100+ Songs Related to Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault
   A listing of more than 100 songs in every genre, from traditional ballads to punk, many with links to online lyrics.
   http://creativefolk.com/abusesongs.html

A Comparison of Pimps and Batterers by Evelina Giobbe
   Evelina Giobbe is at the Commercial Sexual Exploitation Resource Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The mission of CSERI is to abate commercial sexual exploitation through research, education and community organizing, and to advocate for the human rights
   http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/giobbe.html

Abuse Within the Family
   A gateway to all types of domestic violence cases, resources, statistics, and research with a "true crime" focus.
   http://karisable.com/dvca.htm

Abuse of Power
   Information for victims of domestic violence by police officers and firefighters.
   http://www.abuseofpower.info/

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services
   Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, located in Seattle, WA, is a support agency for Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard-of-Hearing victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
   http://www.adwas.org

Abused Women.org
   Provides general information on what domestic violence is, how to get help, and links including safety plans, links to Power and Control wheels, women of color, women with disabilities, women who are deaf, rural and Native American women, and extensive li
   http://www.abusedwomen.org/resources.html

Accessing Safety Initiative | Home
   Funded by the Office on Violence Against Women, the Accessing Safety Initiative helps organizations and communities meet the needs of women with disabilities & Deaf women who are victims or survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & stalkin
   http://www.accessingsafety.org

American Roulette
   Violence Policy Center Study of Murder/Suicide Trends -- Results indicate that most murder/suicides perpetrated by males upon their intimiate partners and children by the use of guns.
   http://www.vpc.org/graphics/amroul.pdf

Animal Welfare and Domestic Violence
   Findings of a study by Frank R. Ascione and Utah State University colleagues concerning history of pet abuse in households of women housed in shelters for victims of domestic violence. Includes links to related resources.
   http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/ascione_2.html

Arguing the Violence Against Women Act: Two Views
   Readings for an online discussion May 1, 2000 from the Beekman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
   http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/vaw/readings/

Battered Immigrant Women
   The program educates women about their rights and develops their leadership so that they can become involved in changing policies that affect them. As emerging leaders, they play a critical role in supporting other women, informing institutions on their n
   http://endabuse.org/programs/immigrant/

Biderman's Chart of Coercion
   Analysis of mind control with significance for survivors of domestic violence.
   http://www.nwrain.net/~refocus/coerchrt.html

Blaming the Victim: Domestic Violence and the Co-Dependency Model
   Article by Greg Dear in PDF format.
   http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/proceedings/27/dear.pdf

CUT IT OUT
   A program of the Salons Against Domestic Abuse Fund dedicated to mobilizing salon professionals and others to fight the epidemic of domestic abuse in communities across the United States. It builds awareness of domestic abuse and trains salon professional
   http://www.cutitout.org/

Call to Protect
   A domestic violence prevention project to provide those in danger with instant access to help in the form of a wireless phone.
   http://www.calltoprotect.org

Child Protective Services and Domestic Violence
   PDF of an article by Janet E. Findlater and Susan Kelly in the journal The Future of Children on the relationship between domestic violence and child abuse and neglect cases, and the role of Child Protective Services.
   http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/Vol9No3Art6.pdf

City of Shelter
   Domestic Violence Training Video
   http://www.cityofshelter.org/CityToC.html

Claims about Husband Battering
   Offers a critique of claims that "husband battering" is widespread.
   http://www.xyonline.net/husbandbattering.shtml

Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET)
   A searchable, authoritative source of information about violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, gays and lesbians, and others.
   http://www.cavnet2.org/

Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
   A national nonprofit organization working to prevent domestic violence -- CAEPV is the only program in the country founded by business leaders and focused on the workplace.
   http://www.caepv.org

DV/CPS Collaboration Home
   DV/CPS collaborative strategies for integrating domestic violence services into child protection systems.
   http://www.calib.com/dvcps

Danger Assessment Instrument
   in Identifying Risk Factors for Femicide in Violent Intimate Relationships - Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
   http://www.dangerassessment.com/WebApplication1/default.aspx

Defending Our Lives
   Defending Our Lives exposes the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. It features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. This film won the Academy Award for Best DocumentarySho
   http://www1.shore.net/~cdf/defending.html

Domestic Violence
   What is violence or abuse? Explanation of psychological and physical abuse.
   http://www.family2000.org.uk/domestic_violence.htm

Domestic Violence - American Bar Association
   Domestic violence, verbal and psychological Abuse resources by the American Bar Association.
   http://www.abanet.org/domviol/

Domestic Violence - U.S. Resources
   Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help and information concerning domestic violence, elder abuse and abuse against disabled persons in the United States.
   http://www.vachss.com/help_text/domestic_violence_us.html

Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team
   Information regarding collaboration between public and non-profit organizations, investigation strategies, training opportunities, ways to increase safety for victims, services for children, and community involvement.
   http://www.dvert.org

Domestic Violence Handbook
   Informative general information site hosted in Oakland County, Michigan. Lists common myths, defines abuse and the cycle of violence, offers personalized safety plan, answers questions about leaving, and personal protection orders.
   http://www.domesticviolence.org/introduction/

Domestic Violence Information Center
   Information and resources from The Feminist Majority Foundation.
   http://www.feminist.org/other/dv/dvhome.html

Domestic Violence National Directory of Professional Services
   Comprehensive listing of services for domestic violence survivors and the advocates who assist them. Published by the Soros Foundation.
   http://www.soros.org/crime/DVDir-main.html

Domestic Violence Report - Civic Research Institute
   Devoted exclusively to innovative programs, legal developments, and current services and research in domestic violence law and prevention. Includes: An Advocate's Introduction to DV and the Military.
   http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/dvr.html

Domestic Violence Resource Manual
   Multnomah County Department of Community and Family Services - Comprehensive resource manual and compilation of contacts information for agencies providing services in this area of Oregon
   http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dchs/dv/dvman_index.shtml

Domestic Violence Survival Guide
   Offers resources for protection against domestic abuse and information on hotline services.
   http://www.dvguide.com/

Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Resources
   Violence Against Women Online Resources for Child Custody and Protection - University of Minnesota.
   http://www.vaw.umn.edu/ccp.asp

Domestic Violence and Disasters
   Article from The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children.
   http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/freda/reports/dviol.htm

Domestic Violence and Homelessness
   National Coalition for the Homeless Fact Sheet #8, May 1998
   http://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts/domestic.pdf

Domestic Violence and Welfare
   from the Welfare Information Network. Articles on the economic aspects of domestic violence, welfare and homelessness.
   http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/domestic.asp

Domestic Violence as a Form of Child Abuse
   Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - National Child Protection Clearing House, Issues Papers - Article by Marianne James, Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Criminology
   http://www.aifs.org.au/nch/issues2.html

Domestic Violence in GLBT Relationships
   The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's STOP Partner Abuse/Domstic Violence Program provides information about, and resources for, lesbians at risk of domestic violence and those experiencing it.
   http://www.lagaycenter.org/site/c.mvI4IhNZJwE/b.1070409/apps/s/content.asp?ct=1249007

Domestic Violence: An Overview
   Offers definitions, prevalence and trends, effects, resources for victims and offenders, and a directory of shelters and hotlines.
   http://www.findcounseling.com/journal/domestic-violence/

Domination, not alcohol, responsible for domestic violence
   by K. Marie Porterfield Indian Country Today correspondent
   http://www.kporterfield.com/samples/domesticviolence.html

Drinking Alcohol and Domestic Violence
   Article on false correlation between domestic violence and alcohol use.
   http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/Controversies/1090863351.html

Education Wife Assault
   Information for abused women, professionals, friends, and family on abuse of all types. E-Commerce enabled for publications sales and donations.
   http://www.womanabuseprevention.com/

Endless Possibilities
   Endless Possibilities is part weaving program, part community center, part recycling program, and part haven. It's a fund raising program of the Outer Banks Hotline Crisis Intervention and Prevention Center.
   http://www.ragweavers.com/

Faith Trust Institute
   The Institute is a non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Founded in 1977 by the Rev. Marie M. Fortune, the Institute is an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence.
   http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/

