Domestic Violence Content Topic Results
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November 2003
Assessing Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide
Publisher(s):The findings reported here indicate that the Danger Assessment tool can assist in assessing battered women who may be at risk of being killed as well as those who are not.
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November 2003
Reviewing Domestic Violence Deaths
Publisher(s):This documents provides an overview of fatality review, highlighting how this tool may help reduce intimate partner homicide.
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October 2003
LGBT Elders: Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Resource Sheet
Publisher(s):This resource sheet addresses issues and provides resources related to LGBT individuals in later life. Links to other documents for LGBT elders facing various types of abuse are also provided.
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October 2003
Community Policing and Domestic Violence: Five Promising Practices
Publisher(s):This document provides a discussion of how community policing principles might intersect with the core principles of domestic violence organizing: victim safety, offender accountability, and community change.
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October 2003
Model Protocol on Working with Battered Women and their Teenage Boys in Shelter
Publisher(s):This model protocol covers recommended policy and procedures on working with battered women and their teenage songs in shelter, program activities for teens, community collaboration, training, confidentiality, and safety planning.
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July 2003
Domestic Violence High for Mail Order Brides
Publisher(s):This radio program talks about domestic violence experienced by immigrant women who come to the country after getting married to American men through international match making businesses.
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July 2003
Domestic Violence by Police Officers: Concepts and Issues Paper
Publisher(s):The paper supports the Model Policy on Domestic Violence by Police Officers established by the IACP. This document conveys the philosophy and development of the policy along with implementation requirements.
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July 2003
An assessment of Minnesota's Health Care and Public Health Response to Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):This assessment study found that although there are guidelines for health care practitioners to address violence against women, compliance to the guidelines varies. The assessment also found that collaboration between health care agencies and advocacy agencies affect the services provided to patients who experience domestic violence, and that health care institutions need more resources and sustained organizational commitment to address the problem of domestic violence.
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July 2003
Domestic Violence by Police Officers Model Policy
Publisher(s):This policy establishes procedures for handling acts of domestic violence committed by police officers and for implementing prevention strategies.
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July 2003
A National Look at Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams
Publisher(s):This is a report about research done on multidisciplinary collaborations within the elder abuse movement.
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June 2003
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Newsletter (Summer 2003)
Publisher(s):The Summer 2003 issue of the KCASDV Newsletter includes articles on Cell Phones, Internet Safety, Offensive Websites, Privacy, and Cyber Crimes. Also includes a glossary of commonly used tech terms.
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February 2003
Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001
Publisher(s):These findings are based on National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The NCVS inquires about criminal victimizations from an ongoing, nationally representative sample of household residences in the United States. Violent acts examined include rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.