A listing of more than 100 songs in every genre, from traditional ballads to punk, many with links to online lyrics.

Evelina Giobbe is at the Commercial Sexual Exploitation Resource Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The mission of CSERI is to abate commercial sexual exploitation through research, education and community organizing, and to advocate for the human rights of prostituted women, youth, and transgendered persons, and to increase opportunities for individuals to leave the sex industry.

Detailed information on abuser's access via the internet.

Information for victims of domestic violence by police officers and firefighters.

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, located in Seattle, WA, is a support agency for Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard-of-Hearing victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Violence Policy Center Study of Murder/Suicide Trends -- Results indicate that most murder/suicides perpetrated by males upon their intimiate partners and children by the use of guns.

Information on stalking law and behavior, including information on internet stalking.

Resources for Domestic Violence, missing and abused children, forum, chat, and Amber Alert.

Abuse of pets in domestic violence - information and message board.

A domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children, and is the only Asian shelter of its kind in the Mid-Western United States.

Readings for an online discussion May 1, 2000 from the Beekman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University

The program educates women about their rights and develops their leadership so that they can become involved in changing policies that affect them. As emerging leaders, they play a critical role in supporting other women, informing institutions on their needs, demanding accessible services and teaching their peers how to address domestic violence and sexual assault.

A nonprofit project working toward improved responses to violence against disenfranchised and marginalized persons - particularly women and children. Provides support and information, and training to responders of violence.

Analysis of mind control with significance for survivors of domestic violence.

Article by Greg Dear in PDF format.

A domestic violence prevention project to provide those in danger with instant access to help in the form of a wireless phone.

The Center is a non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Founded in 1977 by the Rev. Marie M. Fortune, the Center is an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence.

PDF of an article by Janet E. Findlater and Susan Kelly in the journal The Future of Children on the relationship between domestic violence and child abuse and neglect cases, and the role of Child Protective Services.

Domestic Violence Training Video

Offers a critique of claims that "husband battering" is widespread.

A searchable, authoritative source of information about violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, gays and lesbians, and others.

A national nonprofit organization working to prevent domestic violence -- CAEPV is the only program in the country founded by business leaders and focused on the workplace.

Department of Justice site.

in Identifying Risk Factors for Femicide in Violent Intimate Relationships - Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Defending Our Lives exposes the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. It features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. This film won the Academy Award for Best DocumentaryShort in 1994.

Public information about the Defense Domestic Violence Task Force that was established by The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Public Law 106-65.? The Task Force is comprised of 24 members all of whom were appointed by the Secretary of Defense.? Half of the members are senior military and civilian personnel from the Department of Defense and half represent subject matter experts from the private sector, Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Report from VAWNET Applied Research Forum on domestic violence among older women. Downloadable in PDF format.

What is violence or abuse? Explanation of psychological and physical abuse.

Domestic violence, verbal and psychological Abuse resources by the American Bar Association.

Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help and information concerning domestic violence, elder abuse and abuse against disabled persons in the United States.

Violence Against Women Online Resources for Child Custody and Protection - University of Minnesota.

National Coalition for the Homeless Fact Sheet #8, May 1998

from the Welfare Information Network. Articles on the economic aspects of domestic violence, welfare and homelessness.

Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - National Child Protection Clearing House, Issues Papers - Article by Marianne James, Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Criminology

Family Violence Prevention Fund listing of events planned for October 2000.

The Domestic Violence education course developed by American Medical Women's Association for physicians, residents in all specialities, medical students, and other health care professionals.

Information regarding collaboration between public and non-profit organizations, investigation strategies, training opportunities, ways to increase safety for victims, services for children, and community involvement.

Informative general information site hosted in Oakland County, Michigan. Lists common myths, defines abuse and the cycle of violence, offers personalized safety plan, answers questions about leaving, and personal protection orders.

Look up help for a loved one or family member from all over the United States. There are stories of families and their struggle with domestic violence.

Stop The Hurt.com offers a safe place for women and children on the net to find domestic violence survival stories, resources, information and support.

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's STOP Partner Abuse/Domstic Violence Program provides information about, and resources for, lesbians at risk of domestic violence and those experiencing it.

Information for union members about preventing domestic violence in the workplace.

Information and resources from The Feminist Majority Foundation.

Informative articles, resources and web links designed to: increase public awareness of the nature and extent of domestic violence - from Australia.

Comprehensive listing of services for domestic violence survivors and the advocates who assist them. Published by the Soros Foundation.

Oregon State Police - Coos Bay Forensic Laboratory

Electronic Journal dealing with domestic violence prevention issues

Devoted exclusively to innovative programs, legal developments, and current services and research in domestic violence law and prevention. Includes: An Advocate's Introduction to DV and the Military.

Multnomah County Department of Community and Family Services - Comprehensive resource manual and compilation of contacts information for agencies providing services in this area of Oregon

Offers resources for protection against domestic abuse and information on hotline services.

Domestic violence: an epidemic - a new UNICEF report, Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls - Available in Adobe Acrobat readable PDF format.

by K. Marie Porterfield Indian Country Today correspondent

The national Donate a Phone campaign collects wireless phones to benefit victims of domestic violence. In the hands of a victim, these phones are a lifeline, enabling them to call for assistance when faced with an emergency situation.

Article on false correlation between domestic violence and alcohol use.

DV/CPS collaborative strategies for integrating domestic violence services into child protection systems.

Information for abused women, professionals, friends, and family on abuse of all types. E-Commerce enabled for publications sales and donations.

Statistics and resources on domestic violence.

Motivational resource centre for domestic abuse survivors.

published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Australian government site with a step by step training manual on domestic violence.

Information about documenting abuse using instant photography in health care settings and law enforcement settings.

Agency founded to provide low cost loans to women in abusive relationships through partnerships with shelters and domestic violence coalitions. Also provides practical advice about finances and planning for emergencies.

Fact Sheet from the Violence Policy Center

Free graphic images and designs to use as posters, handouts, or for other applications including use at fund raising events related to violence against women issues. Please request permission for reproduction.

Department of Health and Human Services online resources related to Domestic Violence

This interim rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("the Service") regulations to allow a spouse or child to seek immigrant classification if he or she has been battered by, or subjected to extreme cruelty committed by, the citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse or parent.

Transforming Communities - Technical Assistance and Training, Marin County, CA.

The Institute's Mission is: To provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on family violence through research findings, the examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community.

Results of a 20-year study of the impact of children witnessing violence between their parents. Published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Violence Against Women Online Resources - University of Minnesota

Project looks at the importance of having the input of victims, victim advocates and community justice policy options when new options, such as restorative approaches, are introduced into the justice system in order to ensure that victims are not re-victimized by the system.

Definitive essay on the purported "rule of thumb" law about wife-beating.

Award winning article - the first annual UCSB "Making a Difference" Award! was offered to ALL UCSB undergraduate social science majors. To be considered, one submitted a paper and a resume containing social service history.

Informational website with downloadable educational material for parents, teens and women.

A License To Abuse: The Impact of Conditional Status on Female Immigrants by Michelle J. Anderson [Text and footnotes of this article are reprinted from The Yale Law Journal. Volume 102 . April 1993 . Number 6. Copyright (c) 1993 by The Yale Law Journal Co., Inc.]

shelter for abused women.

Maitri is a free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that helps South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional abuse or family conflict. We provide peer support and referrals to legal help, emergency shelters and counselors.

Funded by the Violence Intervention and Education Workgroup (VIEW), through a grant provided by the Ministry of Education and Training, as part of the Ontario government's Inter-ministerial Violence Against Women Prevention Initiative.

Women who are abused are not responsible for the actions of the person involved

This guide points to key resources on the topic of domestic violence from a health perspective.

An internet-based coalition of men and women working to address the issue of domestic violence. We declare that this is not just a women's issue, but is very much a men's issue, too. Therefore, it is our responsibility to educate and advocate against physical, mental, emotional and sexual violence of all kinds.

MSH-TA is a Native American program that provides training and technical assistance to our American Indian and Alaskan Native relations in the effort to eliminate violence in the lives of women and their children.

The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program, founded in 1993 by Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, is a leadership program that motivates student-athletes and student leaders to play a central role in solving problems that historically have been considered "women's issues": rape, battering, and sexual harassment. Partners, Center for the Study of Sport in Society, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Contains information on building and strengthening domestic violence prevention partnerships between military and civilian communities. Describes U.S. Department of Defense and service initiatives and research, and provides links to related resources.

Domestic Violence and the Workplace - Web Based Training

Making the Link - Domestic Violence & Alcohol and Other Drugs

Started in 1978, when marital rape was a crime in only 4 states. Follows national cases; has legal briefs, legislative testimony, bills, statutes, law reviews, newspaper clippings, articles, statistics, published and unpublished studies, and letters.

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is "a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of women and children."

24-Hour Access from all 50 states. Translators available.

Three organizations jointly direct the Network, with each one providing leadership in its areas of expertise.

Provides contemporary research and treatment information on the topic of violence against women. Designed to be useful to scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations, and any other professional or lay person interested in current topics related to violence against women and its prevention.

This site provides access to program development, policy and technical assistance and training related to the nexus between domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse/neglect.

The Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women does activism to end domestic violence and oppression everywhere, and provides services to lesbian, bisexual and transgendered women victims/survivors of battering.

Our advocates, who are placed at crisis centers and police/prosecutor's offices, provide education and support to victims of domestic and sexual violence and stalking throughout New Hampshire.

SSA Publication No. 05-10093 - describes procedures and requirements for requesting a new social security number.

Promoting effective cross-systems' responses to DV through training, technical assistance and policy development.

No Safe Place offers resources and insights into the origins and possible solutions to violence against women. (Public Broadcasting System)

The National Organization for Women's site on issues related to violence against women.

Danger Assessment instrument from Johns Hopkins. Caution: to download the assessment, you must register on the site.

Home page of Partnerships Against Violence

Peace at Home is a human rights agency dedicated to stopping domestic violence.

"PEACEWORKS"is an unique art documentary about domestic violence being developed by The Shelter, Inc. A team of artists/activists/formerly battered women and technicians, have come together to produce this screenplay. Drawn from the poetry, music and artwork of victims, the film stitches together vignettes exploring the root causes of violence and outlining the individual and communal journey of healing from abusive relationships.

w@rn - WORN down or WARN against? A new, one act play that tells the story of an ordinary, middle-class woman who gets caught up in a cycle of domestic violence.

Help for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in and around Portland, Oregon with a 24-hour state-wide hotline.

Harry Kreisler interviews Judith Herman on the personal and political dimensions of trauma and recovery; September 2000. Explains how PTSD develops in women survivors of domestic violence.

Department of Justice Online Resources

This initiative's goal is to reduce violence towards women by establishing policy and protocol to effectively respond to victims of family violence.

Covering various concerns about the efficacy of ethical procedures, guidelines, and legal issues pertaining to psychologists consulting or working with clients affected by interpersonal violence.

"The PMWI is a 58-item instrument designed to measure the level of psychological abuse of women by their intimate male partners. Partial text from Tolman's PMWI validation Study (1995) is available." - Kristin Ward, Cornell University

Purple Berets is a grassroots community-based organization working as advocates for women who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. The web site provides information on direct action political organizing to make system-wide change to give women access to justice.

Includes standards and peer review documents for domestic violence programs in Michigan .

Good basic reading list on domestic violence -- history, research, self-help.

Prepared by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Includes places to turn to and a sectionalized report.

The challenge of providing services in rural areas

Disability Services ASAP offers a resource lending library featuring books, curriculum kits, videos, audiotapes, anatomically correct dolls, models, games, journals, and other materials relating to abuse and violence prevention, sexuality education, and personal safety for people with disabilities, families, and professionals. The library currently features over 350 items, that are available for checkout in person or by mail within the United States

SafetyNet - Resources and links, including statistics and a listing of state coalitions against domestic violence from Cybergrrl. Be aware that there is good information on this site, but it has not been updated in several years.

Resources, links and articles on emotional, psychological, verbal and physical abuse and online predators.

Domestic Violence information for South Asian Women (taken to include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).

