Oregon

State Overview

State Summary

The state definition of domestic violence includes persons who are currently living together or who lived together in the past or couples who are sexually intimate, regardless of sex. Agencies submit crime information to the Oregon State Police Criminal Justice Information Services Unit. Summary agencies also submit a count of the number of offenses associated with domestic disturbances. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center funded a victimization survey which included domestic and sexual assault and stalking. The report, as well as state crime data, are available from the Center's Web site.

The Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence does not collect any statistics from service providers in the state; instead, granting agencies collect service information from agencies that receive funding. The Oregon Office of Homeland Security Criminal Justice Services Division requires grantees to submit summary program progress reports. This information is not currently available to the public.

The Oregon Department of Human Services Injury and Violence Prevention Program compiles data from the Hospital Discharge Index, surveillance surveys, inpatient and emergency hospital records, law enforcement data, medical examiner reports, and victimization surveys into the Intimate Partner Violence Data Collection Project. These data are used for various reports to examine both domestic and sexual violence. All reports are available from its Web site.

State Projects

No current projects.

Available Reports

General Crime

• Oregon State Police. (Annual). Oregon annual uniform crime reports.
• Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center. (2005). Oregon crime victimization surveys 2002-2003 and 2004.

Domestic Violence

• Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. (2005).  Costs of intimate partner violence against Oregon women. Oregon Department of Human Services.
• Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. (2005).  Oregon violence against women prevention plan. Oregon Department of Human Services.
• Drach, L. (2004).  Intimate partner homicide in Oregon, 1997 - 2003. Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology.
• Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. (2004).  Intimate partner violence in Oregon: Findings from the Oregon Women's Health and Safety Survey. Oregon Department of Human Services.
• Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. (2003).  IPV: Do ask, do tell. Oregon Department of Human Services.
• Spence, D. L. (2003).  Jackson County, Oregon, arrest policies project: A process evaluation. NCJ 201883. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
• Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. (2002).  Ask the hard questions: Intimate partner violence and health-care providers. Oregon Department of Human Services.
• Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. (2000).  Health care providers are key to helping female domestic violence victims. Oregon Department of Human Services.

Sexual Assault

• Oregon Department of Human Services. (2006).  Recommendations to prevent sexual violence in Oregon: A plan of action.
• Oregon Department of Human Services. (2005).  Rape in Oregon.

Stalking

• Oregon Department of Human Services. (2005).  What is stalking?

Violence Against Women

• Children, Adults and Families. (2006).  Summary of services provided by domestic and sexual violence service programs funded by DHS, January 2005 through December 2005. Oregon Department of Justice.
• Crime Victims' Assistance Section. (2005).  VOCA Victim Assistance Grant activity report, 2003 - 2004. Oregon Department of Justice.
• Crime Victims' Assistance Section. (2004).  Oregon domestic and sexual violence services fund final report for grant years 2002 - 2003. Oregon Department of Justice.
• Crime Victims' Assistance Section. (2004).  VOCA Victim Assistance Grant activity report, 2002 - 2003. Oregon Department of Justice.
• Kilpatrick, D. G. and Ruggiero, K. J. (2003).  One in six: Rape in Oregon. National Violence Against Violence Prevention Center.

Sample Data Collection Forms

The Oregon State Police provides these forms to law enforcement; all are summary forms, except for the homicide form, which is completed for each homicide:

•  Arrest Form
•  Domestic Report Form
•  Revised Domestic Disturbance Report Form Instructions
•  Homicide Report Form
•  Offense Report Form
•  OUCR Instruction Manual

The Department of Human Services collects this summary-based form from service providers:

•  DHS Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Monthly Report
•  Instructions for Completing the DHS Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Monthly Report

The Oregon Office of Homeland Security Criminal Justice Services Division collects this national form from grantees:

•  Annual Progress Report of STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program

The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center sponsored this victimization survey, conducted by the Oregon Survey Research Laboratory:

•  Oregon Annual Social Indicators Survey 2002-03

The Oregon Department of Justice Crime Victims Compensation collects information using these forms:

•  Application for Crime Victim Compensation
•  Application for Payment: Sexual Assault Victims' Emergency Medical Response Fund

Available Data

General Crime

• Office of the State Court Administrator. (Annual). Circuit Court Case Statistics.
• Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center. (Annual). Crime and Arrest Rates for a Specific Offense or Summary Statistic.
• Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center. (Annual). Use of Force in the Commission of Violent Crime.
• Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center. (Annual). Summary of Oregon Crime Trends, 1975 - present.
• Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center. (Annual). Oregon Guidelines Sentencing Reports, by County.

Links to State Agencies and Resources

• Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's Statistical Analysis Center
• Oregon State Police Criminal Justice Information Services Unit
• Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
• End Sexual Violence Oregon
• Oregon Office of Homeland Security Criminal Justice Services Division
• Oregon Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force
• Oregon Department of Human Services Injury and Violence Prevention Program
• Oregon Department of Justice Crime Victims Compensation
• Indian Country Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault - (503) 288-8177