites around the country have used it to improve their policies and practices.
The "Greenbook" (http://www.thegreenbook.info) has generated a federal initiative - a joint project of the United States Departments of Justice and Health & Human Services. It is designed to improve the quality of services provided by local jurisdictions to families threatened both by domestic violence and child abuse or maltreatment. The NCJFCJ coordinates support and technical assistance to each of the six counties that are part of the federal Greenbook intiative.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Permanency Planning for Children Dept. - http://www.ncjfcj.org/content/blogcategory/131/169/
The mission of the Permanency Planning for Children Department is to provide an environment for change by supporting and facilitating dependency court teams and by providing education and technical assistance to enable courts nationwide to meet their goals to improve practice in child abuse and neglect cases.
- Family Violence Department - http://www.ncjfcj.org/content/view/20/94/
The Family Violence Department of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (FVD) is dedicated to improving the way courts, law enforcement, agencies and others respond to family violence while recognizing the legal, cultural, and psychological dynamics involved with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of domestic violence victims and their children.
- The Greenbook Initiative - http://www.thegreenbook.info
This Initiative provides recommendations designed to help dependency courts and child welfare and domestic violence agencies better serve families experiencing violence and to help them achieve safety. The Initiative has spawned activities in States and localities across the country, as well as a Federal initiative spearheaded by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U. S. Department of Justice.
|
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV)
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
The National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence is a nonprofit organization serving as a private sector response to the problems of child, spousal, and elderly abuse. The Council's primary purpose is to strengthen, professionally and practically, community child abuse and family violence prevention and treatment programs nationwide. A broad range of activities is included in the Council's three major program areas: public awareness and education, professional development, and organizational development. |
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
810 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
The Office for Victims of Crimes was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. OVC provides substantial funding to State victim assistance and compensation programs, the lifeline services that help victims to heal. The agency also supports training designed to educate criminal justice and allied professionals on the rights and needs of crime victims. OVC is one of five bureaus and four offices with grant-making authority within the Office of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
|
Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
810 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
The Violence Against Women Office is part of the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The VAWO handles the Department's legal and policy issues regarding violence against women, coordinates Departmental efforts, provides national and international leadership, and responds to requests for information regarding violence against women. The Violence Against Women Office works closely with other components of OJP (the Office of Legal Policy, the Office of Legislative Affairs, the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, the Immigration and Naturalization Office, the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, U.S. Attorneys' Offices, and State, Tribal and local jurisdictions) to implement the mandates of the Violence Against Women Act and subsequent legislation. |
PANdora's Box
27 Lakeview Drive
Terre Haute, IN 47803
PANdora's Box is a compilation of information and resources on all facets of child abuse prevention and child protection. Major topical categories include Prevention and Protection (signs and symptoms, reporting, laws, etc.); Offenses (Internet crimes, missing children, sexual offenses and perpetrators, etc.); and Victims (domestic violence, survivors, victim services).
|
AFRICAN AMERICAN
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
University of Minnesota, School of Social Work
290 St. Peters Hall
1404 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108-6142
Phone: 877-NIDVAAC (643-8222)
Website: www.dvinstitute.org
The Institute's Mission is: To provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on family violence through research findings, the examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community.
AMERICAN WOMEN ABROAD
American Domestic Violence Crisis Line
Phone: 866-USWOMEN, (866-879-6636)
Email Hotline: crisis@866uswomen.org
Website: www.866uswomen.org
An international toll free domestic violence crisis line that abused American women & children can call by contacting the regional AT&T operator in their country of residence and ask to be connected. The crisis line operates from 10pm to 6am, Pacific Standard Time, Monday - Friday. For more information and for corresponding operating times in your country of residence, please visit the website.
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
450 Sutter Street Suite 600,
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415-954-9988 ext. 315
Email: apidvinstitute@apiahf.org
Website: www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute/default.htm
The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence serves as a forum for, and clearinghouse on information, research, resources and critical issues about violence against women in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Their mission is to eliminate domestic violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities by increasing awareness about the extent and depth of the problem; making culturally specific issues visible; strengthening community models of prevention and intervention; identifying and expanding resources; informing and promoting research and policy; and deepening our understanding and analyses of the issues surrounding violence against women. Information is available in Arabic, Bengali, Khmer, Chinese, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Punjabi, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Cantonese.
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
Emergency shelter and services for Asian survivors of domestic abuse. (Shelter is located in Boston)
www.atask.org
617-338-2355
CHILD ABUSE/CHILD SUPPORT/CUSTODY
Child Support Collectors
www.supportcollectors.com
Child Support Collectors assist in the collection of child support and spousal support payments and arrears. Fees may apply; contact Child Support Collectors for more information. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
Child Support Network, the support collection professionals.
www.childsupport.com
Child Support Network (CSN) is a specialized service company that locates missing parents and collects court ordered family support payments. Family support includes child support, spousal support, medical support, and educational support. Fees may apply; contact CSN at for more information. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
Custody Preparation For Moms
www.custodyprepformoms.org
This website provides valuable information and resources to fit and loving mothers who wish to continue to be the primary caretakers of their children.
International Child Abuse Network (Yes ICan)
www.yesican.org
Working world-wide to end child abuse, the International Child Abuse Network website provides resources and information on child abuse and domestic violence. They offer facilitated chats for victims and survivors of abuse of all ages and are an excellent source of online support. Beginning July 2005, chats will be available in Spanish.
International Child Support Enforcement Help Page
www.angelfire.com/biz2/support4kids/
Parents for Megan's Law
Parents For Megan's Law, Inc. is a national community and victim's rights organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of childhood sexual abuse through the provision of education, advocacy, counseling, policy and legislative support services.
National Hotline: 631-689-2672
www.parentsformeganslaw.org
Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody
(A project of the Family Violence Project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and part of the Domestic Violence Resource Network)
PO Box 8970
Reno, NV 89507
Phone: (800) 527-3223
Website: http://ncjfcj.unr.edu
Provides information and tangible assistance to those working in the field of domestic violence and child protection and custody. The toll-free helpline provides up-to date information and technical assistance. Provides information, materials, consultation, and technical assistance related to child protection and custody within the context of domestic violence.
Stop It Now!
351 Pleasant St.
Suite B-319
Northampton, MA 01060
Administrative Phone: (413) 587-3500
Helpline: (888) PREVENT (773-8368)
Website: www.stopitnow.org/
Email: HELPLINE@stopitnow.org
Stop It Now! applies a public health approach to preventing the perpetration of child sexual absue. Stop It Now!'s toll-free national helpline is an information and referral resource for adults concerned about sexually inappropriate behaviors. Their helpline provides assistance in English and Spanish.
