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Helpful Links
Fact Sheet on Intimate Partner Violence
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/ipvfacts.htm
This fact sheet provides an overview of the problem of intimate partner violence and its health effects. It provides information about factors that put victims and offenders at risk for violence and describes prevention and intervention strategies.
Violence Against Women Office Web Site - U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo
The Department of Justice, through its Violence Against Women
Office, provides an overview of the problem on a national
scale, and also provides information about state-by-state
activities and resources.
Intimate Partner Violence - U.S. Department of Justice, May, 2000
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
This document provides statistical information on violence
by intimates (current or former spouses, girlfriends, or boyfriends)
from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
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