Resources

Domestic Violence Advocates and the Unauthorized Practice of Law

Published by: Kristine Lizdas, Sandra Tibbetts Murphy This document is intended for both volunteer and paid staff of nongovernmental domestic…

Full Faith and Credit for Protection Orders: Advocate’s Guide

This pull-out pocket guide for law enforcement is a quick reference from the Law Enforcement Officer’s Guide to Enforcing Protection…

Full Faith & Credit: Enforcing Protection Orders Pocket Guide

This pull-out pocket guide for law enforcement is a quick reference from the Law Enforcement Officer’s Guide to Enforcing Protection…

Confidentiality: An Advocate’s Guide

Published by: Julie Kunce Field, Deb Goelman, Barbara Hart, Rebekah Lee, Sandra Tibbetts Murphy, Kim Tolhurst, Roberta Valente Confidentiality and…

How to Work With Survivors Regarding the Release of Personal Information

Violence Against Native Women: A Guide for Practitioner Action

This guide contains information on protection orders and Native American women and domestic and sexual violence. It provides specific information…

Pretrial Release Conditions in Domestic Violence Cases: Issues and Context

Published by: Jane Sadusky This paper examines the question of pretrial release, conditions in domestic violence cases, focusing on balance…

Domestic Violence and Probation

Published by: Fernando Mederos This article offers specialized management techniques that probation officers can use to monitor batterers and intervene…

Interstate Child Custody: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act

This tool provides a statutory summary of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C §1901.

Custody Tool Series – Old PKPA

This tool provides a statutory summary and overview of the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, 28 U.S.C. §1738A, and significant provisions…

A Practitioner’s Guide to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act – UCCJA

The Role of Restorative Justice in the Battered Women’s Movement

Published by: Loretta Frederick, Kristine Lizdas This article provides a comparison of the principles and practices of the restorative justice…

Battered Women’s Risks

Adapted from Jill Davies & Eleanor Lyon This chart was adapted from "Safety Planning With Battered Women: Complex Lives/Difficult Choices"…

Effective Advocacy on Behalf of Battered Women

Published by: Loretta Frederick This brief article describes the role of the advocate, defines the characteristics of a battering relationship,…

Marital Rape

Published by: Kersti Yllo In order to fully and adequately respond to men who rape and women who are sexually…

Violence Against Women: A Curriculum for Empowerment Facilitator’s Manual

Published by: Susan Schechter, Sharon Szymanski, Michele Cahill A manual for facilitators of battered women's groups. The curriculum and workshops…