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Covering Domestic Violence: Resources
By Sarah Huntley
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Executive Director Rita Smith, 303-839-1852, ext. 105
http://www.ncadv.org/resources/Statistics_221.html
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
202 307-0765
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html
For info on intimate homicide trends:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/intimates.htm and http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/ipvpr.htm
For statistics on intimate violence, including not-fatal incidents:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
For statistics that show overall decrease in violent crimes:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/viortrdtab.htm
U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Phone 202 307-6026 or fax 202 305-2589
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
The Family Violence Protection Fund
Spokeswoman Lisa Lederer, 202 371-1999
http://www.endabuse.org/
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
202 662-1000
http://www.abanet.org/domviol/
National Center for Victims of Crime
Media Liaison Liz Joyce, 202 467-8700
http://www.ncvc.org
Denver’s Project Safeguard, legal advocacy for victims
303 863-7416
http://www.angelfire.com/co3/projectsafeguard/
Information on New York’s Domestic Violence and Integrated Domestic Violence Courts
http://www.courtinnovation.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.view Page&pageID=512&documentTopicID=23
http://www.childwitnesstoviolence.org/about.html
http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=70473
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