Domestic Violence Content Topic Results
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
August 2009
Domestic Violence Awareness: Action for Social Change - Part II: Organizing and Communications
Publisher(s):This second installment of the Action for Social Change manual intends to generate critical thinking and enhance dialogue regarding community organizing and partnerships, communications and engaging the media.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
August 2009
The Use of Expert Testimony on Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper presents an overview of the uses of expert testimony, the qualifications and roles of experts, the literature on the use of testimony on the effects of battering, and considerations for future research.
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- General Material
August 2009
Safety Planning
Publisher(s):This paper discusses how to implement comprehensive safety planning for battered women using a woman-defined model. Discusses batterer-generated and life-generated risks, and the role of advocates in supporting safety planning strategies.
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- General Material
August 2009
A Call to Act: Engaging Religious Leaders and Communities in Addressing Gender-based Violence and HIV
Publisher(s):This document offers information and guidance to religious leaders, communities, and institutions on gender-based violence and HIV, why they should address the issues, and how they can address them through specific activities and approaches.
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- General Material
July 2009
Safety Planning With Teens, Issue Brief No. 5
Publisher(s): This issue brief provides advocates with information on how to safety plan with a teen, including discussing teen safety plan specifics.
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- General Material
July 2009
Creating Cultures of Trauma-Informed Care (CCTIC): A Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol
Publisher(s):This Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol and its accompanying CCTIC Program Self-Assessment Scale provide consistent guidelines for agencies or programs interested in facilitating trauma-informed modifications in their service systems.
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- General Material
July 2009
PTSD, TBI and DV: True or False?
Publisher(s):This article offers tips to determine when domestic violence is occurring in cases in which the perpetrator is a war veteran suffering from PTSD and/or TBI. Specific guidelines are provided to make such determination while avoiding justifications based on the perpetrator's acquired disability.
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- General Material
July 2009
Teen Pregnancy, Parenting, And Dating Violence
Publisher(s): This issue brief discusses the link between dating violence and pregnancy among teens and provides guidance for screening and responding to pregnant teens in violent relationships.
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- General Material
July 2009
The Myth of Mutuality, Issue Brief No. 6
Publisher(s):Identifying the predominant aggressor and the victim is necessary to understand what happened in a given incident and in the history of the relationship and is also important in allowing you to provide the best possible resources to the teens.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
July 2009
Battered Women's Protective Strategies
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper adopts a holistic approach to understand battered women’s protective strategies, reviewing a wide range of strategies used by women to cope with numerous threats posed by battering, not just the threat of bodily harm.
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- General Material
June 2009
Domestic violence legislation and its implementation: An analysis for ASEAN countries based on international standards and good practices
Publisher(s):This document analyzes domestic violence legislation in ASEAN countries with reference to international standards, specifically the CEDAW and UDHR.
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- General Material
June 2009
Bringing Security Home: Combating Violence Against Women in the OSCE Region - A Compilation of Good Practices
Publisher(s):This publication documents more than 95 good practices to help eliminate gender-based violence and highlights their impact in preventing violence against women, protecting victims and prosecuting offenders. Strategies for involving men and young people in anti-violence activities are also described.