Family Violence Law Enforcement Documentation
   Information about documenting abuse using instant photography in health care settings and law enforcement settings.
   http://www.polaroid.com/global/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441759757&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=282574488338438&bmUID=1105043537577&bmLocale=en_US&PRDREG=null

Family and Domestic Violence Training Package - Participants' Kit
   Australian government site with a step by step training manual on domestic violence.
   http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/fdvtrainingparticipantskit.doc

Financial Resources for Women and Children, Inc.
   Agency founded to provide low cost loans to women in abusive relationships through partnerships with shelters and domestic violence coalitions. Also provides practical advice about finances and planning for emergencies.
   http://www.frwc.org/

Firearms and Domestic Violence
   Fact Sheet from the Violence Policy Center
   http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/domviofs.htm

Graphic Resource Site for Women's Domestic Violence Issues.
   Free graphic images and designs to use as posters, handouts, or for other applications including use at fund raising events related to violence against women issues. Please request permission for reproduction.
   http://home.config.com/~gargoyle/posters/

Human Services Policy (HSP): Special Populations/Domestic Violence
   Department of Health and Human Services online resources related to Domestic Violence
   http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/hspother.htm

Immigration Interim Rule on Battered Woman Immigrants
   This interim rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("the Service") regulations to allow a spouse or child to seek immigrant classification if he or she has been battered by, or subjected to extreme cruelty committed by, the citi
   http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/laws/insvawa.htm

Instigate - an Online Toolkit
   Transforming Communities - Technical Assistance and Training, Marin County, CA.
   http://www.transformcommunities.org/tctatsite/instigate/welcome.html

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
   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 fami
   http://www.dvinstitute.org/

Intergenerational Transmission of Partner Violence
   Results of a 20-year study of the impact of children witnessing violence between their parents. Published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Link to full text article in PDF format is provided.
   http://www.apa.org/releases/partnerviolence.html

Internet Safety for Survivors
   Violence Against Women Online Resources - University of Minnesota
   http://www.vaw.umn.edu/internetsafety.asp

Justice Options for Women who are Victims of Violence
   Project looks at the importance of having the input of victims, victim advocates and community justice policy options when new options, such as restorative approaches, are introduced into the justice system in order to ensure that victims are not re-victi
   http://www.isn.net/~tha/justiceoptions/

Language/Etymology/rule of thumb
   Definitive essay on the purported "rule of thumb" law about wife-beating.
   http://tafkac.org/language/etymology/rule_of_thumb.html

Mail Order Brides and the Abuse of Immigrant Women
   A License To Abuse: The Impact of Conditional Status on Female Immigrants by Michelle J. Anderson [Text and footnotes of this article are reprinted from The Yale Law Journal. Volume 102 . April 1993 . Number 6. Copyright (c) 1993 by The Yale Law Journal
   http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/anderson/brides/pg1.html

Maitri - San Francisco, CA
   Maitri is a free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that helps South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional abuse or family conflict. We provide peer support and referrals to legal help, emergency shelters
   http://www.maitri.org/

Making Women's Shelters Accessible to Transgendered Women
   Funded by the Violence Intervention and Education Workgroup (VIEW), through a grant provided by the Ministry of Education and Training, as part of the Ontario government's Inter-ministerial Violence Against Women Prevention Initiative.
   http://www.queensu.ca/humanrights/tap/index.html

Maternal and Child Health Library Knowledge Path: Domestic Violence
   This guide points to key resources on the topic of domestic violence from a health perspective.
   http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_domviolence.html

Men and Women Against Domestic Violence
   An internet-based coalition of men and women working to address the issue of domestic violence. We declare that this is not just a women's issue, but is very much a men's issue, too. Therefore, it is our responsibility to educate and advocate against phy
   http://www.silcom.com/~paladin/madv/

Mending the Sacred Hoop -Technical Assistance Project
   MSH-TA is a Native American program that provides training and technical assistance to our American Indian and Alaskan Native relations in the effort to eliminate violence in the lives of women and their children.
   http://www.msh-ta.org/

Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program
   The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program, founded in 1993 by Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, is a leadership program that motivates student-athletes and student leaders to play a central role in solving problems
   http://www.sportinsociety.org/vpd/mvp.php

