Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data Resource Center

This website provides information to researchers, practitioners, and members of the public interested in finding, using, or understanding domestic and sexual violence and stalking data.

View Website »  http://www.jrsa.org/dvsa-drc/index.html

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

This website is a federally funded resource offering, among many things, research and statistical data on violence against women.

View Website » http://www.ncjrs.org/

National Institute of Justice

The National Institute of Justice's website also houses research on violence against women.

View Website » http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

Prostitution Research and Education

Provides research on prostitution and trafficking, and links to services for prostituted women.

View Website »  http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/

Slipping Through the Cracks

How Incomplete Data Collection Allows Domestic Abusers Access to Firearms

Citizens for a Safer Minnesota and the Battered Women's Justice Project

Citizens for a Safer Minnesota Education Fund (CSMEF) and the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) recently conducted a project to assess the completeness of the Criminal History Database maintained by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) for domestic violence misdemeanors. It was determined that less than 30% of individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic assault during a one-year period were found in the BCA live criminal database. The following report provides background information, detailed methodology, implications, and recommendations based on these results.

View Article » Slipping_through_the_Cracks.pdf

The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse

The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse offers a large number of articles related to many forms of violence and abuse.

View Website » http://www.mincava.umn.edu/

U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

This U.S. Department of Justice website offers research and statistical publications on domestic violence.

View Website » http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

VAWnet Library

The VAWnet Library is an online resource for advocates working to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violence in the lives of women and their children.

View Website »  www.vawnet.org/