Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection A Report to Congress under the Violence Against Women Act reports on the findings of the Project to Assess State and Federal Data on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, which were twofold: to identify ways that States could centralize the collection of information on the incidence of domestic and sexual violence offenses and to examine the problems of statistical recordkeeping at the Federal level for domestic violence-related criminal complaints. To meet the first objective—State data collection—the researchers focused on the current status of reporting in the States, which could serve as a starting point for future data collection improvement efforts. The project concentrated primarily on law enforcement-based indicators of domestic and sexual violence offenses. Information on Federal statistical recordkeeping was obtained from a wide range of Federal, State, and local agencies involved in domestic violence.