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Firearms Relinquishment in Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence: How to Structure Effective Protocols For Your Community

The intersection of intimate partner violence and firearms violence is all too often lethal. Research shows that requiring a person…

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Promising Practices: Federal-State-Local Coordinated Justice System Responses To Domestic Violence And Firearms

Effective enforcement of the federal domestic violence firearms prohibitions hinge on the actions and records of local systems. Implementation of…

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Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors Fact Sheet

Prevalence rates of intimate partner violence remain alarmingly high, putting countless survivors at risk every day. This fact sheet provides…

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Systems Change and Advocacy Fact Sheet

Prevalence rates of intimate partner violence remain alarmingly high, putting countless survivors at risk every day. Discover how we drive…

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The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Custody Fact Sheet

Prevalence rates of intimate partner violence remain alarmingly high, putting countless survivors at risk every day. Navigating child custody cases…

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The Realities of Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit Fact Sheet

Prevalence rates of intimate partner violence remain alarmingly high, putting countless survivors at risk every day. Research highlights the protective…

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Gun Violence Fact Sheet

The National Center on Gun Violence in Relationships works to prevent domestic violence-related homicides involving firearms.  We work with communities…

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BWJP FY2023 Impact Report  

Dear Friends,  Welcome to BWJP’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 annual report! In the last year, we have expanded our team…

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The Guardian ad Litem Bulletin: June 2024

There are many options and interventions Guardians ad Litem (GALs) can recommend to minimize risk to children (as well as…

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Basic Propositions: Memory

This memo contains excerpts from social science literature about the impacts of trauma on survivors’ ability to recall the details…

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Guilty Pleas

If you are a defendant deciding whether to take a plea bargain, you may have lots of questions. You may…

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Research at the Intersection of IPV and Firearms

Prevalence rates of both intimate partner violence and gun violence remain pervasive. Research demonstrates a lethal association when intimate partner…

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Firearm Checklist for Attorneys

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

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S.A.F.E. Tool

The SAFE tool will assist survivors with evaluating if, when, how, and for what period they may want to request…

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A Brief History and Framework of Federal Firearms Laws Addressing Intimate Partner Violence

Federal law provides a framework to keep guns out of the hands of those who perpetrate domestic violence. Those laws…

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The New Misdemeanor Dating Violence Federal Firearms Prohibition

In 2022, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act partially closed what has sometimes been referred to as the “boyfriend loophole,” by…

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“OFFICIAL USE” Exemption, Allowing Firearms Possession by Law Enforcement and Military Personnel

The Gun Control Act (GCA) prohibits persons subject to certain qualifying protection orders from possessing or receiving firearms and/or ammunition.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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