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The Domestic Violence Resource Network...
Special Issues Resource Centers
The Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP) consists of two partnering agencies that operate in separate locations.
The Criminal and Civil Justice Center in Minneapolis provides technical assistance on:
- Criminal justice response to domestic violence cases, with a focus on intervention through interagency coordination and policy development that guides practitioners in the use of arrest, prosecution, sentencing, probation, victim safeguards, and batterer intervention programs
- Civil legal issues, including civil protection orders, divorce, custody, child support, economic restoration, and alternate dispute resolution
- Use of domestic violence safety audits to assess the effectiveness of institutional interventions in DV cases
- Coordination of the military and civilian responses to domestic violence cases involving military personnel and advocacy for victims
- Responses to police officer-involved domestic crimes, including advocacy for victims.
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Battered Women's Justice Project Criminal and Civil Justice Center
800-903-0111 ext. 1
www.bwjp.org |
The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, located in Philadelphia, PA, addresses the unique needs of battered women who, as a result of the abuse they have experienced at the hands of their intimate partner, end up charged with a crime.
The National Clearinghouse strives to prevent the revictimization of battered women defendants by providing specialized technical assistance, resources, and support to battered women charged with crimes and to members of their defenses teams. Staff conduct trainings for the criminal justice and advocacy communities; consult with local, state and national organizations; maintain an extensive Resource Library of relevant case law, research and litigation materials; and advocate for public policy and institutional and social change.
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Battered Women's Justice Project National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
800-903-0111 ext. 3
www.ncdbw.org |
The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HRC), a project of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, works to improve health and public health responses to victims of family violence. The HRC offers model strategies and tools to health care providers and DV/SA programs to address and prevent the chronic health issues associated with exposure to abuse. Working closely with the American Medical Association and other professional health associations, the HRC produces policy guidelines for health care professionals responding to domestic violence.
The HRC provides technical assistance, training, public policy recommendations, and materials and responds to thousands requests for technical assistance annually. In addition the HRC runs a number of special projects, including a multi-year project in Indian Country to improve health care to American Indian/Alaska Native survivors of abuse, and a comprehensive reproductive health campaign designed to help health care providers and DV/SA advocates reduce risk for unintended pregnancy, exposure to sexually transmitted diseases and improve reproductive health through violence prevention. The HRC’s biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence brings together over 1000 health care professionals, DV/SA advocates, researchers and health policy makers to share the latest research and clinical practice related to health and domestic violence.
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National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
888-792-2873
www.endabuse.org |
A project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, The Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody ensures that family and juvenile court cases are handled in a manner that recognizes the complexity of the legal, cultural, and psychological aspects of domestic violence and provides protection and relief for all victims in the family. For more than a decade, the Resource Center has been engaged in the process of infusing domestic violence knowledge into child protection and custody practice and reducing the unintended consequences of such practice through its targeted technical and training assistance, through its work with communities to explore, examine, and develop state-of-the-art policies and practices in this special issue area, and through its collaborations with the other members of the Domestic Violence Resource Network.
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Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody
800-527-3223
http://www.ncjfcj.org/content/view/20/94/ |
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