Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

This webinar presents findings from a national study of domestic violence and provides information on the incident reporting, police and advocate responses in various contexts. The presenter reviews best practices for arrest, victim/perpetrator separation and safety planning.

This document summarizes concerns regarding how police respond to domestic violence and sexual assault, police bias and discrimination against survivors with marginalized identities, and outlines recommendations for improving law enforcement responses to domestic violence and sexual assault.

This report collects data concerning intimate partner violence (IPV) within LGBTQ and HIV-affected relationships from 16 anti-violence programs in 13 states across the country, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont.

While domestic violence occurs in every culture regardless of socioeconomic, educational, and religious background, we must address the fact that violence disproportionately affects marginalized groups. NRCDV's October 2015 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) emphasizes the need for using a racial justice framework in our work to end domestic violence.

This report studies domestic violence homicides in Massachusetts during a ten-year period.

These checklists are intended to help jurisdictions ensure that their criminal justice responses identify and address potential risks to victims, based on sound research on risk factors associated with IPV.

This article describes a study of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), which is a partnership between law enforcement agencies and domestic violence service providers developed by the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence.

Topics covered in this fact sheet fall under the following assertions: reproductive justice requires transgender people have access to comprehensive health care; reproductive justice means economic justice for trans women; reproductive justice demands an end to physical violence against transgender individuals; reproductive justice necessitates the use of inclusive language; how you can support transgender rights and reproductive justice.

This guide is designed to help advocates communicate effectively with media and the public about sexual and domestic violence issues.

This report compiles comprehensive information about how programs are currently conceptualizing trauma-informed and trauma-specific work and how this translates into enhanced or improved services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

This report contains the survey results which show a strong disconnect between victims of domestic violence seeking help from law enforcement and the support those authorities are tasked with providing. The report highlights a number of factors that create major obstacles for victims attempting to cope with domestic violence – from distrust of the authorities to fear of punishment from their abusive partner.

This is a summary of a roundtable focused on criminalization policies and their effect on Black women and girls. The discussion centered the experiences of Black women and girls who have survived domestic and sexual abuse and provided an opportunity to consider how the intersection of multiple aspects of a person’s identity shape their experience with criminalization policies.