Military Family Resource Center: Family Advocacy Domestic Violence Portal
   Contains information on building and strengthening domestic violence prevention partnerships between military and civilian communities. Describes U.S. Department of Defense and service initiatives and research, and provides links to related resources.
   http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/portal/page?_pageid=73,46033&_dad=itc&_schema=PORTAL&section_id=20.40.500.260.0.0.0.0.0&current_id=20.40.500.260.500.40.0.0.0&content_id=172448

Mother's Research and Reference Center
   Information and advice about family courts' failing to protect children and mothers in child custody disputes where there has been domestic violence or evidence of child abuse. Includes articles, personal stories, and message boards.
   http://www.mrrc.info

Multnomah County Department of County Human Services - Domestic Violence Resource Manual
   Domestic Violence and the Workplace - Web Based Training
   http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dchs/dv/workplace.html

NCALL: National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
   This site provides access to program development, policy and technical assistance and training related to the nexus between domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse/neglect.
   http://www.ncall.us/

NOW and Violence Against Women
   The National Organization for Women's site on issues related to violence against women.
   http://now.org/issues/violence/index.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
   The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is "a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of women and children."
   http://www.ncadv.org/

National Domestic Violence Hotline
   24-Hour Access from all 50 states. Translators available.
   http://www.ndvh.org/

National Network on Behalf of Battered Immigrant Women
   Three organizations jointly direct the Network, with each one providing leadership in its areas of expertise.
   http://www.fvpf.org/immigration/national_network.html

National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
   Provides contemporary research and treatment information on the topic of violence against women. Designed to be useful to scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations, and any other professional or lay person interested in current topic
   http://www.vawprevention.org

Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women
   The Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women does activism to end domestic violence and oppression everywhere, and provides services to lesbian, bisexual and transgendered women victims/survivors of battering.
   http://www.thenetworklared.org/english/network/about.html

New Social Security Numbers For Domestic Violence Victims And Others
   SSA Publication No. 05-10093 - describes procedures and requirements for requesting a new social security number.
   http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10093.html

New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
   Promoting effective cross-systems' responses to DV through training, technical assistance and policy development.
   http://www.opdv.state.ny.us

No Hurt - An online e-zine
   Supported by the Young People's Press of Canada, this online electronic magazine provides articles and resources on domestic violence for young people.
   http://www.nohurt.org/

No Safe Haven: A Special Report
   Special issue of Mother Jones magazine devoted to domestic violence.
   http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2005/07/haven.html

No Safe Place
   No Safe Place offers resources and insights into the origins and possible solutions to violence against women. (Public Broadcasting System)
   http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/index.html

Online Danger Assessment
   Danger Assessment instrument from Johns Hopkins. Caution: to download the assessment, you must register on the site.
   http://www.dangerassessment.org

Partnerships Against Violence
   Home page of Partnerships Against Violence
   http://www.pavnet.org/

Peace at Home
   Peace at Home is a human rights agency dedicated to stopping domestic violence.
   http://www.peaceathome.org

PeaceWorks Home Page
   "PEACEWORKS"is an unique art documentary about domestic violence being developed by The Shelter, Inc. A team of artists/activists/formerly battered women and technicians, have come together to produce this screenplay. Drawn from the poetry, mus
   http://www.jtb-servers.com/peace.html

Plays about real-life issues
   w@rn - WORN down or WARN against? A new, one act play that tells the story of an ordinary, middle-class woman who gets caught up in a cycle of domestic violence.
   http://www.helennelder.com/warn/index.htm

Poised for Prevention: Advancing Promising Approaches to Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
   The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Prevention Institute called together a group of leaders for a national convening in September 2006. This report is the product of that meeting. Link provided to PDF copy of report.
   http://www.preventioninstitute.org/rwjf_ipv.html

Portland Women's Crisis Line
   Help for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in and around Portland, Oregon with a 24-hour state-wide hotline.
   http://www.pwcl.org

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Conversation with Judith Herman
   Harry Kreisler interviews Judith Herman on the personal and political dimensions of trauma and recovery; September 2000. Explains how PTSD develops in women survivors of domestic violence.
   http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Herman/herman-con3.html

