Criminal Justice Content Topic Results

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 report from Black Women's Blueprint discusses the prevalence of officer-perpetrated sexual assault and its impact on Black women. It explains how sexual assault and/or rape constitute an act of torture and requires understanding this issue through the historical context of the institution and legacy of slavery.

Three police departments participated in an accountability assessment focused on the question: How does documentation of the initial police response to domestic violence calls aid subsequent interveners in domestic violence cases? This report identifies the gaps between what people experience and need and what institutions provide, offering recommendations for addressing these gaps.

The guide provides an overview of human rights law’s approach to addressing gender-based violence. Specifically, the guide focuses on the “due diligence” standard and provides a comprehensive framework to address human rights violations in a systemic and proactive manner.

The Department of Justice opened an investigation of the Newark Police Department in May 2011, after receiving serious allegations of civil rights violations, including excessive force, unwarranted stops, and arrests, and discriminatory police actions. This report sets out the DOJ’s investigative findings.

This report describes the Lethality Assessment Program—Maryland Model (LAP), created by the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) in 2005, which is an innovative strategy to prevent domestic violence homicides and serious injuries.

This webinar describes the process leading to the recommendation that Maine risk assessment practice be updated to include the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) tool.

This webinar highlights how batterers who wear a badge can misuse their professional training and authority as weapons against their victims. Officers who are victims of intimate partner violence may be reluctant to identify as victims and may face negative professional consequences for reporting, or failing to report, the abuse.

The report focuses specifically on Native populations within Oregon. Its focus is one of a human rights legal fact-finding report that sets out to measure whether federal, state, and local government officials are meeting their obligations under international, national and state law in prosecuting traffickers, protecting survivors, and preventing trafficking as it involves the Native population in Oregon.

This article explores the concept of limiting the collection of rape kit evidence in cases where the victim knows the person who raped them.

This publication sets forth key risks of and opportunities for using research on trauma in youth advocacy. It focuses on legal strategies advocates can use in court, and the state and local policies needed to support these strategies.

This resource outlines the Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview (FETI), an interviewing method that uses information about the parts of the brain that experience trauma.