'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse (27 page)
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Authors: Robi Ludwig,Matt Birkbeck
Tags: #True Crime, #Murder, #Psychology
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2000 M Street NW, Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-467-8700
The National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) is a nonprofit organization that serves victims of all types of crime, including intimate-partner violence. The center provides public policy advocacy; training and technical assistance to victim service organizations, counselors, attorneys, criminal justice agencies, and allied professionals; a toll-free hotline for crime victims; and a virtual library containing publications, current statistics with references, a list of recommended readings, and bibliographies.
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7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Suite 120-N
Austin, TX 78757
Phone: 512-407-9020
The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence develops and provides innovative training and consultation, influences policy, and promotes collaboration and diversity in working to end domestic and sexual violence. NCDSV has a staff of nationally known trainers and sponsors national and regional conferences.
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P.O. Box 18749
Denver, CO 80218
Phone: 303-839-1852
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is a membership organization of domestic violence coalitions and service programs. NCADV provides training, technical assistance, legislative and policy advocacy, and promotional and educational materials and products on domestic violence; coordinates a national collaborative effort to assist battered women in removing the physical scars of abuse; and works to raise awareness about domestic violence.
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P.O. Box 161810
Austin, TX 78716
Hotline: 800-779-SAFE (7233), Administrative phone: 512-453-8117
The National Domestic Violence Hotline connects individuals to help in their area using a nationwide database that includes detailed information about domestic violence shelters, other emergency shelters, legal advocacy and assistance programs, and social service programs. Help is available in English or Spanish, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Interpreters are available to translate an additional 139 languages.
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P.O. Box 322086
Fort Washington Station
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 646-672-1404, or 800-342-9908
The National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (the Alianza) is a group of nationally recognized Latina and Latino advocates, community activists, practitioners, researchers, and survivors of domestic violence working together to promote understanding, sustain dialogue, and generate solutions to end domestic violence affecting Latino communities, with an understanding of the sacredness of all relationships and communities. Support from the Administration on Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, has allowed the Alianza to establish El Centro: National Latino Research Center on Domestic Violence and the Alianza Training and Technical Assistance Division.
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P.O. Box 638
Kyle, SD 57752
Phone: 877-733-7623 (RED-ROAD)
The resource center provides technical assistance, policy development, training institutes, and resource information regarding domestic violence and sexual assault to develop coordinated agency responses in American Indian/Alaska Native tribal communities.
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The National Network on Behalf of Battered Immigrant Women was cofounded in 1994 by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, AYUDA, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild to coordinate national advocacy efforts aimed at removing the barriers battered immigrant women and children face when they attempt to leave abusive relationships. Each organization provides leadership in its area of expertise.
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660 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 303
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202-543-5566
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is a membership and advocacy organization of state domestic violence coalitions. NNEDV provides legislative and policy advocacy on behalf of the state domestic violence coalitions and, through the National Network to End Domestic Violence Fund, provides training, technical assistance, and funds to domestic violence advocates.
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123 North Enola Drive
Enola, PA 17025
Phone: 717-909-0710
Toll-free: 877-739-3895
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) identifies and disseminates information, resources, and research on all aspects of sexual violence prevention and intervention. The NSVRC website features links to related resources and information about conferences, funding, job announcements, and special events. Additional activities include coordinating national sexual assault awareness activities, identifying emerging policy issues and research needs, issuing a biannual newsletter, and recommending speakers and trainers.
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Phone: 843-792-2945
The National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center provides information that is 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.
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Office on Women’s Health
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 730B
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 202-690-7650
The National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC), run by the Office on Women’s Health, is the most current and reliable resource on women’s health today. It provides links to a wide range of women’s health–related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, other federal agencies, and private sector resources.
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Hotline: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the nation’s largest anti–sexual-assault organization. RAINN’s national hotline works as a call-routing system. When an individual calls RAINN, a computer reads the area code and first three digits of the phone number and routes the call to the nearest member rape crisis center.
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National Center for Victims of Crime
2000 M Street NW, Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-467-8700
Fax: 202-467-8701
The Stalking Resource Center is a project of the National Center for Victims of Crime, funded through the Violence Against Women Office (VAWO), U.S. Department of Justice. The Stalking Resource Center has established a clearinghouse of information and resources to inform and support local, multidisciplinary stalking-response programs nationwide; developed a national peer-to-peer exchange program to provide targeted, on-site problem-solving assistance to VAWO Arrest grantee jurisdictions; and organized a nationwide network of local practitioners representing VAWO grantee jurisdictions to support their multidisciplinary approaches to stalking.
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Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Phone: 800-627-6872
TTY: 877-712-9279
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. OVC provides substantial funding to state victim assistance and compensation programs—the lifeline services that help victims to heal. The agency supports trainings designed to educate criminal justice and allied professionals about the rights and needs of crime victims. OVC also sponsors an annual event in April to commemorate National Crime Victims Rights Week.
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Violence Against Women Office
810 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
Phone: 202-307-6026
TTY: 202-307-2277
The Violence Against Women Office works with victim advocates and law enforcement to develop grant programs that support a wide range of services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including advocacy, emergency shelter, law enforcement protection, and legal aid. Additionally, the Violence Against Women Office is leading efforts nationally and abroad to intervene in and prosecute crimes of trafficking in women and children and is addressing international domestic violence issues.
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The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (VAWnet) provides a collection of full-text, searchable resources on domestic violence, sexual violence, and related issues as well as links to an “In the News” section, calendars listing trainings, conferences, grants, and access to the Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month subsites.
Disclaimer
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