CONSUMER/FINANCIAL
Consumer Credit Counseling Service
www.cccsintl.org
Consumer Credit Information Hotline: 1-800-873-2227
Provides general information, advice, and assistance with debt and credit management. Also provides information on consumer rights and budget counseling. Their information hotline provides services in English and Spanish.
CRIME VICTIMS
Directory of Crime Victim Services
http://ovc.ncjrs.org/findvictimservices
Enables crime victims to readily locate national and international assistance services and will help victim service providers make appropriate referrals. The directory allows users to search for victim services by location, type of victimization and type of service needed.
National Center for Victims of Crime
200 M Street, NW, Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-467-8700
Service Referral: 1-800-FYI-CALL (1-800-394-2255)
Website: www.ncvc.org
The mission of the National Center for Victims of Crime is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. They are dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime. This site provides great information on teen dating violence, and has a Stalking Resource Center which offers stalking-related state and federal statutes and other related info.
National Crime Victim Bar Association
2000 M Street NW, Suite 480
Washington, D.C. 20036
Administrative: 202-467-8701
Lawyer Referral Line: 800-FYI-CALL
email: victimbar@ncvc.org
Website: www.victimbar.org
Offers information and lawyer referrals to crime victims seeking to sue offenders.
Stalking Resource Center of the NCVC
For Victim Assistance, call 1-800-FYI-CALL, M-F 8:30 am -8:30 pm, EST.
Email: SRC@NCVC.org
Website: www.ncvc.org/src/
The Stalking Resource Center, run by the National Center for Victims of Crime, offers harassment and stalking-related state and federal statutes and other related info.
Witness Justice
www.witnessjustice.org
1-800-4WJ-HELP
Witness Justice is a national nonprofit organization committed to directly serving survivors of violent crime in the U.S. Our goal is to provide trauma victims and their loved ones with access to information and support to promote healing (physically, psychologically and spiritually) and to establish a sense of personal justice, no matter where they live or the nature of the violent crime committed against them.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Services ASAP page
www.austin-safeplace.org/site/PageServer?pagename=program_disability
This page has a national library and information specifically for victims with disabilities.
Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone (TTY): (510) 644-2555
Email: info@dredf.org
Website: www.dredf.org
DREDF is a national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities.
DIVORCE
CompleteCase.com
www.completecase.com
CompleteCase.com is an online uncontested divorce service center which enables you to complete your divorce documents from home, without incurring the cost of an attorney. You will receive completed documents, explanations and instructions. The documents are customized to the state you live in, your children, your income and your assets. Fees apply. Please note that if you have property or money that you want to protect or secure from your spouse,you should seek the assistance of a lawyer in your state. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
DivorceInfo.com
www.divorceinfo.com
This website provides information about divorce, alimony, and child support, and has state-specific information for each state. The information free, and there are forms and packets you can buy. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
DivorceLawInfo.com
www.divorcelawinfo.com
This website allows site users to access online Do It Yourself Divorce, Divorce Forms, Divorce Papers and Divorce Kits. The site also has state-specific divorce and family law information, child support calculators, custody and visitation information, and divorce and marital settlement information. The legal information is free, but there are costs for the services they provide. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
MilleniumDivorce.com
www.millenniumdivorce.com
Developed by divorce lawyers and divorce attorneys, this website provides information and services on a wide variety of issues related to separation, divorce and child custody throughout all 50 states. The legal information is free, but there are costs for the services they provide. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
ELDER ABUSE
Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE)
PO Box 951
Tualatin, OR 97062
www.safe4all.org/
Email: safe@safe4all.org
Stop Abuse For Everyone (SAFE) is a human rights organization that provides services, publications, and training to serve those who typically fall between the cracks of domestic violence services. These groups include straight men, gays and lesbians, teens, the elderly, and immigrants.
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
Springtide Resources
http://www.springtideresources.org/
Based in Ontario, Canada, this site provides good articles and information on domestic violence, including emotional abuse. Information in English and French.
Woman Abuse Prevention
Excerpt from Wearing Her Down: Understanding And Responding To Emotional Abuse. Toronto, ON: Education Wife Assault, 1999. http://www.womanabuseprevention.com/html/wearing_her_down.html
GLBTQ
Gay & Lesbian National Hotline
2261 Market Street, PMB # 296
San Francisco, CA 94114
Toll-free Hotline: 1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564)
Administrative phone: 1-415-355-0003
Email: info@glbtnationalhelpcenter.org
Website:www.glnh.org
Dedicated to meeting the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community, and those questioning their sexual orientation or identity. Offers peer counseling on a variety of issues, including domestic violence within the GLBT community.
LAMBDA GLBT Community Services
www.lambda.org
General Questions: 206-600-4297
Admin: 206-350- GAYS (4297)
Legal Referrals: Gay and Lesbian National Hotline at 888-THE-GLNH (888-843-4564) or online at www.glnh.org.
LAMBDA is a non-profit, gay / lesbian / bisexual / transgender agency dedicated to reducing homophobia, inequality, hate crimes, and discrimination by encouraging self-acceptance, cooperation, and non-violence.
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)
Website: http://www.ncavp.org/
240 West 35th Street Suite 200
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 714-1184 Fax: (212) 714-2627
info@ncavp.org
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) addresses the pervasive problem of violence committed against and within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-affected communities. NCAVP is a coalition of programs that document and advocate for victims of anti-LGBT and anti-HIV/AIDS violence/harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, police misconduct and other forms of victimization.
Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE)
PO Box 951
Tualatin, OR 97062
www.safe4all.org/
Email: safe@safe4all.org
Stop Abuse For Everyone (SAFE) is a human rights organization that provides services, publications, and training to serve those who typically fall between the cracks of domestic violence services. These groups include straight men, gays and lesbians, teens, the elderly, and immigrants.
GENERAL DIRECT SERVICES
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Website: www.ncadv.org
Policy Office: 1633 Q Street, NW Suite 210
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 202-745-1211
Administration: 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1603
Denver, CO 80203
Tel: (303) 839-1852
Email: mainoffice@ncadv.org
The NCADV is the oldest national organization representing grassroots organizations and individuals working to assist and empower battered women and their children. It serves as a national information and referral center for the general public, the media, battered women and children, agencies and organizations. They offer shelters and support services for battered women and their children.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
PO Box 161810
Austin, TX 78716
Hotline: 800 799-7233
Email: ndvh@ndvh.org
Website: www.ndvh.org
Open year-round, trained staff provide counseling and referral services to all, free of charge. The staff speaks English and Spanish, and translators are available for 129 other languages. They offer crisis intervention, referrals to domestic violence and other emergency shelters and programs, information and support, and can link callers to a nationwide database on domestic violence. They advise on shelters, advocacy and assistance, and social services programs.
