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Statistics

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

GENERAL

SEXUAL ASSAULT

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: July 2000.

The Facts on Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: 2009.

General Domestic Violence Statistics Packet – Using Statistics and Evaluating Research, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA: March 2002.

Homicide Trends in the United States: 2002 Update, James Alan Fox and Marianne W. Zawitz, Crime Data Brief, Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: November 2004.

Intimate Partner Violence, Special Report, Callie Marie Rennison and Sarah Welchans, Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: May 2000.

Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-1999, Special Report, Callie Marie Rennison, Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: October 2001.

NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System): Victims of Domestic Violence, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, Research in Brief, Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: November 1998.

GENERAL

ChildStats.gov – the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics Forum is a collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The mission is to foster coordination and collaboration and to enhance and improve consistency in the collection and reporting of Federal data on children and families. The Forum also aims to improve the reporting and dissemination of information on the status of children and families, Washington, DC.

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center – compiles comprehensive information describing suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system. Using data obtained from Federal agencies, the FJSRC compiles comprehensive information that describes person-cases processed through the system. FJSRC applies uniform definitions to commonly used statistics describing data from each stage of case processing. The data definitions used by the FJSRC are consistent with definitions used by other Federal programs that report on case processing in state courts so that comparisons may be made between case processing statistics between the Federal and state systems.

Injury Data and Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – the purpose of this web site is to provide an overview of injury morbidity and mortality data and statistics available from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and other sources and to provide details on injury surveillance methodology and tools to assist in data analysis, Atlanta, GA.

Inventory of National Injury Data Systems, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – a list of 43 different federal data systems operated by 16 difference agencies and 3 private injury registry systems that provide nationwide injury-related data. Each data system is listed along with the agency or organization and associated web sites. You can get additional information about survey / surveillance methods and findings by clicking on the URL. Data systems are organized according by topic, Atlanta, GA.

Quick Health Data Online, Office on Women's Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – the system provides state- and county-level data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories and possessions. Data are available by gender, race and ethnicity and come from a variety of national and state sources. The system is organized into eleven main categories, inlcuding demographics, mortality, natality, reproductive health, violence, prevention, disease and mental health. Within each main category, there are numerous subcategories.