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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
March 2002
How Are Domestic Violence Programs Meeting the Economic Needs of Battered Women in Iowa? An Assessment and Recommendations
Publisher(s):Explores the economic needs of battered women as identified by 9 focus groups, 5 composed of battered women and 4 of domestic violence advocates. Recommendations are made for improving economic advocacy within local programs and state coalitions.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
November 2001
Housing and Battered Women
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This paper offers a research on DV and homelessness and trends in federal housing policy. A model for conducting a community assessment of local housing needs includes critical thinking questions on an organization’s capacity for housing advocacy.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
November 2001
Spouse Assault Replication Program: Studies of Effects of Arrest on Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
Reviews NIJ studies on arrest policies for misdemeanor domestic assault, an attempt to replicate the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment (1984), which found that arrest was almost twice as effective as other police actions in preventing re-arrest.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
September 2001
Safe and Affordable Housing
Publisher(s):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.
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- General Material
August 2001
Working Effectively with the Police: A Guide for Battered Women's Advocates
Publisher(s):This article highlights information advocates need in order to work collaboratively and effectively with police officers and other law enforcement personnel. The author discusses the changes police officers have made regarding when and how they arrest, investigate, write reports, and how they work with and support prosecutors and victim advocates.
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- General Material
April 2001
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs: Improving the Community Response to Sexual Assault Victims
Publisher(s):This Bulletin provides an anecdotal look at how U.S. SANE programs are impacting sexual assault victims, service practice, and communities.
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- General Material
January 2001
Gauging Progress A Guidebook For Community Sexual Assault Programs and Community Development Initiatives
In an easy-to-read format with examples and exercises, this guidebook is intended to lay the groundwork for thinking about how to gauge progress, with an emphasis on how to conceptualize evaluation of a community development initiative.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
December 2000
Supporting Battered Women's Economic Development: One Community's Effort
Publisher(s):This document discusses a process used in St. Louis, Missouri to support battered women's economic development. It explores ways that women's safety and well-being can be enhanced by access to income, financial resources, and opportunities to save money.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
- General Material
February 2000
Introduction to Policy Advocacy and Analysis
Publisher(s):This curriculum is designed to enhance public policy skill and knowledge of domestic violence advocates. It provides both a theoretical approach to systemic advocacy and basic hands-on-tools to help advocates better prepare for their work with systems.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2000
Strategies to Expand Battered Women's Economic Opportunities
Publisher(s):This document is an overview of strategies implemented to increase economic opportunities for low-income women and families. Organizing efforts, job training and opportunity development, creating assets, and governmental responses are described.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2000
Lethality Assessment Tools: A Critical Analysis
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document critiques several lethality assessment tools and examines the link between these instruments and research on domestic homicide. Discusses the antecedents of lethal violence and utility of dangeousness assessment tools in promoting safety.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 1999
Evaluations of Advocacy Efforts to End Intimate Male Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document discusses four evaluations of community advocacy efforts and identifies the need for both individual and systems-focused advocacy in order to create an effective and comprehensive community response to battered women.