Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

This write-up discusses the findings from a follow-up evaluation to ascertain the training impacts of a Domestic Violence law enforcement training administered to cadets at the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) academy in Nevada.

This report card assesses each state’s domestic violence protection order laws and how they impact young people who seek protection from abusive relationships.

This plan represents the first effort on this scale in North Carolina to address the factors that increase risk for perpetration of intimate partner violence and to promote factors which create healthy, sustainable families and communities. The structure of this document reflects our core commitment„to reach out to every North Carolinian with messaging about healthy relationships, with some specific focus on those groups which carry the heaviest burden of risk for being affected by violence.

As part of CDC’s DELTA program, this plan outlines the state of North Dakota’s plan to improve efforts to prevent intimate partner violence and sexual assault.

This model policy intends to establish uniform statewide guidelines that provide clear procedures and protocols for preventing, investigating, reporting, and responding to domestic violence involving officers. 

This toolkit for service providers is a teaching tool and guide for understanding how trauma from domestic violence impacts children and how best to serve these children's needs. Although it was designed for use by shelter-based and other domestic violence direct service providers in North Carolina, it has broad applicability.

This report provides information and tools to help Indian health and community advocacy programs strengthen their clinical and community responses to victims of domestic violence.

Rabbi Dratch discusses the Jewish religious imperative to protect children from harm and abuse. He names the biblical teachings and religious doctrine that have been used as justifications for child abuse, and argues that this is in fact an abuse of biblical doctrine.

This article describes two studies that use scientific criteria to distinguish accidental bruising from abusive bruising. The article also discusses barriers to intervening in or responding to abuse and emphasizes collaboration between prosecutors and victim-witness advocates.

This video (English and Spanish version) accompanies the Achieving Financial Independence Curriculum. It features the lives and struggles of 5 Latina survivors of domestic violence who were able to start their own business and become financially independent.

Respect WORKS! is a comprehensive model of teen dating violence prevention programming to give middle and high schools, youth service providers and domestic violence agencies the tools they need to respond effectively to teen dating violence issues on and off campus.

Rabbi Dorff discusses the Jewish religious concepts that support victims/survivors in finding safety and healing, as well as accountability for those who harm their intimate partners.