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This article describes an approach to intervention and prevention with children exposed to domestic violence that enforces the concepts of batterer accountability and change.

Overview of potential sources of harm to children from contact with batterers, recommendations for evaluating risk, and assessment guidelines that professionals can apply in cases where a batterer admits to a history of abusiveness.

The Community Engagement Continuum documents a range of innovative community based approaches in the anti-violence movement and clarifies the goals of engagement. This model encourages a more strategic approach to all four levels and offers tools towards realistic step-by-step implementation.

Introduction: "This document proposes that there are substantial benefits for Government, for victims/survivors and for the entire community, of an integrated strategy/approach to violence against women (VAW).

The report also lists organizations and initiatives that are engaging youth in addressing issues such as sexual harassment, racism, and gender and economic inequality. The report discusses the importance of building partnerships to further the goals of the projects.

Excerpt: "A radical transformation of the culture will be accomplished by creating new visions: visions of hope, not despair; visions of strength through unity, not power through domination... The role of education and action within the battered women's movement is crucial to the continuous development of a nonviolent world."

From theories based in psychopathology to "learned behavior," "loss of control," "learned helplessness," "cycle of violence," and "family conflict," this paper presents arguments against each theory and explains the current understanding of violence against women as an issue of power and control that is rooted in a larger societal context.

This article describes feminist therapy as "a supportive process that emphasizes self-determination, equality and respect, and encompasses socio-cultural explanations for intimate violence."

"To improve the health care response to victims of domestic violence, hospitals and health care systems are designing and implementing training, screening, and intervention programs. Formal evaluations of the programs are essential. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a consensus-driven quality assessment tool for evaluation of hospital-based domestic violence programs. Dr. Jeffery H. Coben, while AHRQ's Domestic Violence Senior Scholar-in-Residence, based the instrument on the views of national experts who took part in an AHRQ-funded Delphi process.

Since 1993, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence has provided support and funding for healthcare-based programs designed to improve the screening, identification, and response to victims of domestic violence. One consistent feature of these programs, and similar programs being implemented across the nation, is the provision of training for healthcare providers on the topic of domestic violence.

Intended for use in domestic violence victim services, this guide was produced to provide domestic violence programs and agencies with a practical tool to review the accessibility of the agency and services offered for victims with disabilities.

This article discusses the importance of work environment in the development of vicarious trauma problems for domestic and sexual violence workers.

This article clearly defines trauma, PTSD, and secondary trauma and how secondary trauma affects those who work with traumatized clients.

This guidebook explores the response to vicarious trauma within certain communities and cultural groups.

This paper provides a brief discussion about what vicarious trauma is and how important it is that advocates/counselors be aware of it, recognize the warning signs, and take care of ourselves.

This article describes answers to the questions "What do we do with the men?" and "Will batterer programs stop male violence?" Includes recommendations for minimum standards for batterer programs, and emphasizes the importance of a coordinated community response.

"Corrections and parole officials and domestic violence advocates met in two roundtable discussions to examine ways to address intimate partner violence when men return from prison. This report summarizes the practices and key challenges identified in those meetings and addresses themes such as institutional resistance to addressing domestic violence, ways to involve intimate partnersÑincluding women who may have been victims of domestic violenceÑin reentry planning, and the value of cultural competence and programming that considers race.

"In my previous paper, ÔTruth or Fiction: Men as Victims of Domestic Violence?' I argued that although women do commit Ôintimate partner violence' (IPV) towards male partners, their violence is not equivalent to men's violence either in intent, frequency, severity or outcome (James, 1999). In this paper, I will review the research that has been conducted since that paper was written, to see if those claims are still current."

This fact sheet describes some behaviors that are common among men who batter their partners, provides a brief explanation of why men batter, an overview of available interventions, and a warning regarding court-mandated counseling.

In order to ensure that criminal justice system interventions are effective in holding offenders accountable and protecting victims from harm, the context in which each act of domestic violence occurs must be understood.

This article looks at the characteristics of men who batter and identifies ways in which these characteristics also influence their ability to parent appropriately. Additionally, the article will address the implications of such parenting for child protective and custody determinations.

This issue profiles the community organizing and community-based organization (CBO) capacity building approach of the Community Empowerment Program (CEP) of CONNECT, Inc. of New York City.

The main article outlines the steps and stages of ICADV's housing and financial advocacy work from 1997 until the present. Main activities are covered and lessons learned are highlighted.

Describes the Domestic Violence and Poverty State Team Leadership Institute held in Connecticut in July 2001, where teams in six states were developed to build and carry out a policy and practice agenda on domestic violence and poverty.

Highlights include descriptions of the efforts of a state welfare agency, a community-based domestic violence program, and two state domestic violence coalitions toward improving housing opportunities for battered women.