Pace University School of Law / Battered Women's Justice Center
78 N. Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
Phone: (914) 422-4069
Website: www.law.pace.edu/bwjc/index.html
The Pace Women's Justice Center is a training, resource and direct legal services center. It creates and disseminates new techniques for legal intervention and trains law students, judges, attorneys, and others who work to eradicate injustice to women.
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
200 L Street NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 544-1034
Hotline: (800) 656-HOPE
Email: info@RAINN.org
Website: www.rainn.org
Provides information, help and resources throughout the country, and a helpline.
Abuse, Rape & Domestic Violence Aid & Resource Collection (AARDVARC)
http://www.aardvarc.org/
A collection of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking resources throughout all fifty states. The website also includes general education and reference materials.
IMMIGRATION/INTERNATIONAL
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Provides a lawyer referral service to private immigration attorneys. They will provide you with the contact information for a lawyer, and you will be charged no more than $100 for an initial half-hour consultation. During this consultation, you should ask the attorney what the rate will be for further services. All lawyers participating in the service are licensed to practice law in a state or territory of the United States and are currently a member in good standing of a State Bar Association.
918 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1400
Phone: 202-216-2400
Fax: 202-783-7853
Email: ilrs@aila.org
www.aila.org
ASISTA online
This website provides helpful information, instructions and forms. While it is geared toward domestic violence advocates and lawyers working with battered immigrant women, much of the information on the site is publicly accessible.
www.asistaonline.org/legalresources/LegalResources.html
ASISTA Immigration Technical Assistance Project
515 28th Street
Des Moines, IA 50312
Phone: (515) 244-2469
www.asistaonline.org
AYUDA Clinical Legal Latina
Exists to advocate for and defend the legal and human rights of low-income Latino and other immigrant communities in the Washington, D.C. area.
www.ayudainc.org
Phone: (202 )387-4848
Catholic Charities
In most states, provides legal representation and information for victims of domestic violence with immigration issues. Find the program closest to where you live.
www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org
Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
Phone: (415) 252-8900
Fax: (415) 252-8991
Email: info@endabuse.org
Website: http://endabuse.org
Provides information and is part of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=9927
A national organization dedicated to the elimination of domestic violence through public education and prevention campaigns, public policy reform, model training, advocacy programs, and organizing. They run programs training all different sectors of society on action to take against domestic violence, and they build up integrated community projects.
Hot Peach Pages
www.hotpeachpages.net
Hot Peach Pages is an on-line directory of world-wide abuse hotlines, crisis centers, refuges, shelters, and women's organizations. Information on abuse is available in more than sixty-five languages.
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Information on immigrant women and domestic violence
www.ilcadv.org/legal/special_imgr.htm
International Child Abuse Network (Yes ICan)
www.yesican.org
Working world-wide to end child abuse, the International Child Abuse Network website provides resources and information on child abuse and domestic violence. They offer facilitated chats for victims and survivors of abuse of all ages and are an excellent source of online support. Beginning July 2005, chats will be available in Spanish.
International Child Support Enforcement Help Page
www.angelfire.com/biz2/support4kids/
International Institute of the East Bay: Basic Legal Questions and Answers for Battered Immigrant Women
449 15th Street, Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 451-2846
Fax: (510) 465-3392
Services for immigrants, including women experiencing abuse.
www.iieb.org/dv_res.htm
Legal Momentum
Provides information about immigration and support to lawyers representing battered women in immigration cases.
Phone: (202) 326-0040
www.legalmomentum.org/legalmomentum/
Email: iwp@legalmomentum.org
(include your name, address and telephone number, if it is safe for you)
Legal Momentum Immigrant Women Program
1522 K Street, N.W. Suite 550
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 326-0040
Fax: (202) 589-0511
National Immigration Law Center
A national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants. Conducts policy analysis and impact litigation and provides publications, technical advice, and trainings to a broad constituency of legal aid agencies, community groups, and pro bono attorneys.
www.nilc.org
Phone: (213)-639-3900
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Information and legal support on immigrant rights. Specializes in assistance for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who are seeking legal status in the U.S.
www.nationalimmigrationproject.org
Direct link to online info for survivors: http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/domestic-violence/domvioindex.htm
Phone: (617) 227-9727
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Provides information and referrals
http://www.immigrantwomennetwork.org/
StopVAW
www.stopvaw.org
STOPVAW is a site developed by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights as a tool for the promotion of women's human rights in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Violence Against Women Office, US Department of Justice
Information about relevant laws, including the Victim's of Trafficking Act
212-789-2830
www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
Women's Rights Network
Wellesley Centers for Women
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Tel: (781) 283-2500
Website: www.wcwonline.org/projects/title.php?id=77
Strives to link activists in every corner of the world who are working to end domestic violence, so that they can access their most valuable resource: each other. By building and sustaining a dynamic global network of activists around domestic violence and related issues, we can begin to create a world that is free from violence against women and children.
LATINO
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
www.dvalianza.org
The Alianza does not provide direct services. It is a national organization that works in the areas of research, public policy, training and technical assistance, and community education and development.
LAWYER AND ADVOCATE SUPPORT
Battered Women's Justice Project
(Part of the Domestic Violence Resource Network)
2104 4th Avenue South, Suite B
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: (612) 824-8768
Toll-free: 800-903-0111
TTY: (612) 824-8768
Email: crimjust@bwjp.org
Website: www.bwjp.org
Assists legal advocates, law enforcement personnel, corrections agents, judges, attorneys, domestic violence organizations, government agencies, students and concerned citizens. The project provides training, technical assistance, and other resources (but not the fighting of individual legal cases) through a partnership with three nationally-recognized organizations, in the areas of criminal justice, civil justice, and battered women who are charged with crimes.
Center for Family Violence and the Courts
http://www.ncsconline.org/famviol/index.html
The mission of the Family Violence Forum is to improve the justice system’s response to family violence through research, technical assistance, and education. Provides free help to judges, court administrators, and other employees of the state court systems dealing with family violence.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
Phone: (415) 252-8900
Email: info@endabuse.org
Website: http://endabuse.org
A national organization dedicated to the elimination of domestic violence through public education and prevention campaigns, public policy reform, model training, advocacy programs, and organizing. They run programs training all different sectors of society on action to take against domestic violence, and they build up integrated community projects.
Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
(Part of the National Health Initiative on Domestic Violence, a program of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, and part of the Domestic Violence Resource Network)
383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304
San Francisco, CA 94103-5331
Phone: 888-527-3223
E-mail: health@fvpf.org
Website: http://endabuse.org/programs/healthcare
This national clearinghouse provides support for those interested in developing a comprehensive health care response to domestic violence in all health care settings. Provides resource and training materials, technical assistance, information and referrals, and models for local, state and national health policymaking.
Institute for Law and Justice - Domestic Violence
http://www.ilj.org/research.htm
The Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ) collected references and organizational contacts of practical or legal and educational use to families, justice professionals, or mental health and social service professionals.
Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women
www.lrcvaw.org
800-556-4053 (Monday-Friday, 9-5 EST)
This organization helps advocates and lawyers with issues of interstate custody where domestic violence is involved.
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
(In partnership with the Battered Women's Justice Project)
125 South 9th Street, Suite 302
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 351-0010
Hotline: 800 903-0111 ext. 3
Website: http://www.ncdbw.org/
The organization serves a growing need for a more effective and organized approach to justice issues affecting battered women who have killed or assaulted their abusers while attempting to protect themselves and their children against violence, or who have been coerced by their abusers into committing a crime. They are building a resource library of information relating to legal cases, and a resource bank of expert witnesses to assist in trials.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Family Violence Project
PO Box 8970
Reno, NV 89507
Phone: 1-800-52PEACE (1-800-527-3223)
Business Phone: (775) 784-6012
Website: www.ncjfcj.org/dept/fvd/
Operates the Resource Center on Domestic Violence and other ongoing projects, including ones on: improving the court system's response to family violence cases; providing training for judges and court workers nationwide; and developing and promoting model state legislation on domestic and family violence.
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.452.0620
Website: www.nlada.org
NLADA is the nation's leading advocate for front-line attorneys and other equal justice professionals, representing legal aid and defender programs, as well as individual advocates.
National Network to End Domestic Violence
660 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Suite 303
Washington, D.C. 20003 USA
Phone:(202) 543-5566
Website: www.nnedv.org
The National Network to End Domestic Violence is a membership and advocacy organization of state domestic violence coalitions, allied organizations and supportive individuals.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
(Part of the Domestic Violence Resource Network)
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Gateway Corporate Center
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2778
Phone: (800) 537-2238
TTY: (800) 553-2508
Provides comprehensive information and resources (including videos, publications and information packs), policy development, and technical assistance designed to enhance community responses to and prevention of domestic violence.
Pace University School of Law / Battered Women's Justice Center
78 N. Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
Phone: (914) 422-4069
Website: www.law.pace.edu/bwjc/index.html
The Pace Women's Justice Center is a training, resource and direct legal services center. It creates and disseminates new techniques for legal intervention and trains law students, judges, attorneys, and others who work to eradicate injustice to women.
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Gateway Corporate Center
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2778
Phone: (800) 537-2238
TTY: (800) 553-2508
Website: www.pcadv.org
Working with the Battered Women's Justice Project, PCADV tries to improve battered women's access to civil court options and to legal representation in civil court processes. Provides consultation to advocates, attorneys, court personnel and policy makers in advocacy and court system approaches, model protocols and practices, and policy.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
1825 K Street NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-797-8600
Website: www.tlpj.org
This national, public interest law firm offers cutting-edge legal briefs and news on public interest issues, including civil rights, elder law, reproductive freedom, violence prevention, and women's rights. This is the only site on the Internet where you can find complete contact information for all legal aid, legal services, and poverty law offices in the U.S.
Vera Institute of Justice
233 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10279
Phone (212) 334-1300
Website: www.vera.org
Vera plans and demonstrates solutions — often building nonprofit organizations from successful demonstrations — studies social problems and current responses, and provides the advice and assistance leaders need to change their own systems. Vera addresses the issue of domestic violence through its Consulting Nationally project.
LAWYER REFERRAL/LEGAL INFORMATION
VictimLaw.info
http://www.victimlaw.info/victimlaw/
The National Center for Victims of Crime, with support from the Office for Victims of Crime, have just opened VictimLaw, an on-line database of over 15,000 victims' rights laws. This is a resource for legal information that can be accessed by topic, terms, contents and citations.
iLawyer.com
www.ilawyer.com
iLawyer is a national network of non-profit Lawyer Referral Services operated by local Bar Associations - all meeting American Bar Association (ABA) standards. This service serves residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York, and Washington state. An affordable 30-minute consultation is included with every referral. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
LawHelp.org
www.lawhelp.org
LawHelp helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights.
MyLawyer.com
www.mylawyer.com
MyLawyer.com is a legal information services organization that specializes in publishing self-help legal software tools on the Web enabling citizens to access the law without incurring the high cost of legal fees.They use online legal forms and documents that are either state-specific or universally accepted in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You will find forms for divorce, name change, living wills, trusts, and many other legal issues. There are costs for the services MyLawyer.com provides. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
NameChangeLaw.com
www.namechangelaw.com
The goal of NameChangeLaw.com is to help people do their own simple name changes online at an affordable price. All name change form kits contain clearly written, easy to understand, step-by-step instructions for completing and filing your name change application/petition. There are costs for the services NameChangeLaw.com provides. Please note that even if you change your name, there are ways your abuser can find you. Talk to someone in a domestic violence shelter for assistance and safety planning first. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
USLegalforms.com
http://www.uslegalforms.com/
USLegalforms.com has over 25,000 legal documents and forms, including wills, name change, real estate, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, and power of attorney. There are costs for the services USLegalfoms.com provides. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
LEAVING ABUSE
Leaving Domestic Abuse Safely
www.leavingabuse.com
This site acts as a "how to" guide for women who want to escape from abusive relationships. The site defines abuse, examines the cycle of abuse and discusses why women stay. It also outlines a plan of action to safely escape and plan for a financially secure and emotionally stable new life. It includes specific information on safety, divorce, immigration, legal help, obtaining credit, training for the job market, confidential mail forwarding and more. There is also an active message board where women come together to support each other, ask questions and vent frustrations.
Silent Tears, Inc.
http://silenttears.itgo.com
An online support (chats and resources) organization for the victims of domestic violence. Silent Tears, Inc. was created for all victims of domestic violence nationwide. When we say victims, we mean both women and men alike.
