Domestic Violence Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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August 2008
Overview of Domestic Violence (DV) Risk Assessment Instruments (Frequently Asked Questions)
Publisher(s):This paper describes several risk assessment instruments available to the corrections community, and addresses frequently asked questions regarding implementation and other considerations.
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- General Material
July 2008
Promoting Safety Together: Domestic Violence and Healthy Marriage Programs - A Capitol Hill Briefing Seminar
Publisher(s):National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC)
This briefing was organized to provide the policy community with an update on how the healthy marriage and domestic violence fields were beginning to collaborate to promote safety.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
July 2008
Informing and Enhancing Response to Domestic Violence within Federally-funded Healthy Marriage Projects
Publisher(s):This report highlights findings from interviews conducted with healthy marriage programs and domestic violence partners about their experience with developing and implementing their domestic violence protocols.
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- General Material
July 2008
CPS: Closing the Distance Between Domestic Violence Advocacy and Child Protective Services
Publisher(s):This article explains collaboration efforts between domestic violence agencies and CPS in Oregon. Additionally, it gives detailed observations from a first-person perspective and includes resources (including a report by Ellen Pence and Terri Taylor of Praxis International).
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- General Material
July 2008
Fatality Review Reports: Innovative Advocates Use the Reports
Publisher(s):This document provides practical examples of how advocates have used fatality review reports to raise awareness of domestic violence and mobilize change in their communities.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
June 2008
When Battered Women Stay... Advocacy Beyond Leaving
Publisher(s):This paper raises key issues, questions, and dilemmas regarding advocacy with battered women who stay in their relationships. It discusses limitations of safety strategies for leaving, and frames issues central to the expansion of advocacy beyond leaving.
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- General Material
June 2008
Physical “Fixes” that Help Programs Minimize Rules
Publisher(s):This handout facilitates creative thinking about changing physical environments in shelters so that potentially oppressive rules can be eliminated.
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- General Material
June 2008
Chart a Course: Policies that Affect Victim Services for Teens
Publisher(s):This booklet is a guide on examining policies for working with teens who experience crime and abuse. It provides information about mandatory reporting, confidential communications, boundaries, and building partnerships with advocates and schools.
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- General Material
June 2008
Elder Patients at Risk of Abuse
Publisher(s):This fact sheet notes elder abuse in Indian Country, emphasizes prevention by health care professionals, presents links to elder abuse assessment instrument, and offers guidance on understanding abuse in the contexts of the culture of older persons.
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- General Material
June 2008
A Development Approach to Working with Teen Victims
Publisher(s):This document offers suggestions and practical tips for practitioners working with teens. The document suggests that service providers have knowledge of adolescent development approach and apply this knowledge in their work with young people.
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- General Material
May 2008
Transcending Violence: Emerging Models for Trauma Healing in Refugee Communities
Publisher(s):This monograph is an introduction and overview of the issues involved in providing mental health trauma services for refugees in the United States. It is intended primarily for people who work in or care about the public mental health system.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
May 2008
Substance Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document provides an overview of the research on the relationship between substance abuse and woman battering, covering the victim's use of substances and the specific needs for domestic violence services for those with substance abuse problems.