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Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit

A Manual for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners
(and the State and Local Policy-Makers They Present to)


Appendix F: Bibliography

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Family Violence Prevention Fund. The Facts on Children and Domestic Violence, www.endabuse.org.

Family Violence Prevention Project (FVP) and Transforming Communities Technical Assistance, Training and Resource Center (TC-TAT). Minutes from the TC-TAT Advisory Committee Conference Call, March 25, 2004.

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