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September 2018
When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2016 Homicide Data
Publisher(s): When Men Murder Women is an annual report prepared by the Violence Policy Center detailing the reality of homicides committed by males against females in single victim/single offender incidents.
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June 2018
Officer involved domestic violence: A future of uniform response and transparency
Publisher(s): This article reviews research and policy on officer-involved domestic violence (OIDV) and seeks to provide motivation for uniformity of policy implementation and office response to OIDV, calling for transparency via research and reporting.
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May 2018
Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence
Alex Roslin, author of the updated and revised second edition of "Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence," provides a blog with a selection of news and information regarding police-officer involved domestic violence cases and related issues
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November 2017
'Invisible No More' Examines Police Violence Against Minority Women
Publisher(s): This article highlights an interview with author Andrea J. Ritchie, who wrote Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Ritchie describes some of the ways in which women of color experience police violence.
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March 2017
Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project 2016: 13th Annual Report
Publisher(s):This report by the Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project takes a closer look at the suicide-homicide connection. Perpetrators attempted or completed suicide in 38% of cases reviewed by the Project and 37% of perpetrators had threatened or attempted suicide in incidents that occurred prior to the homicide.
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January 2017
The Internet & Intimate Partner Violence: Technology Changes, Abuse Doesn’t
Publisher(s): Online harassment itself is often a form of domestic or sexual violence, and the abuse is often a combination of online intimidation with offline abuse. This article explores ways in which abusers often use the internet and discusses implications for prosecutors.
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- NRCDV Publications
September 2016
What are best practices for family reunification after child sexual abuse?
Publisher(s): In NRCDV's September 2016 TA Question of the month, Jennifer Benner outlines best practices and offers additional resources for the process of reunification after child sexual abuse.
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August 2016
Sexual Assault by Law Enforcement
Publisher(s): This webinar highlights Andrea Ritchie's research which determined that 52 percent of 35 police departments surveyed in the U.S. do not have a policy addressing or preventing sexual violence by police officers, despite the issuance of a 2011 guidance on the subject by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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January 2016
Police-Involved Domestic Violence
Publisher(s): This webinar, hosted by Professor Leigh Goodmark, Director of the Gender Violence Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Law, discusses the findings of her investigation into law enforcement-perpetrated domestic violence.
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December 2015
Former Oklahoma City Police Officer Found Guilty of Rapes
Publisher(s): This article describes the case of Daniel Holtzclaw, a former police officer in Oklahoma City who was accused of raping thirteen women while on duty over a 6-month period and was ultimately convicted on 18 counts of rape and sexual assault.
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November 2015
Hands Up at Home: Militarized Masculinity and Police Officers Who Commit Intimate Partner Abuse
Publisher(s): This article examines the violence and abuse perpetrated by police against their intimate partners and asks whether criminalization can succeed as a policy when police officers are disproportionately committing intimate partner abuse.
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October 2015
American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States, Fifth Edition
Publisher(s):This is the fifth edition of the VPC’s American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States. The study analyzes news reports of murder-suicides for the six-month period January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014. To the VPC’s knowledge, it is the largest and most comprehensive analysis available on murder-suicide in the United States.