Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

This document provides an overview of some of the basic issues and questions that confront religiously identified women who have experienced abuse, and outlines strategies for clergy and secular anti-violence advocates to reach out to one another.

The document discusses discrepancies in scholars' interpretations of findings regarding women's use of violence against intimate partners, explains the findings of the research review, and provides recommendations for research and practice.

The LAP is a two-pronged intervention process that features a research-based lethality screening tool and an accompanying protocol referral that provides direction for officers to initiate appropriate action based on the results of the screening process.

This fact sheet reviews currently available data on violence and disasters.

This document provides Q&A explaining legal definitions of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful discharge. Action steps involving possible legal remedies are briefly outlined.

This is an easy-reference guide to help communities across Canada create and maintain partnerships to help prevent domestic violence.

This section of the Code of Federal Regulations, states the rules on request of credit information of a spouse or former spouse.  A creditor can not use information on the other spouse or former spouse of the applicant, except in specific instances of joint use, liability, or reliance on collateral or that spouseÍs income.

A teaching aid for the professor planning a lecture or workshop on how woman abuse affects infants, toddlers, children and teenagers. Background resource material is provided to aid in preparation for a lecture or workshop.

This guide for purchase is geared toward providing advocates strategies and suggestions for effective collaborations with religious communities. This guide is designed to: Educate advocates about how to work effectively with women from a wide variety of religious and spiritual traditions; Offer concrete strategies for making domestic violence programs sensitive and welcoming to women from diverse faith backgrounds; and Provide suggestions for effective collaboration between domestic violence programs and religious communities.

This paper provides a critical overview of some of the current research that has been done to better understand the contexts, dynamics and impact of relationship violence within LGBTQ communities and also identifies several barriers that still exist within support services when responding to this form of violence. The paper concludes by offering recommendations and considerations for the criminal justice and social service community and provides examples of innovative responses and programs that have been developed within LGBTQ communities that might serve as models.

This school-based domestic violence prevention curriculum teaches students to recognize and prevent teen relationship abuse. Lesson plans include a variety of exercises. Parent workshop information and school staff development materials are also included.

The goal of this technical assistance manual is to allow sexual violence advocates/counselors to become adept in dealing with elder clients as needed. Advocates can peruse this guide to learn the basics of effectively working with elder clients or utilize it in a crisis situation