Gender-Based Violence
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Gender-Based Violence resources: Filtered by Laws and Regulations
The Realities of Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit
Prevalence rates of intimate partner violence remain alarmingly high, putting countless survivors at risk every day. Research highlights the protective…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesFirearm Checklist for Attorneys
This checklist provides information for attorneys facilitating a discussion with survivors about firearms. It also provides key information on the…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesA 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…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesThe 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…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and Guides“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.…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesFirearm 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…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesInterstate 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…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesExtreme 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…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Policy Analysis, #Promising Practices, #Research and Statistics, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #survivors, #Tools and GuidesUnderstanding the Difference Between A Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) and an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO)
By The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) and Extreme Risk Protection Orders…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #survivors, #Tools and GuidesDomestic 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…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and MatricesMyths and Misconceptions: Criminalized Survivors
by the National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors October 2023 Myths and misconceptions about domestic violence and victims of intimate…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesEvidence of Battering and the Defense of Duress
by the National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors March 2023 Lay and expert evidence on battering and its effectsi is…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesFirearms and Domestic Violence: A Summary of Pivotal Cases Decided by the United States Supreme Court
by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms January 2023 This resource contains summaries of significant Supreme Court…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesKnoxville Community Safety Assessment
How are DV Offenders Held Accountable in Knoxville and Knox County Justice System Interventions?
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesCoercive 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…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesCoercive Control Codification Matrix
Updated through the 2023 state legislative sessions, this document is a compilation of state statutes that incorporate "coercive control" language…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Policy Analysis, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesDepartment of Defense Instruction on Domestic Abuse – 6400
The Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 6400.06 establishes, implements, and updates domestic abuse policies and identifies and assigns responsibilities for…
TAGS: #Laws and RegulationsThe Patchwork of State Laws on Firearm Prohibitions for Domestic Violence Protective Orders
Published by: April Zeoli, PhD, MPH Comparison of current state laws regarding firearms prohibitions following imposition of domestic violence protective…
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