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Special Collection
Special Collection
January 2022
This special collection is a product of the COURAGE in Policing Project, jointly supported by the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law, Casa de Esperanza National Latin@ Network, and UN Women.
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November 2019
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California police officers accused of domestic violence routinely plead down to nonviolent misdemeanors, such as disturbing the peace, vandalism or unreasonable noise, allowing them to keep their guns and badges. This is an investigation as to how this is allowed within law enforcement agencies
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February 2019
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This report from the National Black Women’s Justice Institute explores how recognizing the pervasive and systemic nature of sexual violence against Black women, girls, trans, gender nonconforming and nonbinary people by police, penal, and immigration officers, in prisons, jails and/or detention facilities, and in social service, learning, and health care settings, calls into question our reliance on these systems and structures of dominance as responses to sexual violence, and as effective mechanisms of prevention, early detection, and healing.
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October 2018
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In Toradze v. Georgia, a law enforcement officer used his position of power to perpetuate a domestic violence situation in the country of Georgia. The Amicus Brief urged the European Court to consider, in the context provided by the case of Toradze v. Georgia, important principles that have been developed by international, regional, and national authorities on policing and human rights, and to apply a heightened responsibility standard in cases of officer-perpetrated gender based violence.
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June 2018
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
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
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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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August 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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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- Training Tools
October 2015
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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.