Resources

Extreme 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…

The Impact of Parental Kidnapping Laws and Practice on Domestic Violence Survivors

Got Justice? Options for Prosecutors When Battered Women Fight Back

Domestic Violence Expert Witnesses: Overcoming Challenges in Battered Women’s Self-Defense Cases

Advocates as Expert Witnesses: Weighing Benefits and Drawbacks

Lessons from the Field: Talking About Mass Incarceration, Racial Justice, and Alternatives to Reliance on the Criminal Legal System

https://www.ncdbw.org/copy-of-pubs-criminalization

The Criminal Legal System Response to Domestic Violence: Questions and Debate

VAWA Title XV – Follow the Money

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was reauthorized on March 15, 2022. Within VAWA is Title XV, titled“Keeping Children Safe…

Coercive Control Codification Policy Brief: Domestic Violence Protection Orders

BWJP position statement on the codification of "coercive control" language into civil protection order status.

Coercive Control Codification Matrix

Updated through the 2023 state legislative sessions, this document is a compilation of state statutes that incorporate "coercive control" language…

White House Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality

BWJP embraces the White House National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality, as well as the anticipated U.S. National Action…

Ending Gender Bias in the Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

Published by: Denise Gamache, Rhonda Martinson Under a cooperative agreement with the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), the Battered…

Intimate 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…