Describes similarities between mind control and/or cultic relationships and the relationship between a batterer and victim.

A grassroots organization of self-identifying survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, the network/caucus formerly known as Survivors In Service (SIS) began with initial support from the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) and statewide domestic violence programs. The organization works to provide leadership in the field of eliminating violence against women.

They say that killers don't see their victims as people like themselves; they see an object, a thing, something less than human. Here conversations with sisters, parents, children....bring the 'humanity' back to these tragically lost lives. I found it riveting . Recommended: E.Druda, Video Librarian.

The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. The Stalking Resource Center consists of five components: a Peer-to-Peer Exchange Program, Training, an Information Clearinghouse, a Practitioners' Network, and a Website.

National Conference of State Legislatures

Article addresses the complicted relationship of alcohol abuse to domestic violence against female partners.

Louisville Kentucky Take Back The Night home page. Part of the national Take Back the Night events in October, the program works to end violence against women and children.

The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence. A National Survey of Shelters for Women Who Are Battered. By Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D, Claudia V. Weber, M.S., and David S. Wood, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.

Provides an opportunity for women to bear witness to their personal experience of violence, and celebrate their transformation from victim to survivor in a powerful statement of solidarity.

The Family Violence Prevention Fund describes itself as "a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform."

To help child welfare and domestic violence agencies and family courts respond more effectively when domestic violence and child maltreatment occur in the same families.

The Miles Foundation is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to providing direct and support services to victims of violence associated with the military; providing professional education and training of military personnel and civilian community based advocates; conducting and supporting research; serving as a resource center for advocates, journalists and government officials; and serving to ensure that public policy is well-informed and constructive.

Collaborative project of the University of Michigan and The Center for Impact Research which seeks to foster collaboration among researchers, policy makers, and community organizations which are concerned with the nexus of welfare and domestic violence issues. Includes publications, research reports, research resources, conferences, and Internet resources.

Information on Woman Abuse and Addiction

Silent Witness National Initiative is a non-profit organization promoting peace, healing and responsibility in adult relationships in order to eliminate domestic murders by the year 2010.

Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence in Six Communities: Beyond the Justice System

To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The recommendations contained in the Toolkit were reviewed by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.

Provides information on the programs offered by the Association to victims of family violence in Prince Edward Island.

Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has announced the resumption of the End-Violence Working Group, in response to popular demand. End-violence (1998-2000) is a powerful virtual community of over 2,500 people in 120+ countries working to end violence against women. End-violence was a driving force for UNIFEM's global Videoconference, "A World Free of Violence Against Women." End-violence also fed into the Beijing +5 Review Process and reports of UNIFEM and other UN agencies, including the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.

Text of the UN's Declaration. This is a gopher site, no frills, but the complete text is given.

Domestic Violence Resources by State on a clickable map, sponsored by Womens Rural Advocacy Programs in Minnesota

Information on international adoption and child abduction issues provided by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

Conceived by Vagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler, V-Day is a consciousness raising event designed to end violence against girls and women through public performances, education, networking, and fundraising activities.

A virtual tour of a shelter for domestic abuse survivors in New York City.

A factsheet from the World Health Organisation (WHO) covering the scope of the problem, related health consequences, and guidance for health workers.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Fact Book in PDF format.

Useful information from the University of Buffalo.

American Bar Association site with caution and advice on how to use the internet more safely to obtain information and resources on domestic violence.

When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data. Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents. Site maintained by the Violence Policy Center.

Review of the Vine system for victim notification by the Vera Organization. Report is available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.

For the women engineering students murdered in Montreal.

A partnership of community, university and government working together to change the Prince Edward Island justice system to make it sensitive to the needs of survivors of family violence.

A 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization which provides books, posters, tapes and other materials on domestic violence to women's shelters through a unique gift certificate program.

Information and support for victims of physical, verbal, or emotional abuse. Includes emergency contacts, international links, and published articles.

The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center was funded, in September 1998, through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control. The Center is a consortium of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), The University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL), and Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) at Wellesley College.

News and information with a focus on survivors of domestic violence.

ZISVAW is a program dedicated to eliminating violence against women and children funded by the Zonta International Foundation.