Parent 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…
#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…
#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…
#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.
#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…
#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…
#Tools and GuidesBattered Women’s Risks
Adapted from Jill Davies & Eleanor Lyon This chart was adapted from "Safety Planning With Battered Women: Complex Lives/Difficult Choices"…
#Tools and GuidesEffective 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,…
#Tools and GuidesExtent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence
Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey
#Research and StatisticsMarital Rape
Published by: Kersti Yllo In order to fully and adequately respond to men who rape and women who are sexually…
#Tools and GuidesViolence 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…
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