Violence Against Women Act
FY 2022 Report for Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2022 Women in Federal Incarceration
Experiences of Immigrant Women Who Self-Petition Under the Violence Against Women Act
National Institute of Justice Commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
Increasing Your Safety: Full Faith and Credit for Protection Orders
Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part 1)
Research indicates that Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people. Furthermore, the unique position of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes as both sovereign nations and domestic dependents of the U.S. creates jurisdictional complexities in responding to crime, justice, and safety. Senior social and behavioral scientist Christine (Tina) Crossland discusses NIJ’s research on these topics, especially on the prevention of violence towards American Indians and Alaska Natives. Communications Assistant Stacy Lee Reynolds hosts.
The 1994 Violence Against Women Act: A Historic Response to Gender Violence
Guest Editors' Introduction: Violence Against WomenReflecting on 25 Years of the Violence Against Women Act and Directions for the Future
Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women 1993-2020
What is SPARC?
Strategies to Facilitate Service and Enforcement of Foreign Protection Orders (Webinar)
Evaluation of Victim Advocacy Services Funded by the Violence Against Women Act in Urban Ohio, 1999
Effects of Interactions Among Community Agencies on Legal System Responses to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in STOP-Funded Communities
Predicting the Psychosocial Effects of Interpersonal Partner Violence (IPV): How Much Does a Woman's History of IPV Matter?
STOP Violence Against Women Grants: Program Implementation and Initial Funding Strategies
Helping Women Understand Their Risk in Situations of Intimate Partner Violence
DOJ Study To Determine the Extent of Overlap Among its Grant Programs
Award Condition: Civil Rights Compliance Specific to State Administering Agencies (OJP awards made during or before FY 2016)
The following requirements are specifically incorporated by reference in a number of OJP awards to States made during FY 2016 and earlier fiscal years.
Award requirement:
All State Administering Agencies (SAAs) have a responsibility to monitor their subrecipients to ensure that the subrecipients are complying with the federal civil rights laws that are applicable to recipients of federal financial assistance. In accordance with 28 C.F.R. §§...
Civil Rights
The Office for Civil Rights at the Office of Justice Programs ensures that recipients of financial assistance from OJP, as well as the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Office on Violence Against Women, comply with federal laws that prohibit discrimination in employment and the delivery of services or benefits based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, and disability. See Civil Rights Requirements for more information.
Recipients of financial assistance from OVW are also prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. For more information, see Nondiscrimination Grant Condition in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.
Employees, beneficiaries and applicants for employment or services of any of the above who believe that they have experienced unlawful discrimination may file a complaint.
The Investigative Findings page captures information for a selection of OCR investigations.
Contacts
Director: Michael Alston
OCR Main Line: 202-307-0690
Fax: 202-354-4380
TDD/TTY: 202-307-2027
OCR E-mail: [email protected]
Resources
Other federal civil rights agencies: