Trauma-Informed Advocacy, Part I: Rebuilding Agency
The second video in our series, focusing on trauma-informed advocacy, is now live. Listen to Sarah Super, Training & Curriculum Specialist with BWJP,…
TAGS:Domestic Violence Is Not “High Conflict”
The phrase “high conflict” pervades the family court system. Interactions between parties are “high conflict;” separations may be “high conflict;”…
TAGS:Now Live: Intersection of Firearms and Domestic Violence
Over the last four months, BWJP has worked to produce four videos on different topics in domestic violence. We're proud…
TAGS: #FirearmsThe Gun Violence Restraining Order
Published by: Kelly Roskam and Vicka Chaplin In March of 2013, shortly after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School,…
TAGS: #FirearmsAddressing Language Access in Police Departments: Salem, MA, Police Department Models Compliance
Salem, Massachusetts, with a population of approximately 43,132, has a police force of 90 officers and uses a community policing…
TAGS:Firearms and Ammunition Prohibitions in the Military
Several studies estimate the rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration in the military from 13.3 percent to 47 percent…
TAGS: #Firearms #MilitaryReporting Domestic Offenses to Background Check Systems: Does it Really Matter?
Background check systems, such as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), were created to work like a net;…
TAGS:Preventing Gun Violence Against Native Women
Six in ten Native women will be physically assaulted at some point in their lives and, on some reservations, the…
TAGS: #Firearms