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Georgia

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State Overview

Domestic Violence Legislation:Yes (§19-13-1)
NIBRS Status:No Formal Plans
Law Enforcement DV System:Incident-based
Service Provider DV System:Summary
Service Provider SA System:Summary


State Summary

The state's domestic violence legislation does include same-sex relationships. Although the state is not NIBRS-certified, Norcross PD has been issued certification and submits its incident-based information directly to the FBI. The other 600-plus agencies submit incident-based family violence data to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) monthly using a standardized report form. The GBI also maintains the state's protection order database.

The Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence does not collect data from local programs but rather uses newspapers to gather information on domestic violence-related deaths. Information collected includes county, victim age, offender prior criminal history, means and specifics of death, and location. Information is not shared with the public but is sent to Coalition members.

The Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault collects information from the local rape crisis centers. Currently the information is collected yearly; however, the Network plans to collect the information on a monthly basis. The data that are collected are not published or released to the public but are provided to legislators.

Georgia's Department of Human Resources collects information from 45 domestic violence shelters and 23 rape crisis centers across the state through two separate online databases. All of the collected information is available upon request but is not published.


State Projects

  • Process Evaluation of OJJDP's CSEC Program in Atlanta. Grant 2006-JE-FX-0006
    The grantee is conducting a formative evaluation of OJJDP's Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Demonstration Project in Fulton County/Atlanta. The applicant plans to use an empowerment evaluation strategy to achieve four objectives. First, this project will gather data (using interviews, field observation, and focus groups with CSEC victims and members of the Collaborative) on the nature and extent of CSEC, in order to better assess the needs of CSEC victims, as well as the operational capacity and needs of the Collaborative. Second, this project will review, refine, and update the Collaborative's original goals and objectives, and using a logic model, will identify measurable outcomes to evaluate ongoing progress. Third, this evaluation will review the Collaborative's current data management system to assess its provision of performance measures and identify mechanisms to improve the quality of data collection to enhance sharing of information across agencies. As well, on-going technical assistance will be provided to enhance data collection to ensure that it informs the Collaborative of its progress. Finally, this project will coordinate with the evaluation of New York's demonstration project to identify model strategies and practices to address the problem of CSEC and to disseminate information for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers and the public.


  • Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization
    The Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Georgia Commission on Family Violence are working with four rural shelters to design and implement a multidisciplinary community response for addressing co-occurring cases of child abuse and domestic violence. Advocates will collaborate with child protective service workers, public and private agencies, and community service programs in mobilizing within the respective geographic areas to assess co-occurring cases and facilitate service provision. The project also seeks to implement a task force enhancement component, which will provide critical training and technical assistance to rural task forces in developing a community-wide plan for the safety of battered women and their children.



    • Available Reports

    General Crime

    Domestic Violence

    Sexual Assault

    Violence Against Women


    Sample Data Collection Forms

    The Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence gathers information from newspaper articles and enters it into this database structure:

    The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council collects these forms from agencies receiving Victims of Crime Act and Violence Against Women Act funds:

    The Judicial Council of Georgia collect this information on services provided to victims of domestic violence:


    Available Data

    General Crime Statistics


    Links to State Agencies and Resources