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Benchbooks by state.
National Organization for Women Foundation.
Links to Domestic Violence benchbooks by state.
Bridging Theory and Practice: A Roundtable about Court Responses to Domestic Violence.
Center for Court Innovation.
This roundtable conversation brought together leading figures from the world of domestic violence, including judges, prosecutors, researchers and representatives of batterer programs, to identify new ways for courts to respond to domestic violence, particularly in cases where incarceration is not a realistic goal.
Domestic Violence Statute Search.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
A search of state statutes on domestic violence by state can be done through this database.
Catellano, Shannon.
Intimate Partner Violence Statistics.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (December 2006).
This Web page provides the most current statistics available on intimate-partner violence.
Uekert, Brenda K.
Court Interpretation in Protection Order Hearings Benchcard.
National Center for State Courts (2006).
A useful benchcard for judges presented in a question-and-answer format. 
Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice (June 2005).
This source provides statistical snapshots of family violence at different stages in the administration of justice, including statistics on the nature and extent of family violence, on cases reported to police, on the prosecution of persons charged with family violence, and on persons sent to prison or jail for family violence.
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National Center for the Prosecution of Domestic Violence Against Women.
American Prosecutor`s Research Institute.
This resource center provides a prosecution toolkit, information on state statutes, and links to various publications and reports.
O`Sullivan, Chris S. et al.
A Comparison of Two Prosecution Policies in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence.
(September 2007).
This report provides a comparison of prosecution policies in the two New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and the Bronx. The policies of mandatory filing versus following the victim's lead are analyzed.
Henning, Kris, and Lynette Feder.
"Criminal Prosecution of Domestic Violence Offenses."
Criminal Justice and Behavior 32, no. 6 (2005).
This study investigates prosecutorial and judicial decision making with regard to domestic-violence offenses.
Maxwell, Christopher D. et al.
"The Effects of Arrest on Intimate Partner Violence: New Evidence from the Spouse Assault Replication Program."
National Institute of Justice Research in Brief (July 2001).
Studying the deterrent effect of arrest, this project pooled incidents from five replication experiments, computed comparable independent and outcome measures from common data intentionally embedded in each experiment, and standardized the experimental designs and statistical models.
Smith, Barbara E. et al.
Evaluation of Efforts to Implement No-Drop Policies: Two Central Values in Conflict, Final Report.
National Institute of Justice (March 2001).
This project addresses the question of whether prosecution without the victim's cooperation is feasible with appropriate increases in resources involving cases with no-drop policies.
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MacLeod, Dag et al.
Batterer Intervention Systems in California: An Evaluation.
Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts (2009).
This report looks at a sample of over a thousand men enrolled in treatment programs across five California jurisdictions.
Standards for Batterer Intervention Programs.
Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Resource Center (May 2007).
These standards were developed for batterer intervention programs in Indiana.
Labriola, Melissa et al.
Court Responses to Batterer Program Non-Compliance.
Center for Court Innovation (March 2007).
This publication provides a national perspective of court responses to batterer program noncompliance.
Cissner, Amanda B., and Nora K. Puffett.
Do Batterer Program Length or Approach Affect Completion or Re-Arrest Rates?.
Center for Court Innovation (September 2006).
This report provides a comparison of outcomes between defendants sentenced to two batterer programs in Brooklyn.
Labriola, Melissa et al.
Testing the Effectiveness of Batterer Programs and Judicial Monitoring.
Center for Court Innovation (November 2005).
This report provides the results from a randomized trial at the Bronx Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Court.
Do Batterer Intervention Programs Work--Two Studies.
National Institute of Justice, Research for Practice (September 2003).
This report tests the effectiveness of two intervention programs in New York and Florida.
Jackson, Shelly et al.
Batter Intervention Programs: Where Do We Go From Here.
National Institute of Justice Special Report (June 2003).
This report evaluates two programs in Broward County, Florida, and Brooklyn, New York, to determine if the batterer-intervention programs, which were introduced as a way to hold batterers accountable without incarcerating them, were effective in reducing battering.
Gondolf, Edward W.
CDC Study: A Multi-Site Evaluation of Batterer Intervention Systems.
Mid-Atlantic Addiction and Training Institute Web Site (January 2003).
Abstract and order information for this publication.
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"Custody Decisions in Cases with Domestic Violence Allegations."
American Bar Association.
A state-by-state chart providing information on the legal definition of domestic violence, state statutes relating to custody decisions, and how courts factor in domestic violence in custody decisions.
Reasonable Efforts Checklist for Dependency Cases Involving Domestic Violence.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (December 2008).
This resource is designed to aid judges in making reasonable efforts findings that are required by federal law in dependency cases involving domestic violence.
Navigating Custody and Visitation in Cases with Domestic Violence: A Judge`s Guide.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. (August 2005).
A practical guide for judges on how to interpret and act on professional child-custody evaluations when domestic violence is involved in family-law cases.
Maxwell, M. Sharon, and Karen Oehme.
"Six Crucial Issues in Supervised Visitation Cases."
Violence Against Women Online Resources (September 2004).
