CRJU 4350-Family Violence: Violence Against Women
Research and Publications
Organizations
- Department of Justice Office on Violence Against WomenThe mission of the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, is to provide federal leadership in developing the nation’s capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American CommunityThe Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) is an organization focused on the unique circumstances of African Americans as they face issues related to domestic violence, including intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder maltreatment, and community violence.
- National Center on Domestic and Sexual ViolenceNCDSV offers consulting, training and advocacy on issues relating to domestic violence and sexual abuse.
- National Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceNCADV's work includes coalition building at the local, state, regional and national levels; support for the provision of community-based, non-violent alternatives - such as safe home and shelter programs - for battered women and their children; public education and technical assistance; policy development and innovative legislation; focus on the leadership of NCADV's caucuses developed to represent the concerns of organizationally under represented groups; and efforts to eradicate social conditions which contribute to violence against women and children.
- National Network to End Domestic ViolenceThe National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), a social change organization, is dedicated to creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists.