Resources

What High Schools and Colleges Need to Know About Dating Violence and Firearms

In the United States, one in eight high school students reports having been subjected to dating violence (physical, sexual, or…

U.S. v. Rahimi: Understanding the Implications for Protection Orders and Firearms Prohibitions

In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal law that prohibits domestic abusers subject to protection orders from…

Firearm Checklist for Attorneys

This checklist provides information for attorneys facilitating a discussion with survivors about firearms. It also provides key information on the…

2023 Updated Matrices

Sealing or Expunging a Civil Protection Order This matrix compiles the statutory provisions from states and other U.S. jurisdictions for…

Firearm Checklist for Judges – 18 USC 922 (g)(8)

This checklist for judges provides key information on the federal Gun Control Act provisions prohibiting the purchase, transport or possession…

Interstate Child Custody Tool Series

 The Interstate Child Custody Tool Series provides an overview of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction…

Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Toolkit

This Extreme Risk Protection Order Toolkit is for practitioners who work with survivors in civil protection order systems. The toolkit…

Domestic Violence Arrest Policies

This written resource is an annotated comprehensive collection of U.S. jurisdictions’ domestic violence-related arrest statutes with jurisdiction-specific generalized domestic violence…

Petitioning for Funds for Domestic Violence Expert Witnesses in Defense Cases

The Use of Expert Testimony on Battering and Its Effects in Criminal Cases: Examining Case Law from 1994-2016

Safety Envelope: NCPOFFC

 The National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit (NCPOFFC), a project of the Battered Women’s Justice Project…

NCPOFFC Full Faith and Credit Matrix

Updated July 2022  This document is for informational purposes only. Nothing contained in this document is intended as legal advice…

States Allowing Juveniles Access to Protection Orders

Revised Matrices 2022

Coercive Control Codification Brief: A Guide for Advocates and Coalitions

There is an important conversation happening throughout the country. Advocates and survivors are actively debating whether and to what degree…

Coercive Control Codification Matrix

Updated through the 2023 state legislative sessions, this document is a compilation of state statutes that incorporate "coercive control" language…

Definition of Domestic Violence/Abuse for Civil Protection Orders

This matrix contains state statutes with the definition of domestic violence/abuse for obtaining a domestic violence civil protection order.

Firearms and Domestic Violence: State and Territorial Statutory Provisions

This matrix contains state and territorial firearm statutes as they relate to civil protection orders; criminal offenses, procedures, prohibited transferees;…

Protection Order Violation Matrix 2020

This matrix contains protection order violation statutes from state and territorial jurisdictions.

18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8)
Case Law Summaries

This matrix is a compilation of case law involving the federal firearm prohibitor 18 USC 922(g)(8) and protection orders. To…

Predominant Aggressor Arrest Statutes

This matrix is a compilation of all state statutory provisions that direct law enforcement officers to determine the predominant/primary/principal aggressor…