The article describes six issues, which explain how women, children, and their communities experience supervised visitation cases; how staff may help reduce the risks of danger in visitation; how to conduct risk assessments; how visitation can reduce incidents of stalking; and how court-ordered visitation can reduce the risks of continued abuse.
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Snyder, Howard N. and Carl McCurley
Domestic Assaults by Juvenile Offenders .
Juvenile Justice Bulletin (November 2008).
This report is based on the FBI’s National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and looks at juvenile offenders and domestic violence
Goodmark, Leigh and Ann Rosewater
Bringing the Greenbook to Life: A Resource Guide for Communities.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (May 2008).
This guide documents efforts to implement the Greenbook recommendations in six federally funded demonstration sites for families suffering both domestic violence and child maltreatment.
Lowry, Stacy M. and Olga Trujillo
Cross System Dialogue: An Effective Strategy to Promote Communication between the Domestic Violence Community, Child Welfare System, and the Courts.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2008).
This report describes the cross system dialogue strategy for reducing conflict and promoting communication between child welfare agencies, domestic violence representatives and the court system.
Ver Steegh, Nancy and Clare Dalton
Report from the Wingspread Conference on Domestic Violence and Family Courts.
(February 2007).
This report summarizes the findings of the working group brought together by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts . Five central issues are identified and discussed.
Summers, Alicia.
Children`s Exposure to Domestic Violence.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2006).
This guide to research and resources covers the impact of domestic violence on children, legal issues affecting children, and system responses.
Hitches, Hon. Donna, and Dr. Patricia Van Horn.
"The Court`s Role in Supporting and Protecting Children Exposed to Domestic Violence."
Journal of the Center for Families, Children, and the Courts 6 (2005).
This article discusses parenting and predicting child abuse in domestic-violence families and provides strategies for handling domestic-violence cases involving children. Appendices include a screening form for domestic violence used by the San Francisco Superior Court's Family Court Services, as well as a model protocol for communication between courts in domestic-violence and child-custody cases.
Whitcomb, Debra.
"Prosecutors, Kids, and Domestic Violence Cases."
National Institute of Justice Journal, no. 248 (2002).
This article highlights the findings of a NIJ research project, which sought to find answers to questions involving children and domestic-violence cases, such as how new laws in a small number of states affect practices, the challenges prosecutors face when children are exposed to domestic violence, and what prosecutors do to help battered women and their children.
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Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.
Minnesota Program Development Inc..
Educational programs, including coordinated community-response training and batterer-intervention programs.
Crowe, Anne H. et al
Community Corrections Response to Domestic Violence: Guidelines for Practice.
American Probation and Parole Association (May 2009).
This report provides guidelines to develop or enhance effective community supervision programs for domestic violence cases.
Ann Rosewater and Leigh Goodmark.
Steps Toward Safety: Improving Systemic and Community Responses for Families Experiencing Domestic Violence .
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (2007).
This report discusses new understandings, practices, and collaborations for dealing with domestic violence. Challenges from recent efforts and lessons learned from past efforts are also discussed.
Coordinated Community Response.
Stop Violence Against Women (2006).
Provides a host of recent resources on coordinated community response to domestic violence, including benefits to this model, adoption of the Duluth Model, goals and strategies, etc.
Coordinated Community Action Model.
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (2003).
This model from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) Electronic Clearinghouse demonstrates ways communities can act to support battered women and children and hold batterers accountable for their behavior.
Uchida, Craig D. et al.
Evaluating a Multi-Disciplinary Response to Domestic Violence: The DVERT Program in Colorado Springs, Final Report.
National Institute of Justice (June 2001).
In 1996 the CSPD received federal funds to establish DVERT. This report highlights the establishment and progress of the DVERT program, which was created to respond to system deficiencies and breakdowns, enhance law enforcement and prosecution in domestic-violence cases, and increase the safety of victims and contain perpetrators, in addition to intervention and outreach services.
Worden, Alissa P.
Models of Community Coordination in Partner Violence Cases: A Multi-Site Comparative Analysis, Final Report.
National Institute of Justice (2001).
The study sheds light on the role of courts, domestic-violence advocacy programs, community task forces, victims, and offenders and discusses implications of the findings for future research in these areas.
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Freedom Network on Human Trafficking.
Provides information on human trafficking legislation, such as the Trafficking Victim Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, protocol, and resources. The Freedom Network Training Institute provides training and technical assistance to members of the network.
HumanTrafficking.org.
An international Web resource for combating human trafficking. In addition to their monthly newsletter, they provide training and have an extensive list of resources and publications.
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Family Violence Prevention Fund.
This organization provides education and training, as well as information on policy issues relating to family violence.
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse Electronic Clearinghouse.
MINCAVA.
This very comprehensive electronic clearinghouse provides information on violence and abuse.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence--Public Policy Office.
This organization provides information and training on domestic violence.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges--Family Violence Department.
They publish the Family Violence Legislative Update and the Synergy newsletter and provide a domestic-violence-law database and a family-violence resource center.
National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Help is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for victims and anyone calling on their behalf. The hotline provides crisis intervention, safety planning, information, and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 140 languages through interpreter services.
