A Practical Guide to Evaluating Domestic Violence Coordinating Councils
Allen, Ph.D., Nicole E. and Leslie A. Hagen, J.D. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2003:

Preventing Family Violence: Community Engagement Makes the Difference
Fullwood, P. Catlin.  San Francisco, California: Family Violence Prevention Fund, 2002.

Evaluating Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence
Shepard, Ph.D., Melanie. Published by VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

Assessing the Justice System Response to Violence Against Women: A Tool for Communities to Develop Coordinated Responses
A Product of the Promising Practices Initiative of the STOP Violence Against Women Grants Technical Assistance Project.
Littel, M.A., Kristin, Mary B. Malefyt, J.D., and Alexandra H. Walker. Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), July 1998

Advocacy in a Coordinated Community Response: Overview and Highlights of Three Programs
Thelen, Rose. Gender Violence Institute, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), 2000

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs: Improving the Community Response to Sexual Assault Victims
Littel, Kristin. OVC Bulletin (US Office for Victims of Crime), April 2001

How to Start a Coordinated Community Response to Sexual Assault
Sensitive Crimes Commission Coordinated Community Response for Sexual Assault. Madison, Wisconsin: Dane County Commission on Sensitive Crimes

Evaluation of Advocacy Efforts to End Intimate Male Violence Against Women
Sullivan, Cris and Mary Keefe. Published by VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, April 1999

Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
from the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women and the Violence Against Women Office

Praxis International, Inc.
Praxis is a non-profit research and training organization. They collaborate with community groups who want to understand and change institutional practices that perpetuate the abuse of women.

Coordinated Community Approaches to Domestic Violence
Hart, Esq., Barbara J. Presented at the Strategic Planning Workshop on Violence Against Women, National Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C., March 31, 1995

Safety and Accountability: The Underpinnings of a Just Justice System
Hart, Esq., Barbara J, Legal Director of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Associate Director of the Battered Women’s Justice Project, 1998

The Austin Community Domestic Violence Project: A Blueprint for Raising Community Awareness and Promoting Local Action National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 1999

Transforming Communities: A Model for Community Organizing Creating Safety and Justice for Women and Girls
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 1999

Print Resources Available from the Michigan Resource Center

Family Violence: Building a Coordinated Community Response
American Medical Association, 1996.

Coordinating Community Response to Domestic Violence: Lessons from Duluth and Beyond
Shepard, Melanie and Ellen Pence. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, 1999.

Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Assault Cases: A Guide for Policy Development
Pence, Ellen. Duluth, Minnesota: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, 1996.

The Duluth Safety and Accountability Audit: A Guide to Assessing Institutional Responses to Domestic Violence
Pence, Ellen and Kristine Lizdas. Duluth, Minnesota: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, 1998.

Building a Coordinated Community Response
Prosecuting Attorney’s Association of Michigan Seminar Manual. Traverse City, Michigan: PAAM, 2000.

Quincy Domestic Violence Community Response Manual
Quincy Massachusetts Court. Penfield, New York: Quincy Court/Polaroid Information Services.

Confronting Violence Against Women: A Community Action Approach
American Prosecutors Research Institute and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Alexandria, Virginia: APRI and NCJFCJ, 1998.

Improving Community Response to Crime Victims
Boles, Anita. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1997.

Sourcebook on Violence Against Women
Renzetti, Claire M., Jeffrey L. Edleson and Raquel Kennedy Bergen. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, 2001.

Model Domestic Violence Policy for Counties: State of New York
George E. Pataki, Governor, January 1998.

An Overview of Domestic Violence Coordinating Councils, Committees and Task Forces in the State of Michigan
Allen, Nicole E.  Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2001.

Intimate Partner Violence Strategies: Models for Community Participation
Rivera, Jenny. 50 Me. L. Rev. 283, 1998.

Bay County Domestic Violence Protocol Manual
Domestic Violence Community Response Team, Bay City, Michigan, 1999.

Reducing Family Violence: The Role of the Family Violence Council
Judge Leonard P. Edwards, Juvenile & Family Court Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 1992.

Coordinating Councils from Family Violence: State of the Art Court Programs
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 1992.

Organizing and Maintaining a Coordinated Community Response in Rural Communities
Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence.  Montgomery, Alabama: ACADV, 2001.

Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Guidelines
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. Enola, Pennsylvania: PCAR, 2002.

Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy
Sen, Rinku. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

California Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Manual
Peterson, Marilyn. Sacremento, California: CALCASA, 2001.

Roots of Justice: Stores of Organizing in Communities of Color
Salomon, Larry R.  Berkeley, California: Chardon Press, 1998.

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Resource Guide for Michigan Communities
Lang, Karen. Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, 1999.

The Duluth Safety and Accountability Audit: A Guide to Assessing Institutional Response to Domestic Violence
Pence, Ellen and Kristine Lizdas. Duluth, MN: Minnesota Program Development Inc., 1998.

Organizing Communities to Challenge Violence Against Women
Das Dasgupta, Ph.D., Shamita.  Duluth, MN: Praxis International, 2002.

Video Resources Available from the Michigan Resource Center

City of Shelter: A Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence
by Global Village Communications, 2000. City of Shelter is an 8-Hour video series focusing on developing a coordinated community response to domestic violence. Segment titles include: Starfish; The Dynamics of Domestic Violence; Herding Cats; The Health Care Response; The Law Enforcement Response; The Shelter/Advocate Response; The Prosecutors Response; The Judicial Response; Batterers Intervention Response; and Coordinating Councils Mature. Visit www.cityofshelter.org for more information.

Sexual Violence Prevention: Building Leadership and Commitment to Underserved Communities
by Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003.This is an edited version of a live broadcast, which originally aired on April 3, 2003. It provides examples of programs demonstrating key components of a public health approach within specific population-based strategies.

There’s No Excuse for Violence Against Women: A Coordinated Community Response
Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Mayor’s Task Force on Increasing Safety for Women, 1998.

Resources listed on this page are available at the Michigan Resource Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence.