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• Assessing the Exposure of Urban Youth to Violence. ( November 1996 )
  

  This article discusses an ongoing research project in Chicago to study the effect of growing up in a violent environment.

• Civil Protection Orders: Victims' Views on Effectiveness ( January 1998 )
  

  This report discusses the results of a study that found that the longer women experience abuse, the more intense the behavior is likely to become and the more likely women are to be severely injured by their abusers.

• Batterer Programs: What Criminal Justice Agencies Need to Know ( July 1998 )
  

  This article by the National Institute of Justice presents information about batterer intervention programs operating throughout the country.

• Immigrant Populations as Victims: Toward a Multicultural Criminal Justice System ( May 1998 )
  

  This article summarizes a study that investigated whether the diverse cultural makeup of many communities requires the criminal justice system to modify its approach, particularly in handling recent immigrants.