Research on the internetChapter 14

DR. GINNA BABCOCK

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 more quickly than from traditional sources.

• Nonprofit organizations and self-help groups share resources over the Internet and even job postings are listed.

• Domain names identify a location on the Internet as an address known as the uniform

resource locator (URL). • The first part of any domain name identifies the

person, place, or organization located at the address. • The second part of the domain name identifies

the group to which the address belongs.

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.

browser

• Browser is a program used for viewing Web sites on the Internet.

• Popular Windows PC browsers include:• Microsoft Internet Explorer,

• Mozilla Firefox,

• Opera,

• Safari.

• Mac users may be interested in Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Shirra.

Getting Onto the World Wide Web

• The most common use of the Internet is for communication.

• Communications can occur in two ways:

• personal level: for example through e-mail

• group level: for example user and chat groups

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 six step model:

WHO – WHAT – WHERE – WHEN – WHY - HOW

Anti-stalking Sites

• The Stalking Resource Center provides 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 stalking laws 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

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

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

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

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

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

Disability Resources

• The Americans With Disabilities Act

• Center for Research on Women with Disabilities

• U.S. Department of Justice

• The Institute on Community Integration

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

General Information

• The Family Violence Prevention Fund

• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse

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

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

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

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

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

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

Teen Dating Violence

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

Victim’s Assistance

• U.S. Department of Justice, the National Victim Assistance Academy

• Partnership Against Violence Network

• The National Center for Victims of Crime

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