This website of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is an excellent resource for legislative developments, updates and alerts, especially at the national level. It also provides detailed information concerning the Fund's grant programs, including their highly regarded Safety Net Technology Safety Program, and provides links to other national domestic violence organizations.

This is the website of the National Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women. Particularly useful is its links to other websites; the list is extensive and well-organized by subject matter. It includes more specialized or esoteric domestic violence topics such as Disabled Victims, Faith, and GLBT Issues.

This is the official site of the American Bar Association. It provides information and resources, including links, regarding family law and domestic violence for practitioners and the public alike. Specifically, access the ABA’s comprehensive sections on Family Law (including state-specific information, finding a lawyer, etc.) and Domestic Violence (safety planning, help for victims of domestic violence, etc.).

This website contains extensive legal resources for attorneys and policy advocates, including citations to relevant law review articles, the Model Code on Family and Domestic Violence, ABA reports and recommendations, extensive domestic violence training materials, and invitations to join the ABA Domestic Violence Listserv and/or to subscribe to the ABA's DV Quarterly Newsletter. There are also educational brochures, safety planning info, and other useful materials for victims of domestic violence.

Put out by the National Advisory Council on Violence Against women and the Violence Against Women Act Office, this is a good source for information from a variety of perspectives. Includes chapters on (1) Community Based Services, (2) Health and Mental Health Care, (3) Civil Remedies, (4) Criminal Remedies, (5) Additional Justice System Responses, (6) Economic Security, (7) College and University Campuses, (8) The Workplace, (9) Children and Youth, (10) Educating the Public, (11) The Media and Entertainment Industries, (12) Faith-Based Groups and Organizations, (13) Sports, (14) Native Women, (15) The U. S. Military, and (16) The International Community.

Kaiser Permanente's domestic violence page, including links to the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence.

This website is sponsored by the center for Prevention of Sexual Abuse/Domestic Violence. It provides many links to domestic violence resources, and is especially strong on links to police and law enforcement resources, such as the Nashville Police department, the San Diego City Attorney's Domestic Violence Unit, and Anne O'Dell's website.

A resource of the Occupational Health & Safety Administration, this link addresses workplace violence, a safety and health issue, and provides training materials and resources for social service workers and late night retail establishments. It also provides guidelines and recommendations for implementing workplace violence prevention programs.

This website/blog is maintained by the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAPEV), the only national nonprofit organization in the United States funded by the business community to address domestic violence as a workplace issue. his is a valuable resource for advocates and for employers working to implement domestic violence policies in their workplaces.

This is a report to the California Attorney general From the Task Force on Local Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence. A Task Force was appointed to examine how local criminal justice systems respond to domestic violence across California. The 26-member task force had representatives from criminal justice agencies, victims, the judiciary, health care, and the Legislature, and focused on four areas: obtaining and enforcing restraining orders, prosecuting misdemeanor domestic violence cases, holding batterers accountable, and law enforcement’s response to health practitioner reports of domestic violence. Looks at 300 interviews with practitioners, hundreds of documents, and testimony from 69 witnesses at six public hearings throughout the state. The report, Keeping the Promise: Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence and Holding Batterers Accountable, identifies numerous problematic practices, and offers clear, straightforward recommendations for what must be implemented to strengthen the criminal justice response to domestic violence.

Publication by Legal Momentum. Provides information, tips and resources regarding the specifics of child custody when domestic violence is an issue, applicable state and inter-state laws, Parental Alienation Syndrome, and the impact domestic violence has on children. (2006)

The Violence Against Women Network (VAWnet), the National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, is funded through a Cooperative Agreement with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is housed within the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV). VAWnet is an easily accessible and comprehensive collection of full-text, searchable electronic resources on domestic violence, sexual violence and related issues. VAWnet's primary goal is to support local, state and national violence against women prevention and intervention strategies that are safe, effective, and address the self-identified issues of consequence to victims and survivors. VAWnet's special areas of emphasis include violence against women in traditionally marginalized communities; the connections which exist between sexual assault and domestic violence; and "intersections" - the disproportionate impact on victims and survivors of violence against women of poverty, chemical dependency, racism, citizenship status, homophobia, mental and/or physical disability and other life-generated risks.

State-by-state custody decisions in cases with domestic violence.

Excellent site for Domestic Violence survivors and volunteers throughout the world. Launched in 1999, the Hot Peach Pages web site is currently maintained by CaNetiq, a web-based, volunteer organization. CaNetiq's goal is to provide information on abuse in as many of the world's languages as possible, along with lists of abuse help agencies for every corner of the globe. So far, they have provided information in 73 languages.

Several excellent articles by nationally-known law professors and others working in domestic violence.

Psychologists need to work to prevent—not just treat—violence in the home. Article discusses the challenges that family violence raises for legal and mental health professionals.

This is an excellent website that, while under construction, offers links to very good information on the issue of family law and child custody as well as links those who NNFLP work with and are extremely knowledgeable on the issue of Domestic Violence and Child Custody.

CAVNET provides an online library for parents, judges, and guardians ad litem dealing with domestic violence and sexual assault custody cases.

Founded in 1996, The Children's Law Center helps at-risk children in the District of Columbia find safe, permanent homes and the education, health and social services they need to flourish. They operate on the philosophy that children's needs don't fit into neat, easy, legal categories. Thus, they have expertise in many of the areas that affect children's well-being – abuse and neglect, adoption, custody, special education, mental health, domestic violence, public benefits and delinquency. Their attorneys help families find housing, furniture and food if it will keep a family together and address a child's needs.

List and links to articles addressing the effect of domestic violence on children. See especially Domestic Violence.

This is "the one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month" with link to 13-page article, Violence in the Lives of Children, in Cross Currents, August 2003.

543 children were followed over 20 years to test the independent effects of parenting, exposure to domestic violence between parents, maltreatment, adolescent disruptive behavior disorders, and emerging adult substance abuse disorders, on the risk of violence to and from an adult partner.

Legal Momentum, an organization advancing the rights of women and girls through law and public policy, has created several useful publications available for download on their website including:

• Divorce: A Guide for Women
  

  Designed to acquaint women considering a divorce with general information about divorce and the law. Provides women, regardless of circumstances surrounding their divorce, with knowledge and resources to help ensure that their children, health, finances and safety are secure. (2000)

• Domestic Violence & Child Custody
  

  Provides information, tips and resources regarding the specifics of child custody when domestic violence is an issue, applicable state and inter-state laws, Parental Alienation Syndrome, and the impact domestic violence has on children. (2006)

• Guide to Court Watching in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases

  Provides information and resources about developing a court-watch program for domestic violence and/or rape and sexual assault cases in your community. This information can also help individuals interested in establishing a court-watch program for any issue. (2006)

• Filing a Judicial Complaint in State Courts: An Overview
  

  An introduction to the judicial complaint process, which may be used when an individual believes that a judge presiding over her/his case acted inappropriately. (2002)

The website of California NOW is a highly recommended site for NOW members and family law litigants and activists. CA NOW recognized early the crisis in the family courts—inequitable rulings on divorce, custody and child support—and formed a statewide Family Law Task Force to investigate and reform the system. This site presents NOW's 2002 Family Court Report, news, articles, books, legislative success and information useful for women regarding gender bias and current trends in the courts nationwide. CA NOW's grassroots strategy is to create a clearinghouse for all information that will support women and children getting justice in the family court system.

This is the National Institutes of Health's website for domestic violence. Links to other national organizations, including lethality assessments and safety planning.