Gender-Based Violence
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Gender-Based Violence resources
Language Access at Crime Scenes: Improve Successful Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions
Published by: Rocio Molina, Shelli Sonnenberg, Cannon Han This webinar addresses language access at crime scenes and how decisions law…
TAGS: #WebinarAccounting for Risk and Danger Practice Checklists
Published by: Connie Sponsler-Garcia Ideally, identifying and documenting risk factors for serious or lethal intimate partner violence (IPV) should be…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesIncreasing Your Safety: Full Faith and Credit for Protection Orders
This guide for survivors provides information on enforcing protection orders across jurisdictional lines pursuant to the full faith and credit…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesOffender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative
Published by: Marty Sumner, Chief of Police The High Point Police Department in partnership with researchers, practitioners, prosecutors, and community…
TAGS: #WebinarVeterans Treatment Courts and Domestic Violence
Published by: Hon. Michael Denton, Glenna Tinney, Brian Clubb As Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) continue to increase in number throughout…
TAGS: #WebinarBystander Intervention on Campus: Interpersonal Violence/Sexual Assault
Published by: Sherry Hamby, Robert Eckstein Bystander intervention is a promising innovation in violence prevention and research on its utility…
TAGS: #WebinarProbation Interviews with Victims of Battering: Building a Foundation for Current and Future Safety
Published by: James E. Henderson Jr., MSW, Jane Sadusky The approach to probation interviews with victims of battering presented in…
TAGS: #Promising PracticesIntimate Partner Violence, Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families
Published by: Glenna Tinney, April Gerlock This journal article addresses the intersection between intimate partner violence and combat-related conditions such…
TAGS: #Policy AnalysisRepresenting Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Connected with the Military
Published by: Ellen Schell This handbook for civil attorneys provides legal and military policy information needed by civil attorneys representing…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesPractice Guides for Family Court Decision-Making in Domestic Abuse-Related Child Custody Matters
Published by: Loretta Frederick, Gabrielle Davis These practice guides are designed to improve decision-making by family court professionals involved in…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesDomestic Violence and Stalking Repeat Offenders – 18 USC 2265A
This is the federal statute for the crimes of domestic violence and stalking 18 USCS 2265A.
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesDomestic Assault by a Habitual Offender
This statute is the federal statute for the crime of domestic assault by a habitual offender, 18 USCS 117.
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesImportant Differences Between Civilian and Military Protection Orders
Published by: Sarah Henry This newsletter provides information on military protection orders and enforcement of orders issued by state, tribal,…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesTriage Review Assessment
Begun in January 2006, Denver’s Triage Project involves a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that seeks to identify and assess risk factors…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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.…
TAGS: #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.…
TAGS: #Amicus BriefCollaborating 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…
Lethality 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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #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…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesEnforcing Domestic Violence Firearm Prohibitions
This report provides an overview of firearm laws and information on model programs and promising practices as they relate to…
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…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesDomestic Violence and Probation
Published by: Fernando Mederos This article offers specialized management techniques that probation officers can use to monitor batterers and intervene…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesInterstate 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.
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesCustody 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…
TAGS: #Tools and GuidesThe 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…
TAGS: #Tools and Guides