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This paper describes "violence-supportive attitudes and beliefs" and their influence on individual and community responses to violence. The authors analyze trends that demonstrate shifts in these beliefs since 1995. According to the study: "Most Victorian women and men, regardless of their socio-economic status or cultural background, did not hold Ôviolence-supportive' attitudes on many of the measures used in the survey. Attitudes had improved on most measures since 1995."

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The 2001 Report provides an introduction/summary; a definition of domestic violence inclusive to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) survivors; a state-by-state analysis of legal protections for LGBT survivors; U.S. statistics highlighting LGBT experiences of domestic violence; poignant survivors stories, and, a collection of local reports from NCAVP member agencies.

This report presents 2001 data from 12 participation agencies in order to illuminate some of the "latest trends in violence against lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual (LGBT) individuals in a number of cities and regions throughout the U.S."[p.6] This report provides analysis of U.S. national statistics and trends on anti-LGBT violence as well as more detailed anti-LGBT crime incident trends from the 12 reporting local regions. It includes poignant incident narratives and offers recommendations to improve research, prevention and intervention strategies.

This document reports about the number of new domestic violence incident reports recorded in 2003 by twelve participating NCAVP member agencies and several affiliates, including organizations serving LGBT domestic violence victims in Tucson, AZ; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Columbus, OH; Burlington, VT; and Toronto, ON.