U.S. Government Web-based Publications
The Cycle of Violence (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/cycle.htm)
This resource booklet is part of the Federal Employee Awareness Campaign on Domestic
Violence, which aims to educate and foster awareness of domestic violence for U.S.
government employees. Sections include how to recognize an abusive relationship;
statistics on the victims; myths that feed denial of domestic violence; how to create a
safety plan; what individuals and communities can do to prevent domestic abuse; and
information about hotlines, employee assistance programs, and state and regional
domestic violence coalitions. Updated 19 April 2001.
Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001 [PDF]
(http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf)
Released in February 2003, this Crime Data Brief updates Intimate Partner Violence, a
Special Report from the National Crime Victimization Survey on "violent victimizations
committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends of victims." Such
crimes primarily involve female victims.
Toolkit to End Violence Against Women (http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/)
From the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women and the Violence
Against Women Office of the U.S. Dept. of Justice, the toolkit provides concrete
evidence to communities, policy leaders, and others engaged in preventing violence
against women. Each of the 16 chapters focuses on a specific audience (College and
University Campuses, Media and Entertainment Industries, Native Women, etc.),
recommends ways in which the audience can increase prevention efforts and improve
services for the victims, and contains a link to a .pdf version with the complete text.
Released 1 November 2001.
Violence Against Woman Act: History, Federal Funding, and Reauthorizing Legislation
[PDF] (http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/women/violence/rl30871.pdf)
From the Domestic Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service, this report
traces Congressional action to address gender-related violence since the early 1990s.
Appendices describe the various grant programs and the new initiatives added to the
Violence Against Women Act in 2000. Tables detail federal funding since 1995. Updated
October 12, 2001.
Stalking and Domestic Violence: Report to Congress [PDF]
(http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojp/186157.pdf)
In May 2001, the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Women's Programs, Violence Against
Women's Office, published this report as "part of an ongoing commitment to share
information about strategies that show promise in the field and about the development of
laws addressing stalking." Produced in response to Subtitle F of VAWA, it includes
sections on cyberstalking, law enforcement and prosecution response to stalking, victim
needs, state legislation, and federal prosecutions. Also available as a text file, though it
lacks the figures, charts, forms, and tables.
Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence: First Annual Report [PDF]
(http://www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/Report.pdf)
Released on March 9, 2001, this report from the U.S. Dept. of Defense Task Force on
Domestic Violence summarizes the initial efforts of the 24-member task force to
formulate a long-term strategic plan to eliminate domestic violence in the military. The
overall goal of the task force is to provide the Secretary of Defense with
recommendations that will enhance existing programs for preventing domestic violence
and suggest new approaches to addressing the issue.
America's Commitment: Women 2000 -- Violence Against Women
(http://secretary.state.gov/www/picw/2000commitment/violence.html)
"Violence Against Women," represents one of the twelve critical areas of concern as
outlined in the Beijing Platform for Action that resulted from the United Nations Fourth
World Conference on Women. Since 1995 the President's Interagency Council on
Women has worked to improve and advance the status of women and their families in the
United States and abroad. This report highlights the efforts of the United States
government in supporting and creating programs and policies that benefit women and
their families