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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

In the past few years it has become alarmingly clear that women with disabilities are at an extremely high risk for emotional, sexual, and physical assault. The Developmental Disabilities...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

To further the understanding of violence against women, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This study sought to answer the question: If a woman is experiencing intimate partner violence, does the collective efficacy and community capacity of her neighborhood facilitate or erect ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The goal of this study was to compile and analyze data about incidents of domestic violence in San Diego County, California, in order to enhance understanding of the nature and scope of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the level of domestic violence prosecution throughout the United States and to promote effective prosecution approaches through dissemination of ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The focus of this research and evaluation endeavor was on direct service programs in Ohio, particularly advocacy services for female victims of violence, receiving funding through the...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The goal of the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS) was to develop a reliable and validated profile of risk factors directly related to lethal or life-threatening outcomes in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

In 1996 the Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ) began an evaluation of the law enforcement and prosecution components of the "STOP Violence Against Women" grant program authorized by the...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 20, 2017 at 08:23 AM

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 07, 2013 at 03:48 PM

The study was conducted to investigate the extent of mental health screening, referral compliance, and treatment effectiveness of men enrolled in batterer counseling programs. Specifically, the...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 11, 2015 at 11:38 AM

The purpose of this study was to investigate longitudinally the developmental antecedents of physical and sexual violence against young women, using a theoretically based multicausal model...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study is a replication and extension of an experiment conducted in Minneapolis (MINNEAPOLIS INTERVENTION PROJECT, 1986-1987 [ICPSR 9808]) to test the efficacy of three types of police...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 20, 2013 at 03:32 PM

The study was conducted to determine the prevalance of physical and sexual victimization, and to develop a new model of victimization. A total of 600 women participated in the study, consisting of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 06, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Using data from five Spouse Assault Replication Program (SARP) sites, this study examined the extent to which domestic violence offenders exhibit a specialized proclivity toward violence and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: August 16, 2002 at 12:00 AM

Because of their restricted access to financial resources, couples undergoing economic distress are more likely to live in disadvantaged neighborhoods than are financially well-off couples....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: August 31, 2015 at 02:55 PM

This project examined civil protective orders in Kentucky from multiple perspectives in order to examine rural and urban jurisdictional differences in the protective order process, protective...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 27, 2009 at 01:43 PM

The purposes of this study were (1) to examine factors associated with New York City Family Courts' visitation decisions and conformity to the provisions of the Model Code of the National Council...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 14, 2002 at 12:00 AM

The aim of this study was to examine the factors related to different patterns of male violence against women. Employing both intra-individual and sociocultural perspectives, the project...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This project investigated the effects of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) funds with respect to the provision of victim services by criminal ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 19, 2003 at 12:00 AM

Since 1976, the United States has witnessed a steady and precipitous decline in intimate partner homicides. This study builds on the work of Dugan et al. (1999, 2000) and Browne and...

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