MENTAL HEALTH/ADDICTION
National Mental Health Association Information Center
2000 Beauregard Street, 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: 703-684-7722
Fax: 703-684-5968
Toll-free: 800-969-6642
TTY: 800-433-5959
E-mail: infoctr@nmha.org
Internet: www.nmha.org
The National Mental Health Association maintains a referral and information center and can help you locate local chapters. These local groups have information about community services and engage in national and state level advocacy.
She's In Recovery
www.shesinrecovery.com
She's In Recovery is an online community with support, information and resources for women in recovery from addiction.
MEN STOPPING ABUSE
JacksonKatz.com
JacksonKatz.com
Information about what men can do to stop violence by men against women.
Men Stopping Violence
www.menstoppingviolence.org/index.html
Men Stopping Violence was founded based on the premise that men can work together, in alliance with the battered women's movement, to end men's violence against women.
Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE)
PO Box 951
Tualatin, OR 97062
www.safe4all.org/
Email: safe@safe4all.org
Stop Abuse For Everyone (SAFE) is a human rights organization that provides services, publications, and training to serve those who typically fall between the cracks of domestic violence services. These groups include straight men, gays and lesbians, teens, the elderly, and immigrants.
NATIVE AMERICAN/TRIBAL
American Indian Law Center
http://lawschool.unm.edu/AILC/
Indian Law Resource Center
www.indianlaw.org
Law Moose World Legal Resource Center: Indian Nations and Tribes
www.lawmoose.com/internetlawlib/31.htm
Mending the Sacred Hoop, Technical Assistance Project
www.msh-ta.org
MSH-TA is a Native American program that works towards the elimination of violence in the lives of women and their children by providing training and technical assistance to Alaskan Native and Tribal Nations.
Model Tribal Domestic Violence Full Faith and Credit Ordinance
www.vaw.umn.edu/finaldocuments/ FFCTribal.htm
Native American Circle, Ltd. (NAC)
P.O. Box 227
Elgin, OK 73538
Toll free: 866-622-3872
Business: 580-492-4741
Email: NAC@NativeAmericanCircle.org
Website: www.nativeamericancircle.org
Native American Circle, Ltd is a victim advocacy organization for Native American survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking crimes, as well as providing resources for non-Indian programs desiring to offer culturally competent victim services.
Native American Rights Fund
www.narf.org
National Congress of American Indians
www.ncai.org
National Indian Child Welfare Association
www.nicwa.org
National Tribal Justice Resource Center
www.tribalresourcecenter.org
NCADV section on Tribal women and Full Faith and Credit and problems on Tribal land with DV
www.ncadv.org/publicpolicy/tribal.htm
NAICJA: National American Indian Court Judges Association
www.naicja.org
Southwest Center for Law and Policy
www.swclap.org
Tribal Court Clearinghouse
www.tribal-institute.org/lists/domestic.htm
The Tribal Law & Policy Institute
www.tribal-institute.org/lists/tlpi.htm
US Dept of Health and Human Services: Indian Health Service
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/W/DV00.cfm
POLICY ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTICLES: (ARICLES, INFORMATION, INDEXES/RESOURCES)
Abuse, Rape & Domestic Violence Aid & Resource Collection (AARDVARC)
http://www.aardvarc.org/
A collection of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking resources throughout all fifty states. The website also includes general education and reference materials.
Center for Women Policy Studies
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:(202) 872-1770
Email: cwps@centerwomenpolicy.org
Website: www.centerwomenpolicy.org
A multicultural, multiethnic, feminist policy research and advocacy institution, the Center addresses all issues which impact on women. Their current programs include Stop Acquaintance Rape (StAR); Violence Against Women and Girls; and a State Legislators Initiative, whose report keeps track of federal and state policy that affects women.
Communities Against Violence Network - CAVNET
www.cavnet2.org
A comprehensive, searchable database for information about violence against women. This website provides articles on everything from welfare reform and domestic violence to violence against immigrant women to Rohypnol, the "date rape drug" to legal information and statistics.
Domestic Violence Project of Silicon Valley, CA
www.growing.com/nonviolent/index.htm
Lists all kinds of domestic violence organizations, resources, and links by category.
Feminist Majority
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 703-522-2214
Feminist Majority Foundation
433 South Deverly Drive
Bevferly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: 310-556-2500
E-mail: femajority@feminist.org
Website: www.feminist.org
DV Info page: www.feminist.org/other/dv/dvhome.html
Committed to empowering women and winning equality through research, the sharing of information of value to feminists everywhere, and effective action. Website provides resources and links for domestic violence.
Legal Momentum
395 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
Phone: (212) 925-6635
Public Education and Outreach Department Phone: (212) 925-6635
Website: www.legalmomentum.org
EHRSA program email: ehrsa@legalmomentum.org
Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) pursues equality for women through litigation, education, and public information programs. Through its Employment and Housing Rights for Survivors of Abuse (ERHSA) project, it offers both direct representation and information and resources on employment and housing rights of survivors of domestic violence (such as survivors' rights to time off from work; protection from discrimination; and access to unemployment insurance). Its Immigrant Women's Project provides information and resources on issues faced by immigrant victims of domestic violence.
Lifetime Television
www.lifetimetv.com
Lifetime Television holds an annual "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign which includes on-air programming focusing on these issues, information on their website, community outreach, and public policy work. You can find out more on their website: www.lifetimetv.com/community/olc/violence/index.html
Liz Claiborne, Love Is Not Abuse
www.loveisnotabuse.com
This site provides great information on domestic violence and what you can do for yourself or to help a friend. Check out the Women's Handbook and the information on Teen Dating Violence.
MINCAVA Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
www.mincava.umn.edu
Electronic clearinghouse of online information for violence.
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
4612 Shoal Creek Blvd.,
Austin, Texas 78756
Phone: (512) 407-9020
Email: info@ncdsv.org
Website: www.ncdsv.org
The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence designs, provides, and customizes training and consultation; influences policy; promotes collaboration; and enhances diversity with the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence. This organization sponsors national and regional conferences and co-chairs the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence (DTFDV).
