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• Criminal Victimization, 2003 (BJS) (September 2004) This report presents estimates of national levels and rates of personal and property victimization for the year 2003. Violent and property crime remain at lowest rates in 30 years.

• National Institute of Justice Journal 250 (NIJ) (November 2003)
  Intimate partner homicide--the killing of a spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend--has declined significantly in the past 25 years. The findings presented in the feature articles examine which women are most at risk for being a murder victim and consider policies that may explain the declines or result in further declines. The "At-A-Glance" section contains snapshots of research on cross-cultural issues in domestic violence, child abuse, gentrification of drug markets, drug enforcement task forces, the effects of social changes on homicide rates, community involvement in law enforcement, crime victim compensation, quality-of-life policing, and racial profiling.

• Batterer Intervention Programs: Where Do We Go From Here? (NIJ) (June 2003) (Text or PDF) This NIJ Special Report describes the most common types of batterer intervention programs and evaluates two recent studies of batterer intervention programs in Broward County, Florida and Brooklyn, New York. Evaluations of both programs call into question the effectiveness of such programs in either changing batterer attitudes or behaviors. However, researchers in the Broward study did find that batterers who were employed, married, owned their own homes, or otherwise had a stake in the community were less likely to reoffend. Although the Broward study was marred by low victim response rates, collection of information from multiple sources, each reaching similar conclusions, bolstered researchers' confidence in the results. The Brooklyn study showed that men who attended treatment sessions for a longer period (26 weeks compared with 8 weeks) committed fewer new violent acts; however, batterers were more likely to complete the shorter program. The study left open the question of whether batterer intervention programs alter batterers' attitudes and behaviors or merely suppress violence behavior for the duration of the study.

• Youth Victimization: Prevalence and Implications (NIJ) (April 2003) (Text or PDF) Beyond cases reported to authorities, little knowledge exists on the types, amount, and effects of childhood victimization. Using the National Survey of Adolescents, researchers examined the prevalence of sexual assault, physical assault, physically abusive punishment, and witnessing an act of violence and subsequent effects on mental health, substance use, and delinquent behavior problems. The study found that youth victimization is clearly linked to mental health problems and delinquent behavior. Results are analyzed across gender and race/ethnicity and translated into national estimates.

• Reporting Crime to the Police, 1992-2000 (BJS) (March 2003) This Special Report presents National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data from 1992 to 2000 on non-lethal crimes against persons age 12 or older that were reported to police. The reporting of overall violent crime, serious violent crimes, and simple assaults increased from 1992 through 2000. In 2000 a total of 9.9 million crimes were reported to law enforcement authorities, according to NCVS estimates.

• Batterer Intervention: Where Do We Go From Here? (NIJ)
  The Batterer Intervention Workshop brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss the state of our knowledge about this subject, to identify gaps in the research, and to develop ideas to propel the field forward. Participants discussed several areas that need attention: the definition of a successful outcome, researcher-practitioner partnerships, determining which evaluation designs are most effective under which circumstances, and recruitment and attrition issues. The Workshop was held January 17, 2002. (Workshop Summary)

• Broadening Our Understanding of Violence Against Women Among Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Minorities
  This workshop explored what is known and unknown about the dynamics of violence experienced by women from diverse communities and how criminal justice and social science providers can better respond to it. The workshop was held in October 2001 and attended by approximately 30 practitioners and researchers, including representatives from the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.
  Workshop Summary)

• Crime and the Nation's Households, 2000 with Trends 1994-2000 (BJS) (Jan. 2003) Approximately 17.6 million households experienced 1 or more violent or property crimes in 2000.

• Results from an Elder Abuse Prevention Experiment in New York City (NIJ) (October 2001)
• Intimate Partner Violence and Age of Victims, 1993-99 (BJS) (Oct. 28, 2001)
• DOJ Research and Statistical Publications collected by the Violence Against Women Office.

• Collected Reports from National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women

• Collected Statistical Reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Collected publications at the National Criminal Justice
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  Child Abuse and Neglect

  Serving victims of Rape, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault

  Domestic and Family Violence

  Children Exposed to Violence

• The NCJRS Acquisition List for Family Violence contains abstracts to recent acquisitions to one of the nation's largest resources for abstracts to criminal justice and law enforcement research. Prepared by the Online Research and Information Center, the library for OJP staff, the monthly acquisition lists will join the Abstract's Database which is searchable online.

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