Poverty, Welfare and Battered Women: What Does the Research Tell Us?
   Department of Justice Online Resources
   http://www.vawnet.org/NRCDVPublications/BCSDV/WelfareDVTAPapers/WELres.pdf

Prevention Pathways - Connecting Alcohol Abuse and Domestic Violence
   Resource with fact sheets, links to funding sources, downloadble videos, ad copy and icons relating to preventing violence through substance abuse treatment.
   http://preventionpathways.samhsa.gov/resources.htm

Prince Edward Island Woman Abuse Protocols
   This initiative's goal is to reduce violence towards women by establishing policy and protocol to effectively respond to victims of family violence.
   http://www.isn.net/cliapei/womanabuse/

Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory
   "The PMWI is a 58-item instrument designed to measure the level of psychological abuse of women by their intimate male partners. Partial text from Tolman's PMWI validation Study (1995) is available." - Kristin Ward, Cornell University
   http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rtolman/pmwimas.htm

Purple Berets Advocacy & Education Project
   Purple Berets is a grassroots community-based organization working as advocates for women who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. The web site provides information on direct action political organizing to make system-wide change to give
   http://www.purpleberets.org/index.html

Quality Assurance Program - Peer Review of Domestic Violence
   Includes standards and peer review documents for domestic violence programs in Michigan .
   http://www.michigan.gov/fia/0,1607,7-124-5460_7261_7274-15258--,00.html

Reading List on Domestic Violence
   Good basic reading list on domestic violence -- history, research, self-help.
   http://www.gate.net/~liz/liz/013.htm

Reporting on Violence
   Handbook for journalists supported by grants from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and The California Wellness Foundation
   http://www.bmsg.org/pcvp/INDEX.SHTML

Responding to Domestic Violence: Where Federal Employees Can Find Help
   Prepared by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Includes places to turn to and a sectionalized report.
   http://www.opm.gov/Employment_and_Benefits/WorkLife/OfficialDocuments/handbooksguides/DomesticViolence_Help/index.asp

Rural Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
   The challenge of providing services in rural areas
   http://www.ruralwomyn.net/domvio.html

Rural Victimization Project
   Online domestic abuse training tutorials offered for human service professionals. Program is sponsored by the Rural Victimization Project at FSU School of Social Work's Institute for Family Violence Studies.
   http://familyvio.csw.fsu.edu/rural/

SAWNET; South Asian Women's NETwork - Domestic Violence
   Domestic Violence information for South Asian Women (taken to include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).
   http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/violence.html

SIS, Inc. - Survivors in Service
   A grassroots organization of self-identifying survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, the network/caucus formerly known as Survivors In Service (SIS) began with initial support from the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Vio
   http://www.sis-inc.org/index.php

SafePlace: Disability Services ASAP
   Disability Services ASAP offers a resources relating to abuse and violence prevention, sexuality education, and personal safety for people with disabilities, families, and professionals.
   http://www.austin-safeplace.org/site/PageServer?pagename=program_home

SafetyNet Domestic Violence Resources
   SafetyNet - Resources and links, including statistics and a listing of state coalitions against domestic violence from Cybergrrl. Be aware that there is good information on this site, but it has not been updated in several years.
   http://home.cybergrrl.com/dv/

Sanctuary for the Abused
   Resources, links and articles on emotional, psychological, verbal and physical abuse and online predators.
   http://abusesanctuary.blogspot.com

Sisters, Mothers, Daughters - Domestic Violence Video
   They say that killers don't see their victims as people like themselves; they see an object, a thing, something less than human. Here conversations with sisters, parents, children....bring the 'humanity' back to these tragically lost lives. I found it ri
   http://newenglandusa.com/arts_ed/arts_ed.html

Stalking Resource Center
   The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. The Stalking Resource Center consists of five components: a Peer-to-Peer Exchange Program, Training, an Information Clearinghouse, a Practitioners' Network, and a Webs
   http://www.ncvc.org/src

StopTheHurt.com
   Offers a safe place for women and children on the net to find domestic violence survival stories, resources, information and support.
   http://www.stopthehurt.com/

Technology Safety and Advocacy Collection
   Compiled resources on safe computing for survisors and advocates collected by VAWNET.
   http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages?category_id=93

The Clothesline Project
   Provides an opportunity for women to bear witness to their personal experience of violence, and celebrate their transformation from victim to survivor in a powerful statement of solidarity.
   http://home.cybergrrl.com/dv/orgs/cp.html

The Family Violence Prevention Fund
   The Family Violence Prevention Fund describes itself as "a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform."
   http://endabuse.org

The Greenbook Initiative
   To help child welfare and domestic violence agencies and family courts respond more effectively when domestic violence and child maltreatment occur in the same families.
   http://www.thegreenbook.info

The Hairdresser Domestic Violence Prevention Project
   Describes the Hairdresser Domestic Violence Prevention Project established by the Women's Center of Southeastern Connecticut which recruits and trains workers in the personal care field to recognize signs of domestic violence and make referrals to appropr
   http://ncpc.org/topics/Personal_Safety/Strategy_The_Hairdresser_Domestic_Violence_Prevention_Project.php

The Project for Research on Welfare, Work and Domestic Violence
   Collaborative project of the University of Michigan and The Center for Impact Research which seeks to foster collaboration among researchers, policy makers, and community organizations which are concerned with the nexus of welfare and domestic violence is
   http://www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/

The Safety Zone - The Alcohol Connection
   Information on Woman Abuse and Addiction
   http://thesafetyzone.org/alcohol/index.html

The Silent Witness National Initiative
   Silent Witness National Initiative is a non-profit organization promoting peace, healing and responsibility in adult relationships in order to eliminate domestic murders by the year 2010.
   http://www.silentwitness.net/

The Urban Institute
   Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence in Six Communities: Beyond the Justice System
   http://www.urban.org/publications/406727.html

Toolkit To End Violence Against Women
   To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The recommendati
   http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/

UM SSW - Trapped: Project Publications and Research Reports
   Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence.
   http://www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/pubs.html

UNIFEM's Internet Working Group to End Violence Against Women
   The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has announced the resumption of the End-Violence Working Group, in response to popular demand. End-violence (1998-2000) is a powerful virtual community of over 2,500 people in 120+ countries working t
   http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/

US State Department - Services - International Adoption and Child Abduction
   Information on international adoption and child abduction issues provided by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
   http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/abduction_580.html

United Declaration Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
   Full text of the UN Declaration A/RES/48/104, from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
   http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/eliminationvaw.htm

United States DV Resources
   Domestic Violence Resources by State on a clickable map, sponsored by Womens Rural Advocacy Programs in Minnesota
   http://www.letswrap.com/usadv/

Victim Services Domestic Violence Shelter Tour
   A virtual tour of a shelter for domestic abuse survivors in New York City.
   http://www.dvsheltertour.org/

Violence Against Women
   A factsheet from the World Health Organisation (WHO) covering the scope of the problem, related health consequences, and guidance for health workers.
   http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact239.html

When Men Murder Women
   When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data. Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. Site maintained by the Violence Policy Center.
   http://www.vpc.org/studies/dv4cont.htm

When Victims Have a Right to Know: Automating Notification with VINE
   Review of the Vine system for victim notification by the Vera Organization. Report is available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
   http://www.vera.org/pvictimization.html

Woman Abuse and the PEI Legal System Research Team of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre
   A partnership of community, university and government working together to change the Prince Edward Island justice system to make it sensitive to the needs of survivors of family violence.
   http://www.isn.net/~tha/womanabuseresearch/

Women and Children's Support Resources
   A 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization which provides books, posters, tapes and other materials on domestic violence to women's shelters through a unique gift certificate program.
   http://www.wcsr.org/

Women's Rights Network
   The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center was funded, in September 1998, through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control. The Center is a consortium of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), The Univers
   http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/

Womens Accounts
   News and information with a focus on survivors of domestic violence.
   http://www.womensaccounts.com/

eMedicine Health - Domestic Violence
   Statistics and resources on domestic violence.
   http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/11425-1.asp