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
(In partnership with the Battered Women's Justice Project)
125 South 9th Street, Suite 302
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 351-0010
Hotline: 800 903-0111 ext. 3
Website: http://www.bwjp.org/
The organization serves a growing need for a more effective and organized approach to justice issues affecting battered women who have killed or assaulted their abusers while attempting to protect themselves and their children against violence, or who have been coerced by their abusers into committing a crime. They are building a resource library of information relating to legal cases, and a resource bank of expert witnesses to assist in trials.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
(Part of the Domestic Violence Resource Network)
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Gateway Corporate Center
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2778
Phone: (800) 537-2238
TTY: (800) 553-2508
Provides comprehensive information and resources (including videos, publications and information packs), policy development, and technical assistance designed to enhance community responses to and prevention of domestic violence.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
123 North Enola Drive
Enola PA 17025
Toll Free: 877-739-3895
Phone: 717-909-0710
TTY: 717-909-0715
Email: resources@nsvrc.org
Website: www.nsvrc.org/index.html
Serving as a central clearinghouse for the voluminous resources and research, the NSVRC provides a place to turn to for information, help and support. The NSVRC will influence policy, practice and research by providing greater interaction, investigation and review, and by promoting awareness within the anti-sexual violence movement. A project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape.
Office of Violence Against Women, Department of Justice
800 K street NW
Suite 920
Washington, DC 20530
Phone: (202) 307-6026
Website: www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
This is the policy office which implements the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, combining the enforcement of federal laws with assistance to states and localities to fight domestic violence and other crimes against women.
Rural Womyn Zone
www.ruralwomyn.net
By and for rural women in the U.S. and in sisterhood with rural women worldwide. This website provides articles, discussion, chats, and email lists for rural women and advocates.
Stop Family Violence
www.stopfamilyviolence.org
Information on legislative activity regarding family violence and instructions on how to contact your legislators. Also provides an email list for updates on legislative activity.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
1825 K Street NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-797-8600
Website: www.tlpj.org
This national, public interest law firm offers cutting-edge legal briefs and news on public interest issues, including civil rights, elder law, reproductive freedom, violence prevention, and women's rights. This is the only site on the Internet where you can find complete contact information for all legal aid, legal services, and poverty law offices in the U.S.
VAWNet
www.vawnet.org
VAWnet Library is an online resource for advocates working to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violence in the lives of women and their children. VAWnet is a project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV).
WomensLaw.org
P.O. Box 310-340
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-923-1400 ext. 270 (business calls only)
Email:Contact Us
Website: www.WomensLaw.org
WomensLaw.org is an online resource providing state-specific domestic violence legal information. The site also publishes step-by-step procedural information, courthouse and sheriff locations, links to downloadable court forms, and national and local links and resources. WomensLaw also provides information through an email hotline:Contact Us
Women's Rural Advocacy Programs
www.letswrap.com
WRAP is a collective of five offices serving four counties in southwestern Minnesota. Their website provides domestic violence information and resources for survivors of violence in rural communities.
RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT
Abuse, Rape & Domestic Violence Aid & Resource Collection (AARDVARC)
http://www.aardvarc.org/
A collection of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking resources throughout all fifty states. The website also includes general education and reference materials.
Face Project
Website: http://nobukoonline.com
Nobuko Oyabu's project, “Faces of Rape and Sexual Abuse Survivors”, reveals the inner strength of women and men who have been put to the ultimate trial of their lives. In English and Japanese.
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
4612 Shoal Creek Blvd.,
Austin, Texas 78756
Phone: (512) 407-9020
Email: info@ncdsv.org
Website: www.ncdsv.org
The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence designs, provides, and customizes training and consultation; influences policy; promotes collaboration; and enhances diversity with the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence. This organization sponsors national and regional conferences and co-chairs the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence (DTFDV).
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
200 L Street NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 544-1034
Hotline: (800) 656-HOPE
Email: info@RAINN.org
Website: www.rainn.org
Provides information, help and resources throughout the country, and a helpline.
RELIGION
Faith Trust Institute
2400 N 45th Street #10
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (206) 634-1903
Email: info@faithtrustinstitute.org
Website: www.faithtrustinstitute.org
An interdenominational educational center, providing material and training to religious communities, with the aim of the prevention of sexual and domestic violence. They offer training, workshops, videos, books and publications to help those who work within the faith community to combat domestic abuse.
Jewish Women International
www.jewishwomen.org
Jewish Women International (JWI) is dedicated to breaking the cycle of violence through education, advocacy and action – locally, nationally and around the world. Guided by the vision of a safe world for women, children and families and the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, repair of the world, JWI fulfills its mission through many programs, initiatives and philanthropic activities.
TEENS
Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.acadv.org/dating.html
Break the Cycle
www.breakthecycle.org
Phone: (310) 286-3366
Phone: (888) 988-TEEN
help@break-the-cycle.org
CommunityCorner.org
www.CommunityCorner.org
This website is maintained by the Computers for Youth, and includes links to a variety of organizations and sites that are great community resources. The site has info on teen health and relationships, and on family relationships.
Cool Nurse
www.coolnurse.com/teen_dating_violence.htm
Covenant House
Crisis line: 1-800-999-9999
www.covenanthouse.org/
Provides crisis counseling for teens and their caregivers, as well as emergency shelter for runaway teens throughout the US.
Jane's Due Process (JDP)
www.janesdueprocess.org
24-hour Hotline: 1-866-www-jane (1-866-999-5263)
JDP serves as an information and advocacy center dedicated to promoting fair and equal access for Texas teenagers seeking legal services in order to make a reproductive choice. JDP has information on judicial bypass waivers, emancipation petitions, and protective orders. Though Texas-based, JDP tries to refer minors to places to find out more about judicial bypass and emancipation proceedings in other states.
KidsHealth www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/relationships/abuse.html
Love Doesn't Have to Hurt
www.apa.org/pi/pii/teen
Love Is Not Abuse
www.loveisnotabuse.com
Making Waves
www.mwaves.org
Melrose Alliance Against Violence
www.maav.org
Mincava Dating Violence
www.mincava.umn.edu/dateviol.asp
National Domestic Violence Hotline
www.ndvh.org/educate/teen.html
National Women's Health Information Center
www.4woman.gov/violence/index.cfm?page=91
Safe Youth
www.safeyouth.org/scripts/index.asp
SeeItAndStopIt.Org
www.seeitandstopit.org
Teen Outreach Program
Homepage: www.teenrelationships.org/
Chatroom: www.teenrelationships.org/chatroom/privacypolicy.htm
Chatroom hours: Monday - Wednesday, 5-7 PM Pacific
Teen hotline: (650) 259-8136,
National hotline: (800)799-SAFE 24hrs
Hotline hours: Monday - Wednesday, 5-7 PM Pacific time.
