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March 2018
Coercion Related to Mental Health and Substance Use in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: A Toolkit for Screening, Assessment, and Brief Counseling in Primary Care and Behavioral Health Settings
Publisher(s): This toolkit provides trauma-informed guidance on integrating questions about mental health and substance use coercion into routine mental health and substance use histories and into in-depth IPV assessments in primary care and behavioral health settings.
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- NRCDV Publications
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February 2018
WEBINAR: Rights4Girls: Cyntoia Brown, Bresha Meadows and the Abuse to Prison Pipeline
Publisher(s): In recognition of Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month, this webinar highlights the work of Rights4Girls. Presenters explore how the intersections of race, gender and violence cause the most marginalized girls to be criminalized for their experiences of sexual violence and sexual exploitation.
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February 2018
Body-Worn Cameras and Violence Against Women: Policy and Program Development
Publisher(s):This webinar from IACP presents information about the creation or update of body-worn camera policies and programs highlighting the considerations specific to intimate partner violence including domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
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February 2018
Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Fact Sheet
Publisher(s): This fact sheet provides examples in each context, highlighting cases in which courts and administrative bodies recognized the nexus between human trafficking and domestic violence.
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February 2018
How can we harness the power of our own trauma histories to build truly intersectional and intergenerational approaches to this work?
Publisher(s): In NRCDV's February 2018 TA Question of the month, guest writer Annika Leonard explores what it means to truly bring our histories of trauma and oppression to the work.
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February 2018
Body-Worn Cameras and Violence Against Women: Victim Safety and Confidentiality
Publisher(s): This webinar from IACP presents information about balancing victim safety and confidentiality with officer safety and accountability. It highlights safety and confidentiality issues that should be considered as body-worn camera programs are created or updated, include video release, retention and viewing.
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February 2018
Mapping Gender: Shedding Empirical Light on Family Courts’ Treatment of Cases Involving Abuse and Alienation
Publisher(s): What is really happening in the nation's family courts? This webinar discusses a national empirical study of custody courts' responses to domestic violence, child abuse, and parental alienation claims.
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February 2018
Body-Worn Cameras and Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations and Community Trust
Publisher(s): This webinar presents information about body-worn camera program development and considerations when responding to immigrants, individuals who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community, minors, and other specific populations.
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February 2018
Pacific Islanders and Domestic & Sexual Violence
Publisher(s): This factsheet compiles information on Pacific Islander diversity and identities; demographic data; statistics on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and help-seeking; and resources for Pacific Islander survivors and advocates.
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January 2018
Nonconsensual Image Sharing Isn’t Pornography — It’s Sexual Assault
Publisher(s): This article from the online MSW program from the University of Southern California provides insight into the numbers of people impacted by nonconsensual image sharing, across gender, age, race, sexual identity, and how revenge porn and sexual assault can affect a person’s mental health.
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January 2018
U Visa for Crime Victims
Publisher(s):This page provides information about U visa, including what this visa is, who can be its principal applicants, grounds for inadmissibility, and costs for its application.
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- NRCDV Publications
January 2018
The Difference Between Surviving and Not Surviving: Public Benefits Programs and Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims' Economic Security
Publisher(s): For domestic violence and sexual assault victims, the public benefits programs that support basic economic security are of critical importance. This report discusses the findings from a 2017 survey of over 1,100 service providers. It details barriers survivors encounter when trying to access public benefits programs, cross-sector collaboration and systems-level advocacy, and possible legislative changes to these critical programs.