Material Listing

This report from the Sentencing Project documents the rates of incarceration for white, Black and Latinx Americans in each state, identifies three contributors to racial and ethnic disparities in imprisonment, and provides recommendations for reform. 

Tech abuse is a widespread problem seen by advocates and legal systems professionals across the US. This report shares findings from a needs assessment that included the participation of over 1,000 advocates and legal systems professionals.

Historically, the domestic violence (DV) field has separated services for adults and services for children and youth, rather than taking an integrated approach that centers the relationships between adult survivors and their children. The Family-Centered Toolkit helps programs envision and implement an integrated approach that supports parent-child relationships and families with a range of culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and developmentally sensitive services.

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), National AI/AN Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) and the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) convened a workgroup of gender-based violence and housing advocates from Indian country to reflect on the needs of AI/AN survivors. The October 2021 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) outlines some of the needs identified in the workgroup.

Health is a basic human right and need. The September 2021 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) shares select highlights from a newly released paper on health equity co-authored by staff at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

In order to address white supremacy and racism, movement leadership must recognize the historical contributions of women of color, create supportive equitable work environments that emphasize anti-racist practices, and maintain accountability structures. NRCDV recommends the 11 data-driven strategies listed in this document to further women of color’s advancement.

In order to meet the cultural and racial needs of Afro-Latin@s, it is important that gender-based violence organizations prioritize models that center anti-discriminatory practices. This document from Esperanza United offers promising practices and a call to action to meet the unique needs of Afro-Latin@ survivors of gender-based violence.

To build a healthier America for all, we must confront the systems and policies that have resulted in the generational injustice that has given rise to health inequities. CDC’s Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication emphasize the importance of addressing all people inclusively and respectfully.

This briefing paper highlights trends in racial disparities in the criminal justice system, discusses how such disparities impact communities of color and concludes with relevant information on best practices for reducing racial disparity.

This piece from the Center for American Progress discusses the history of the intersection between race and policing in the United States and offers policy recommendations to improve the relationship between communities of color and law enforcement.

This white paper summarizes topics discussed during the Diversity Dialogue Discussion hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA). The panel discussed the root causes of racial bias and discriminatory practices in policing, the impact on communities of color, and potential solutions for addressing misconduct.

This piece by the Harvard Gazette discusses the history of racialized policing, highlights current issues with policing and the criminal justice system, and outlines community-based ways forward.

This article provides an overview of restorative justice and discusses the role of restorative policing in community policing and police reform. The authors conclude with a discussion of effective strategies for the implementation of restorative policing.

This blueprint from Fair and Just Prosecution provides concrete policy recommendations that criminal justice and government leaders should implement for systematic structural reform that addresses police misconduct and racial injustice in the justice system.

This document highlights and explains pragmatic policy solutions for comprehensive criminal justice reform from an inclusive and intersectional perspective that accounts for the unique ways that social identities such as race, gender, gender identity, sexual expression, and health status affect criminal justice administration.

This book provides an overview of restorative policing and policing reform concepts and theory while presenting a transformative vision of restorative policing and outlining a framework for implementing restorative policing in practice.

This domestic violence prevention and response guide provides an overview of considerations and strategies that police officers can utilize to address domestic violence through problem-solving and police-community partnerships.

This YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women discusses everyday skills for reducing violence and addressing harm.

This YouTube playlist by Barnard Center for Research on Women includes a series of four short videos featuring anti-violence activists in discussions on community accountability and transformative justice.

This paper from the Center for Court Innovation discusses if and how restorative practices can safely and effectively address intimate partner violence. It also outlines the rationale for exploring alternative approaches to addressing intimate partner violence and provides guidelines that practitioners can use to develop relevant policies and principles for these interventions.

This article discusses restorative and transformative justice models for intimate partner violence as alternatives to moderate the harms of state-based and crime-centric responses that reinforce systems of oppression and structural inequality.

This document summarizes information from a conference organized by the New York City Domestic Violence Task Force to facilitate conversations on utilizing restorative practices to support survivors of intimate partner violence especially those living at the margins who are not fully being served by criminal justice systems.

This resource centers the experiences of women of color and people harmed by their partners, connecting violence against women to broader efforts advancing racial justice and prompting a paradigm shift in the field of intimate partner violence by moving beyond traditional strategies and responses that rely on punishment and criminalization to highlight restorative responses grounded in community, healing, and transformative justice to improve safety for survivors.

This workshop from the 2021 Prevention Town Hall explores how to integrate intersectionality into our trauma-informed prevention practice. En este taller del Congreso de Prevención 2021 exploramos cómo integrar el fenómeno de la interseccionalidad en nuestra práctica de prevención sensible al trauma.

In this session from NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall, participants hear from panel members who are working with men and boys in their unique fields. En esta sesión del Congreso de Prevención 2021 del NRCDV, les participantes escucharon de panelistas que están trabajando con hombres y jóvenes en sus campos particulares.