The National Center for Victims of Crime
Teen Victim Project
http://www.ncvc.org/tvp/main.aspx?dbID=dash_Home
The Quiet Storm Project
www.thequietstormproject.com/tqsp.html
U Have the Right
www.uhavetheright.net
West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources
www.wvdhhr.org/bph/trust/index.htm
When Love Hurts
www.dvirc.org.au/whenlove
VICTIMS OF ABUSE BY PUBLIC SERVANTS/MILITARY
Abuse of Power
www.Abuseofpower.info
Information by and for Survivors of Police and Firefighter Domestic Violence.
Based on the professional experiences of domestic violence advocates and the personal accounts of survivors of police and firefighter domestic violence.
Center for Women Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs
Phone: 202-273-6193
Website: www1.va.gov/womenvet/
Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence
Phone: 703-696-9395
Website: http://armedservices.house.gov/
Congressionally mandated to evaluate domestic violence programs and policies in DOD and the military.
Department of Defense Domestic Violence Task Force
www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence
The Task Force is comprised of 24 members, all of whom were appointed by the Secretary of Defense. The Task Force will focus on systemic, not case specific, changes required to strengthen the Department of Defense's comprehensive domestic violence program.
Military Homefront Family Advocacy/ Domestic Violence page
http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/
The Department of Defense page for victims of domestic violence who are serving or are in a relationship with someone serving in the military.
Survivors Take Action Against Abuse by Military Personnel
This is a national advocacy group for victims of abuse committed by members of the military. STAMP provides resources and support for victims of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, child abuse, gay bashing, sexual harassment and more. The STAMP hotline number is (866/879-2568 or 937/879-2568).
The Miles Foundation, Inc.
Phone: 203-270-7861
Email: Milesfdn@aol.com
Website: hometown.aol.com/milesfdn/myhomepage/index.html
Support for military personnel, civilian and former spouses, intimate partners, and children, providing support services to victims of violence perpetrated by or upon military personnel.
Military Family Resource Center
Phone: 703-696-9053
E-mail: mfrc@hq.odedodea.edu
Web site: http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/
The Military Family Resource Center (MFRC) provides information on DoD military family policies and programs.
The Minerva Center
Phone: 410-437-5379
Web site: www.minervacenter.com
Non-profit educational foundation supporting the study of military women and women in war. The Minerva Center also provides Internet support groups and a listserve.
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
Phone: 512-407-9020
Military contacts: www.ncdsv.org/ncd_contacts.html
Military publications:
www.ncdsv.org/publications_military.html
Contacts and publications from work with Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence.
National Military Family Association
Phone: 703-823-NMFA
Web site: www.nmfa.org
The National Military Family Association (NMFA) was created by wives and widows of military personnel who were seeking financial security. NMFA programs educate military families, the public, and Congress on the rights and benefits of military families.
National Organization for Victim Assistance
Phone: 202-232-6682
Web site: www.try-nova.org
The National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) provides victim and witness assistance for criminal justice and mental health professionals, advocates, researchers, victims and survivors, and related professionals.
Council of Foundations
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 466-6512
General Federation of Women's Clubs
One of the oldest and largest women's volunteer service organization. Clubs are throughout the US and twenty internationally. Members support the arts, preserve natural resources, promote education, encourage healthy lifestyles, stress civic involvement, and work toward world peace and understanding.
Independent Sector
1828 L St., NW, Suite 1201 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 223-8100
Los Angeles Women's Foundation
6030 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 303 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Phone: (213) 938-9828 Fax: (213) 938-0129
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
2001 S Street, NW, #620 Washington, DC 20009 (202) 387-9177
Soroptimist International of the Americas
Soroptimist is an international volunteer service organization for business and professional women that works to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Soroptimist has over 95,000 members worldwide. 1709 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 893-9000
The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 (212) 620-4230
The Funding Exchange
666 Broadway, Suite 500 New York, NY 10012 (212) 529-5300
Woman Thou Art God
Woman Thou Art God is a comprehensive female-empowerment spirituality vehicle. It includes some new age thoughts often from a matriarchal standpoint, as well as ancient spirituality from Christian and Eastern traditions. Articles embrace many directions, from animal rights to ecology, to interviews of provacative women. We have interviews with two women anti-polygamy advocates, and the woman who discovered the origin of the Amazon warriors. We have many ORIGINAL powerful images of women also striving to show many artistic representations of spirituality, matriarchy and the empowered female. We teach herbal health and have articles on the world's greatest exorcist. We teach how people can become ministers in their own homes to their family and the world. We have galleries of powerful women and advice in many areas. There is mystical theology, how to pray and find union with God.
Women's Funding Network
Women's Funding Network || 1375 Sutter Street, Suite 406 || San Francisco, CA 94109
Women's Philanthropy Institute
1605 Monroe Street, Suite 105 Madison, WI 53711 Tel: (606) 286-0980 Fax: (606) 286-0978
World Philanthropists Organization
World Philanthropists Organization is a non-denominational non-political organization. Our area of operation is the Internet and our physical base the UK. Our contribution to the philanthropy is the provision of an Internet information exchange without charge and to anyone that wishes to access it.
ACLU Women's Right Project
132 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 (212) 944-9800 X521
Advancing Women's Rights
Legal Momentum, the nation’s oldest women’s legal rights organization, is the leading national legal advocate for expanding the rights and opportunities of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy.
Center for Reproductive Rights
120 Wall Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10005 (212) 514-5334
Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund
135 Broad Street Hartford, CT 06105-3701 (203) 247-6090
Equal Rights Advocates
1663 Mission Street Suite 550 San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 621-0672
Harassment Resolution Services
Harassment Resolution Services is a nonprofit organization that provides free assistance to victims of school sexual harassment and bullying or to teens who are victims of harassment in the workplace. Our goal is to implement prevention, intervention, and resolution strategies to end the harassment without the need for litigation.
Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
National Women's Health Network (NWHN)
514 10th Street NW, Suite 400, Wash., DC 20004 202.347.1140 (administrative) 202.347.1168 (fax) 202.628.7814 (clearinghouse)
National Women's Law Center
11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800. Dedicated to protecting and advancing the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives. Washington, DC 20036 phone: 202-588-5180 fax: 202-588-5185
Northwest Women's Law Center
119 South Main Street Suite 330 Seattle, WA 98104-2515 (206) 682-9556
Prostitution Awareness and Action Foundation of Edmonton
Creating options aimed at reducing sexual exploitation
The Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 510 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202/785-1540 Fax: 202/785-1539
Women's Advocacy Project
P.O. Box 833 Austin, TX 78767 (512) 326-5959
WomensLaw.org
The Mission of WomensLaw.org is to provide easy-to-understand legal information and resources to women living with or escaping domestic violence. By reaching out through the Internet, we empower women and girls to lead independent and productive lives, free from abuse. The site publishes state-specific legal information for domestic violence. It also publishes
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
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
American College of Emergency Physicians
http://www.acep.org/webportal
Violent Victimization of College Students, 1995-2002 (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/vvcs02.htm
Acquaintance Rape of College Students (U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing, 2002)
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=269
Sexual Victimization of College Women (U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2000).
http://www.nsvrc.org/resources/types_sa/rape.html
Security on Campus, Inc.
http://www.securityoncampus.org/
White Paper on Campus Violence (American College Health Association, 2005)
http://www.acha.org/info_resources/Campus_Violence.pdf
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – Drug Facilitated Rape
Drug Facilitated Rape – Looking for the Missing Pieces (National Institute of Justice, 2000)
http://ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/jr000243c.pdf
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT - Intervention and Prevention
Evidence-Based Review of Sexual Assault Preventive Intervention Programs (National Institute of Justice, 2004)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/207262.pdf
Reducing Repeat Sexual Assault (Vera Institute of Justice)
http://www.vera.org/project/project1_1.asp?section_id=1&project_id=54
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – Judicial Education
National Judicial Education Program: Understanding Sexual Violence
http://www.legalmomentum.org/njep/dvd/
Michigan Judicial Institute – Sexual Assault Benchbook
http://www.courts.michigan.gov/mji/resources/sabb/sabb.htm
Understanding Sexual Violence: Prosecuting Adult Rape and Sexual Assault Cases
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:7XGPIw_IeJ8J:www.legalmomentum.org/njep/finalusvplive.pdf
+%22Understanding+Sexual+Violence:+Prosecuting+Adult+Rape+and+Sexual+Assault+Cases%22&hl=en
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT - Military
Task Force Report on Care for Victims of Sexual Assault (2004)
http://www.dod.gov/news/May2004/d20040513SATFReport.pdf
Initiatives toward Implementation of the Task Force Recommendations
http://www.ncdsv.org/ncd_military_tfcvsa.html
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – Prison Rape
National Institute of Corrections – on staff sexual misconduct
http://nicic.org/WebPage_78.htm
National Institute of Corrections – Prison Rape Elimination Act
http://nicic.org/WebGateway_54.htm
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – Prosecution
Understanding Sexual Violence: Prosecuting Adult Rape and Sexual Assault Cases
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/usvpros/usvpros.shtml
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT - Sex Offenders
The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
www.atsa.com
Center for Sex Offender Management
http://www.csom.org/
Institute for Law and Justice
http://www.ilj.org/sa/index.htm
Managing Adult Sex Offenders in the Community: NIJ Research in Brief
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/managing/managing.html
Managing Adult Sex Offenders in the Community: A Containment Approach (National Institute of Justice, 1997)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/sexoff.pdf
National Conference on Sex Offender Registries
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ncsor.pdf
Sex Offender Community Notification (National Institute of Justice, 1997)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/162364.pdf
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT - Spousal Rape
National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape / Women’s History Library
http://members.aol.com/ncmdr/index.html
Spousal Rape: 20 Years Later
http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&DocumentID=32701
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – Statistics
Making Sense of Rape in America:
Where do the Numbers Come from and What do They Mean?
http://www.vawnet.org/SexualViolence/PublicPolicy/MakingSenseofRape.pdf
Rape and Sexual Assault: Reporting to Police and Medical Attention, 1992-2000 (Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS], 2002)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/rsarp00.pdf
Sex Offenses and Offenders: An Analysis of Data on Rape and Sexual Assault
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/soo.txt
Temporal Variation in the Likelihood of Police Notification by Victims of Rapes, 1973-2000 (National Institute of Justice, 2004)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/207497.pdf
Sex Offenses and Offenders (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/soo.htm
STALKING
National Stalking Resource Center
http://www.ncvc.org/src/main.aspx?dbID=dash_Home
Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence (National Institute of Justice, 1995)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/threat.pdf
Stalking in America: Findings for the National Violence Against Women Survey
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/169592.txt
The Crime of Stalking: How Big is the Problem
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/fs000186.pdf
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
Are you Being Stalked? Tips for Protection
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs14-stk.htm
INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the US Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/index.html
Cyberangels
http://www.cyberangels.org/
International Association of Computer Investigation Specialists
http://www.iacis.com/
Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHOA)
http://www.haltabuse.org/
1999 Report on Cyberstalking (Department of Justice)
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
FBI - Workplace Violence: Issues in Response
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/violence.pdf
Workplace Violence: A Report to the Nation
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/iprc/NATION.pdf
Violence in the Workplace: Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/violcont.html
NIOSH – Occupational Violence
www.cdc.gov/niosh/injury/traumaviolence.html
Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
www.caepv.org
American Institute on Domestic Violence
http://www.aidv-usa.com/
Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://endabuse.org/workplace/
Blue Shield of California: Domestic Violence Workplace Resources
http://www.blueshieldcafoundation.org/domesticviolence/
Workplace Violence: 1992 – 1996 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1998)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wv96.htm
ELDER ABUSE
Crimes Against Persons Aged 65 and Older (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cpa6502.htm
MEDICAL RESOURCES
The Office on Women’s Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.4woman.gov/owh/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
International Association of Forensic Nurses
http://www.iafn.org/
American College of Emergency Physicians
http://www.acep.org/webportal
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Violence Against Women
http://www.acog.org/departments/dept_web.cfm?recno=17
American Society of Forensic Odontology
http://www.forensicdentistryonline.org/new_asfo/newasfo.htm
Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Technical Assistance
http://www.safeta.org/
MEDICAL RESOURCES – Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations
A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations Adults/Adolescents (U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, 2004).
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ovw/206554.pdf
SANE – SART
http://www.sane-sart.com/
The Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs (Violence Against Women Online Resources)
http://www.vawnet.org/SexualViolence/Research/VAWnetDocuments/AR_Sane.php
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs: Improving the Community Response to Sexual Assault Victims (Office for Victims of Crime, 2001)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/sane_4_2001/welcome.html
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES
American Academy of Forensic Psychology and American Board of Forensic Psychology
http://www.abfp.com/
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/violence.html
The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
http://www.aaets.org/index.html
TOXICOLOGY
American Board of Forensic Toxicology
http://www.abft.org/
GENERAL RESEARCH LINKS
Bureau of Justice Assistance
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/
NIJ – “When Violence Hits Home: How Economics and Neighborhood Play a Role”
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/205004.htm
Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2000 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/fdluc00.htm
Crime and The Nation’s Households (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cnh03.htm
|