Office on Violence Against Women.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
This federal agency provides information, resources, and grants about the federal Violence Against Women (VAW) laws and regulations.
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence/National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.
Information and resources, policy development, and technical assistance to enhance community response to and prevention of domestic violence.
The ABA Commission on Domestic Violence.
Has publications, resources, statistics, bibliographies. See also their model code on domestic and family violence.
The Center for Court Innovation.
This organization conducts research and provides information and technical assistance on domestic-violence courts.
The Institute for Law and Justice.
This organization conducts domestic-violence research and provides technical assistance, training, and information on domestic-violence laws and legislation.
Women`s Law Initiative.
This very comprehensive Web site provides state-by-state legal information and resources about family violence.
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Domestic Violence Prevention Council.
City of Seattle, Human Services Department.
This council provides leadership, oversight, and coordination of the city's efforts to decrease domestic violence.
Domestic Violence Prevention Program.
Office of the Attorney General, State of California.
This prevention program's goal is to influence public policy and increase public awareness about domestic violence and children exposed to violence.
Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.
New York State.
This state office provides leadership and management of domestic-violence prevention efforts in New York State.
Safety Net Project.
National Network to End Domestic Violence .
The National Safe and Strategic Technology Project educates victims, their advocates and the general public on ways to use technology strategically to help find safety and escape domestic violence.
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POR Public Access Pilot Begins .
Judicial Technology and Automation Committee Blog (July 2009).
On July 1st, Indiana began a pilot program of the Protection Order Registry Public Access application. This application allows case workers to work with a victim of domestic violence to complete the forms to request a protection order online. These documents can then be imported into the Protection Order Registry by the County Clerk to initiate the case.
Protection Order Deskbook.
Judicial Conference of Indiana (2006).
The Protection Order Committee of the Judicial Conference of Indiana has provided this Protection Order Deskbook as a general guide to understanding Orders for Protection currently available under Indiana statutes.
A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2005).
This publication provides tools for implementation and enforcement of protection orders.
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Violence Literature Database.
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado at Boulder.
This searchable database provides published research reports on domestic violence.
Klein, Andrew R.
Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges.
National Institute of Justice (June 2009).
This report provides a review of current research in the area of domestic violence and the implications for law enforcement, prosecutors and judges.
Lyon, Eleanor , Shannon Lane and Anne Menard
Meeting Survivors` Needs: A Multi-State Study of Domestic Violence Shelter Experiences.
University of Connecticut, School of Social Work and National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (October 2008).
This report funded by the National Institute of Justice surveyed over 3,000 shelter residents in 215 shelters across eight states between 2007 and 2008.
Smith, Erica L., Matthew R. Durose, and Patrick A. Langan
State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (February 2008).
This Special Report looks at domestic violence cases filed in the state courts of 15 large urban counties during 2002.
Peterson, Richard R.
Combating Domestic Violence in New York City: A Study of DV Cases in the Criminal Courts.
New York City Criminal Justice Agency (April 2003).
This report compares case outcomes in domestic violence and non-domestic-violence cases, the impact of screening and sanctioning policies on domestic-violence case outcomes, the impact of case processing on rearrest among domestic-violence offenders, and policy implications.
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Stalking Research.
AARDVARC.org.
This Web page provides an annotated bibliography of research related to stalking.
Baum, Katrina, Shannon Catlano, Michael Rand, and Kristina Rose
Stalking Victimization in the United States.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (January 2009).
This BJS special report provides data from the Supplemental Victimization Survey of stalking behaviors done in 2006.
The Model Stalking Code Revisited--Responding to the New Realities of Stalking.
National Center for Victims of Crime (January 2007).
This report provides the rationale for revisiting the 1993 model anti-stalking code, describes constitutional challenges, and outlines a new model stalking code for the United States.
Creating an Effective Stalking Protocol.
National Center for Victims of Crime (April 2002).
This publication discusses stalking and community policing, outlines a model protocol for a community-oriented police response to stalking, and describes promising anti-stalking practices.
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Lawrence, Sharmila et al.
Depression, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence.
National Center for Children in Poverty (June 2004).
This research study shows an interconnection between depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence.
Downs, William R.
"Alcohol Problems and Violence Against Women, Final Report."
National Institute of Justice (May 2001).
This study examines the potential link between women's experiences of partner abuse and substance-abuse problems and the ability of shelters and domestic-violence programs to address the substance-abuse problems of clients, as well as partner abuse of clients.
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State Administering Agencies.
Office of Justice Programs..
This Web page provides links to the state agencies that administer the Violence Against Women Grants.
Violence Against Women Act Grant Program Statutes.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women..
This Web site provides links to legislation, statutes, law, etc., related to the Violence Against Women Act.
Violence Against Women Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005.
The 109th Congress of the U.S. (2005).
This act reauthorizes the original Violence Against Women Act.
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Jaffe, Peter G. et al.
Protecting Children from Domestic Violence.
The Guilford Press (2004).
This book provides strategies for community intervention in protecting children from domestic violence. (HV6626.2 P76)
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