Criminal Justice Content Topic Results
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January 2013
Domestic Violence
Publisher(s): 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.
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January 2013
Do You Have Problems at Home? Read About Your Rights in this Country
Publisher(s):This booklet explains the legal rights of immigrant victims of family violence including domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse.
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January 2013
Rights and Options for Battered Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Women
Publisher(s):This brochure provides a broad overview of the legal rights of immigrant victims of domestic violence.
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November 2012
Domestic Violence Safety and Accountability Audit Podcast
Publisher(s): This podcast summarizes what a domestic violence safety and accountability audit is, outlines the components of an audit, and demonstrates the benefits of an audit to the agency, community, and victims.
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October 2012
Investigating Intimate Partner Sexual Assault
Publisher(s): This bulletin from End Violence Against Women International addresses the issue of sexual assault perpetrated within the context of intimate partner violence, with particular focus on victim interviews.
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October 2012
Opposing the Arrest of Petitioners for Violations of Their Own Protection Orders
Publisher(s): This Resolution was adopted at the 119th Annual Conference in San Diego, CA on October 3, 2012. The International Association of Chiefs of Police resolved that policies supporting the arrest of and criminal consequences for victims for violations of their own protection orders are harmful and counterintuitive and should be avoided as they undermine the purpose of the system that was created to protect victims and hold perpetrators of crime accountable.
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October 2012
Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee Ninth Annual Report
Publisher(s):This report presents data on domestic violence-related homicides in New Hampshire for a 10-year period from 2001 to 2010 with the goal of increasing understanding of the context of these homicides and helping prevent future fatalities.
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October 2012
Cambria County Sexual Assault Protocol
Publisher(s): This protocol was created to assist Cambria County responders to simultaneously address the immediate health care and support needs of a victim and the future needs of the criminal justice system in the most competent, compassionate and effective manner possible.
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- Training Tools
September 2012
Transgender 101: Serving Gender Variant Crime Victims
Publisher(s):This webinar is designed to assist service providers in better serving transgender survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. Topics covered in the webinar include a discussion of the diversity under the transgender umbrella, social, medical, legal and other options for transgender people, conversation about components of a transgender person's life that may or may not be relevant to service providers and resources to support transgender crime victims and the professionals who serve them.
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- NRCDV Publications
August 2012
How can I advocate within the legal system to work with victims who are nonverbal?
Publisher(s): The American legal system is not universally or equitably accessible to many people. NRCDV's September 2012 TA Question of the Month offers strategies for legal advocacy for survivors who are nonverbal.
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June 2012
GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study
This report describes a study of the use of GPS monitoring technology to enforce no contact orders in domestic abuse cases. The report outlines some of the benefits and burdens of GPS monitoring, as well as policy implications and the importance of maintaining relationships with survivors.
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June 2012
Violent Crime against the Elderly Reported by Law Enforcement in Michigan, 2005-2009
Publisher(s):This report presents information about criminal victimization and incidents of violent victimization of persons age 65 or older known to law enforcement in Michigan.