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January 2018

Survivors of Crime with Disabilities: What Are Their Needs and How Can We Help?

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This presentation from Disability Rights Wisconsin outlines the increased risks that people with disabilities face surrounding issues of sexual assault and domestic violence. It also provides information about characteristics of perpetrators and barriers to reporting and receiving services.
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  • General Material
January 2018

Violence Against Women in the Inter-American Human Rights System: A Case Study of Jessica Gonzales v. United States

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This resource examines the issue of violence against women in the Americas through the lens of a landmark legal case, Jessica Gonzales v. the United States, which was heard in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and has had reverberations in legal jurisdictions across the globe.
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January 2018

Freezing Out Justice: How immigration arrests at courthouses are undermining the justice system

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An extensive survey conducted by the National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) in partnership with the ACLU shows that the fear of deportation — magnified by immigration arrests in courthouses — is stopping immigrants from reporting crimes and participating in court proceedings. This report outlines findings from the survey.
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  • General Material
November 2017

Gender Bias in Sexual Assault Response and Investigation

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This 4-part bulletin series explores gender bias, both explicit and implicit, and the resulting stereotypes and attitudes that can influence the professional response to, and investigation of, sexual assault.
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  • General Material
November 2017

'Invisible No More' Examines Police Violence Against Minority Women

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This article highlights an interview with author Andrea J. Ritchie, who wrote Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Ritchie describes some of the ways in which women of color experience police violence.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
November 2017

How can my agency better respond to formerly incarcerated survivors?

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In NRCDV's November 2017 TA Question of the month, guest writer Jacqueline Miller shares advice and helpful resources for serving formerly incarcerated survivors.
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  • Training Tools
October 2017

VAWA Confidentiality and Protections for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

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This webinar provides information to judges and court staff about how state court proceedings and federal VAWA confidentiality protections intersect.
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  • General Material
  • Training Tools
October 2017

Balancing the Scales of Justice

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The “Balancing the Scales of Justice” webinar series outlines what gender bias is, its impacts on domestic and sexual violence investigations, and strategies for leaders to identify and address it within their agencies.
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  • General Material
  • Training Tools
October 2017

Investigating Sexual Assaults: Model Policy

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This model policy provides officers and investigators with guidelines for responding to reports of sexual assault, assisting victims, collaborating with local health service agencies, and conducting interviews with victims, witnesses, and suspects. 
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  • General Material
  • Training Tools
October 2017

Impact of Language Access and the Requirements of Title VI on Law Enforcement

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Failure to utilize qualified interpreters increases risk to officer and community safety, jeopardizes criminal investigations and prosecutions, and can result in the loss of federal funding. This webinar addresses the widespread problem of police failure to access qualified interpreters and the problems associated with using unqualified interpreters.
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  • General Material
September 2017

Comparing Forms of Immigration Relief for Immigrant Victims of Crime

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This chart is a basic outline of various forms of immigration relief available to immigrant crime victims including domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking victims.
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  • General Material
  • Training Tools
September 2017

Be Her Resource: A Toolkit about School Resource Officers and Girls of Color

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This toolkit provides guiding principles and policy recommendations that are designed to improve interactions between girls of color and SROs, with the ultimate goal of reducing girls of colors’ disproportionate rates of contact with the juvenile justice system.