Triage Review Assessment
Begun in January 2006, Denver’s Triage Project involves a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that seeks to identify and assess risk factors…
#Promising PracticesEngaging in a Best Practice Assessment of the Civil Protection Order System
This tool provides jurisdictions with an easy-to-use method for assessing their civil protection order system. The tool utilizes best practices…
#Tools and GuidesHow are DV Offenders Held Accountable in Knoxville and Knox County Justice System Interventions?
Published by: Rhonda Martinson Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee have a long and rich history of coordinating and organizing their…
#Community Safety Report, #Promising PracticesMind the Gap: Accounting for Domestic Abuse in Child Custody Evaluations
Published by: Ellen Pence, Gabrielle Davis, Denise Gamache, Cheryl Beardslee This report was part of a national child custody project…
#Tools and GuidesIslamic Marriage Contracts
Published by: Maha Alkhateeb This guide was developed as a resource for legal professionals and advocates working with Muslims, and…
#Tools and GuidesParent Coordination Services: A Guide for Policy Makers
Published by: Barbara Hart, Esq. This guide is designed to assist policymakers, courts and attorneys in deliberations and decision-making on…
#Tools and GuidesCustody Evaluator’s Beliefs About Domestic Violence
Published by: Gabrielle Davis Three important new studies explore the relationship between custody evaluators' beliefs about domestic abuse and the…
#Research and StatisticsProtecting Victims of Domestic Violence: A Law Enforcement Officer’s Guide
This guide for law enforcement provides guidance on the inter-jurisdictional enforcement of protection orders pursuant to the full faith and…
#Tools and GuidesA Prosecutor’s Guide to Full Faith and Credit For Protection Orders: Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence
This guide for prosecutors provides information on enforcement of protection orders pursuant to the full faith and credit provision of…
#Amicus Brief, #Tools and GuidesViolence Against Women in the United States and the State’s Obligation to Protect
Despite legal and policy measures designed to protect victims, domestic violence remains a pervasive rights violation in the United States.…
#News and UpdatesAmicus Brief: Robertson v. Watson
Published by: Sandra Tibbetts Murphy In this case, the petitioner obtained a civil protection order, which the defendant later violated.…
#Amicus Brief, #Tools and GuidesCollaborating for Safety: Coordinating the Military and Civilian Response to Domestic Violence – Elements and Tools
Published by: Jane M. Sadusky Provides an overview of the processes used in the implementation of the OVW-funded Military-Civilian Coordinated…
#Amicus Brief, #Tools and GuidesLethality Assessment Program for First Responders
Published by: Dave Sargent, Edited by Stephanie Avalon The Lethality Assessment Program or LAP, is based on the research of…
#Promising PracticesDomestic 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…
#Tools and GuidesSafety and Accountability Audit of the response to Native women who report sexual assault in Duluth, Minnesota
Published by: Mending the Sacred Hoop & Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault Executive Summary of a Safety…
#Community Safety ReportFull 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…
#Tools and GuidesFull 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…
#Tools and GuidesConfidentiality: An Advocate’s Guide
Published by: Julie Kunce Field, Deb Goelman, Barbara Hart, Rebekah Lee, Sandra Tibbetts Murphy, Kim Tolhurst, Roberta Valente Confidentiality and…
#Tools and GuidesViolence 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…
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