Gender-Based Violence
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Gender-Based Violence resources
Returning to Honor: Using Culturally-Based Teaching in Batterer’s Intervention Training
Published by: Jeremy NeVilles-Sorell The “Returning to Honor” project is based on the Native American concept of reciprocity. As Native…
TAGS: #WebinarUtilization of Video Conference Software for Men’s BIPs: Experience, Research to date and Covid-19 Considerations
Published by: Melissa Scaia, Jon Heath In January of 2019, Melissa Scaia and Jon Heath coordinated with researchers to find…
TAGS: #WebinarUnderstanding and Addressing Womens’ Use of Force in Intimate Relationships: A Retrospective
Published by: Lisa Young Larance, Leigh Goodmark This presentation provides an overview of the complexity of women’s use of force…
TAGS: #WebinarUsing Web-Based Technologies to Promote Safe Access to Protection Orders During Pandemics and Natural Disasters
Published by: LaJuan Epperson, Barbara Holmes, Jannet Okazaki, Kay Radwanski, Ruth Reichard During the COVID-19 pandemic, courts have been modifying…
TAGS: #WebinarVictim Defendants and Covid-19
Published by: Cindene Pezzell, Esq. The COVID-19 pandemic has created increased risks and complications for survivors of intimate partner violence,…
TAGS: #WebinarResponding to Domestic Violence-Related Homicides Within Your Community
Published by: Jessica Honish, Courtney Olson, Sara Krall Domestic violence programs are often called upon to react swiftly and adeptly…
TAGS: #WebinarFaith Matters, Part 1: Supporting Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Survivors of Domestic Violence
Published by: Salma Elkadi, Sharon O'Brien, Deborah Rosenbloom This workshop will help advocates adopt a faith-sensitive lens and best practices…
TAGS: #WebinarElder Justice, Protection Orders, and Covid-19
Published by: Angel Kwaterski, Ann Laatsch As our country has confronted the COVID-19 pandemic, it has necessitated profound changes in…
TAGS: #WebinarTools for Advocates Responding to Covid-19 and Domestic Violence
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased danger for survivors of domestic violence in the past few months. Governmental “stay at…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesPotential to Prevent Mass Shootings Through Domestic Violence Firearm Restrictions
Published by: April M. Zeoli In this webinar, Dr. April M. Zeoli discusses findings from her recently published research investigating…
TAGS: #WebinarCoercive Control During Covid-19
As COVID-19 spreads across the globe and into our homes, domestic abusers are finding new ways to exercise coercive control.…
TAGS: #Tools and Guides, #WebinarWorking with Interpreters in a Court Setting
Published by: Cannon Han, Hon. Ramona A. Gonzalez Working with an interpreter is essential to ensuring victim safety for individuals…
TAGS: #WebinarEnhancing Existing Partnerships to Implement Firearm Surrender
Published by: Sgt. Jordan Ferguson This webinar seeks to reimagine the typical law enforcement response to intimate partner violence through…
TAGS: #WebinarAn Overview and Evaluation of Classifying Types of Intimate Partner Violence
Published by: Kimberly A. Crossman, Ph.D. For more than the past decade, violence scholars have moved away from examining intimate…
TAGS: #WebinarWorkplace Protection Order Statutes 2019
The following matrix provides information on state statutes concerning workplace harassment and violence protection orders. Such statutes currently exist in…
TAGS: #Promising Practices, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #WebinarCombatting Cyberviolence Against Women and Girls: Understanding its Origin and Impact on Survivors
Published by: Shelly Clevenger, Ph.D., Jordana Navarro, Ph.D. This webinar provides an overview of how sexual violence manifests in cyberspace (e.g.,…
State Database/Registry Matrix 2020
This matrix provides an overview of state and U.S. territories that have enacted laws that outline the entry of protection…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesProtection Order Service Checklist
Proper service of protection orders is not only critical to hold respondents and offenders who violate them accountable but also…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesNo Fees Matrix 2019
This matrix contains state statutes prohibiting the charging of fees to petitioners for filing, issuance, service of process, enforcement and…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesUnderstanding and Responding to Adolescent Intra-Family Domestic Battery
Published by: Robin Hassler Thompson, Wendy Nussbaum This webinar explains the difference between Adolescent Domestic Battery and Intimate Partner Violence and the…
TAGS: #WebinarCoercive Control: Practical Implications
Evan Stark, Ph.D. Over the last two decades, England, Ireland, France, Scotland, and a number of other countries and thousands…
TAGS: #WebinarAn Introduction to National Sources of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Data
Published by: Lynn Addington, Kathleen Ferraro This webinar is designed as a descriptive and non-technical introduction to national sources of…
TAGS: #WebinarFamily Based Violence and Young Women: Unintended Consequences
Published by: Francine Sherman This webinar provides a particular focus on girls charged with any home-based assault (simple assault, domestic…
TAGS: #WebinarNuisance Ordinances: How They Work, Who They Harm, and How To Fight Them
Published by: Sandra Park, J.D.; Linda Morris, J.D. Nuisance ordinances – which impose civil and criminal penalties on residents for…
TAGS: #WebinarWhat Advocates Need to Know about Batterer Intervention Programs
Published by: Stephanie Avalon, Graham Barnes In many communities, Victim Advocacy and Batterer Intervention Programs (BIP)have little interaction or even…
TAGS: #WebinarWebinar: Are Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment Tools Racially Biased?
Published by: Kathleen J. Ferraro, PhD and Neil S. Websdale, PhD In this webinar, we explore the question of whether…
TAGS: #WebinarNonfatal Intimate Partner Violence: The Special Role of Firearms
Published by: Susan Sorenson, Ph.D. and Emily F. Rothman, ScD Firearms are the most common weapon used to kill an…
TAGS: #WebinarProtection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities
The Protection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities tip sheet is a tool that attorneys, advocates, and others can familiarize themselves…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesIntroduction and Overview of the National Domestic Violence and Firearms Resource Center for OVW Grantees
Published by: Kristine Lizdas, J.D. The National Domestic Violence and Firearms Resource Center provides technical assistance and training on the…
TAGS: #WebinarPerceiving Credibility: Judicial Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Protective Order Cases
Published by: Cara J. Person, PhD, MPH, CPH Many women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) seek domestic violence protective…
TAGS: #WebinarMultiple Victim Homicides, Mass Murders, and Homicide-Suicide as Domestic Violence Events
Published by: April Zeoli, PhD While intimate partner homicides are generally discussed as events in which there is a single…
TAGS: #WebinarPredicting Intimate Partner Violence Injuries Based on Police Reports
Published by: Marie Karlsson, PhD Approximately half of all victims of intimate partner violence are injured (Truman & Morgan, 2014).…
TAGS: #WebinarSAFeR Mediation Discussion Guide
The SAFeR Mediation Discussion Guide is designed to help survivors, advocates, attorneys, mediators, judges, and others talk about whether a…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesResearch Paper: Are Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment Tools Racially Biased?
Published by: Kathleen J. Ferraro, PhD and Neil S. Websdale, PhD This paper considers the question of whether Intimate Partner Violence…
TAGS: #Research and StatisticsTrauma-Informed Victim Interview (TIVI) for The Justice System, Part 2
Published by: Donna Kelly and Justin Boardman Part two will build on what was learned in part one and will focus…
TAGS: #WebinarImproving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program
This webinar is presented by the Office on Violence Against Women.
TAGS: #WebinarIntroduction and Overview of the National Domestic Violence and Firearms Resource Center
Published by: David Keck, JD This webinar is an introduction and overview of the National Domestic Violence and Firearms Resource Center.
TAGS: #WebinarTrauma-Informed Victim Interview for The Justice System, Part 1
Published by: Donna Kelly and Justin Boardman This fast-paced, interactive presentation will focus on how to facilitate a trauma-informed victim…
TAGS: #WebinarAccounting for Abuse in Orders of Protection
This protection order guide is designed to help survivors, advocates, attorneys, and judges consider the range of behaviors the respondent has…
TAGS: #Tools and Guides