New Jersey

State Overview

State Summary

New Jersey's domestic violence legislation includes same-sex relationships. Although the state does not collect NIBRS data, the New Jersey State Police requires all 566 law enforcement agencies to submit domestic violence incident reports on a monthly basis. These data are included in semiannual crime reports, which are available online.

The New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women collects summary domestic violence data from all state domestic violence shelter programs and one non-residential domestic violence program using a standard reporting form, which is submitted monthly. Data are available on its Web site and are submitted to the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Youth and Family Services.

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women collects sexual assault data from all state rape care programs. Programs submit sexual assault incident reports for each client, as well as year-end program performance reports. These data are shared with the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, which posts them on its Web site, and with the NJ Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board, which is also housed in the Division on Women. The data are used in reports that are available on its Web site.

State Projects

Available Reports

General Crime

• New Jersey State Police. (Annual). Uniform crime report. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General's Division of Criminal Justice.

Domestic Violence

• New Jersey State Police. (Annual). Uniform crime report, section XI: Domestic violence. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General's Division of Criminal Justice.
• National Network to End Domestic Violence. (2008). Domestic violence counts 07: Executive summary for New Jersey.
• National Network to End Domestic Violence. (2007). Domestic violence counts: Executive summary for New Jersey.
• New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women. (2006).  Domestic violence: The facts.
• New Jersey Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board. (2006).  Responding to the victims. New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women.
• New Jersey Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board. (2006).  Model policy on domestic violence in the law enforcement community. New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004).  NJCBW statistical summary.
• Child and Family Services Review Domestic Violence Work Group. (2003).  Protecting New Jersey's children and families from domestic violence.
• Marcus, A. F., Hamilton, G., Rovi, S., and Young, M. R. (2003).  New data and committee updates. New Jersey Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women.
• Fleisch, A., Hamilton, G., Rovi, S., and Young, M. R. (2001). Remembering the victims. New Jersey Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women.

Sexual Assault

• New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault. (Annual). NJCASA annual report.
• Veysey, B. M., Zgoba, K., and Dalessandro, M. (2009). A preliminary step towards evaluating the impact of Megan's Law: A trend analysis of sexual offenses in New Jersey from 1985 to 2005. Justice Research and Policy, 10 (2): 1 - 18.
• Zgoba, K., Witt, P., Dalessandro, M., and Veysey, B. (2008).  Megan’s Law: Assessing the practical and monetary efficacy. NCJ 225370. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
• Nugent-Borakove, M. E., Fanflik, P., Troutman, D., Johnson, N., Burgess, A., O'Conner, A. L. (2006).  Testing the efficacy of SANE/SART programs: Do they make a difference in sexual assault arrest and prosecution outcomes? NCJ 214252. US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
• New Jersey Office of the Attorney General's Division of Criminal Justice. (2004).  Standards for providing services to survivors of sexual assault, 2nd Edition.
• New Jersey Office of the Attorney General's Division of Criminal Justice. (1998). Standards for providing services to survivors of sexual assault.

Violence Against Women

• New Jersey Office of the Attorney General's Division of Criminal Justice. (2006). 2005 Division of Criminal Justice annual report.

Sample Data Collection Forms

The New Jersey State Police collects these domestic violence incident reports from law enforcement:

•  Domestic Violence Incident Report
•  Domestic Violence Incident Report Instructions

The New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women collects monthly statistics on victims and services using this spreadsheet:

• Domestic Violence Incident Report
•  Domestic Violence Core Service Statistics Definitions of Terms

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women collects information on each incident as reported by local rape care grantees using this form:

• DOW Sexual Assault Incident Report
• DOW Reporting Procedures


Year-end totals are collected using this worksheet:


• DOW Report - Program Progress

•  Claim Application

Available Data

General Crime

• New Jersey State Police. (Annual). Crime Index Trends (Including Domestic Violence).

Domestic Violence

• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (Annual). Domestic Violence Statistical Summary.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004).  NJCBW statistical summary.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004). NJCBW victim statistics.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004). NJCBW hotline calls.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004). Women residents and non-residents by age.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004). Race and ethnicity of resident and non-resident women.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004). Domestic violence women victims served by month.
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. (2004). 2004 Y-T-D domestic violence core statistics.



• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) Detailed State Tables.

Sexual Assault

• New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault. (Annual). NJCASA Statistics.



• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) Detailed State Tables.

Links to State Agencies and Resources

• Office of the Attorney General's Department of Law and Public Safety
• New Jersey State Police
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
• Strengthen Our Sisters
• New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
• New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division on Women
• New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Youth and Family Services