Internet Research Guide for Domestic Violence Studies

1. Research on the internetChapter 14 DR. GINNA BABCOCK

2. Introduction • The Internet is an important resource on domestic violence, since all studies conducted with federal government funding are now available. • U.S. Supreme Court decisions are available morequickly than from traditional sources. • Nonprofitorganizations and self-helpgroups share resources over the Internet and even job postings are listed. • Domainnames identify a location on the Internet as an address known as the uniform resource locator (URL). • The firstpart of any domain name identifies the person, place, or organization located at the address. • The secondpart of the domain name identifies the group to which the address belongs.

3. World Wide web • Born in 1991, the Web, or WWW, supports graphics, audio, and video in addition to text. • The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. • Internet and the World Wide Web are not the same thing. WWW is merely one of the many services that can be accessed over the Internet.

4. browser • Browser is a program used for viewing Web sites on the Internet. • PopularWindows PC browsers include: • Microsoft Internet Explorer, • Mozilla Firefox, • Opera, • Safari. • Macusers may be interested in Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Shirra.

5. Getting Onto the World Wide Web • The most common use of the Internet is for communication. • Communications can occur in two ways: • personallevel: for example through e-mail • grouplevel: for example user and chat groups

6. The Basics of the Internet Search • Search Engines • Directory search engines: Subject tree style catalogs, organizes into major topics • Robots: also called worms, spiders, harvester, or wanderers • Multisearch engine: Searches engines and directory and eliminates duplicate results, takes longer because engine must process more information before producing results • You have to evaluate your source. Anyone can post information on the World Wide Web, so there is a lot of junk out there. You should scrutinize your online sources with the sixstepmodel: WHO – WHAT – WHERE – WHEN – WHY - HOW

7. Anti-stalking Sites • TheStalkingResourceCenterprovides a wide range of useful information for practitioners. • Materials include research on stalking, practitioner-specific educational tools, multidisciplinary curricula, model protocols, and more. • Contains information about stalkinglaws in the following categories: • Criminal stalking laws by state • Civil stalking laws by state • Tribal codes • Federal interstate stalking statute • Federal laws summary • Military • Analyzing stalking laws • Stalking protection orders • http://www.ncvc.org/src/main.aspx?dbID=dash_Home

8. Child Abuse • The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium • Child Welfare Information Gateway • The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children • The Child Abuse Prevention Network • Nancy Faulkner’s Pandora’s Box • Prevent Abuse Now • National Association of Guardian Ad Litem • The Center for Research on Violence against Women and Children • U.S. Department of Justice • Adults and Children Together Against Violence • Children Trends • The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

9. Child Death Investigation • Current Trends in Child Abuse Reporting and Fatalities: The Results of the 2000 Annual Fifty-State Survey. • Interagency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, administers the National Center on Child Fatality Review • Shaken Baby Alliance • The American SIDS Institute

10. Child Mentoring and Preventions • America’s Promise • Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America • Boys Scouts of America • The Boys and Girls Clubs of America • MENTOR

11. Criminal Justice Sites • The Uniform Crime Reporting System • National Incident-Based Reporting System • The NCVS • Self-report Studies • NCJRS • JUSTINFO • JUVJUST • National Citizens Crime Prevention Campaign • SEARCH

12. NCJRS: Contributing agencies • Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice • Office of the Assistant Attorney General (OAAG) • Corrections Program Office (CPO) • Drug Courts Program Office (DCPO) • Executive Office for Weed and Seed (EOWS) • Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) • Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education (OPCLEE) • Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) • Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) • Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) • National Institute of Justice (NIJ) • Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) • Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the President

13. Disability Resources • The Americans With Disabilities Act • Center for Research on Women with Disabilities • U.S. Department of Justice • The Institute on Community Integration

14. GLBT Partner Violence • Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence Bibliography • The Community United Against Violence • Stop Abuse for Everyone • DOVES • Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project • The Corpus Christie Police Department in Texas

15. General Information • The Family Violence Prevention Fund • Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse

16. GLobal Information • Women Watch • Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse • Project Alert • WAVE • Women’s Rights Center • Northern Ireland Women’s Aid Federation • Women’s Aid • The Family Violence Prevention Fund • The Human Rights Watch Global Report

17. Government Sites • Bureau of Justice Statistics • Criminal victimization • Populations under correctional supervision • Federal criminal offenders and case processing. • The periodic data series include the following: • Administration of law enforcement agencies and • correctional facilities • Prosecutorial practices and polices • State court case processing • Felony convictions • Characteristics of correctional populations • Criminal justice expenditure and employment • Civil case processing in state court

18. Intimate Partner Violence • The Institute on Domestic Violence in the • African American Community • The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on • Domestic Violence • The Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Violence • The National Latino Alliance for the Elimination • of Domestic Violence • The Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women • The Battered Women’s Justice Project

19. Law Enforcement Sites • Crime Spider • Dr. Cecil Greek criminal justice pages, FSU. • IACP • The Domestic Violence section of the Metro Nashville Police Department • Los Angeles Police Department

20. Legal Sites • State and local government web pages is a Library of Congress Internet resource page. • The American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence • Link to Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence • The ABC Guide for Judges Handling Interstate Cases Involving Children and Families • Legal Information Institute, U. S. Supreme Court • Find Law: Internet Legal Resources

21. Marital and Date Rape • The Campus Gender Violence Project • Drug Enforcement Administration • Drugs of Abuse • Peace Over Violence • The National Center for Victims of Crime

22. Teen Dating Violence • YouthInfo. • The National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline • The Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center • Domestic Violence Enhanced Response

23. Victim’s Assistance • U.S. Department of Justice, the National Victim Assistance Academy • Partnership Against Violence Network • The National Center for Victims of Crime

24. Violence Against Older Adults • The National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life • The Administration of Aging • National Center on Elder Abuse • The Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly