Homicide / Lethality Content Topic Results
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November 2010
Telling Amy's Story
Publisher(s):This is the 15 minute version of a full-length film that follows the timeline of a domestic violence homicide that occurred in central Pennsylvania on November 8, 2001. This story illustrates the importance of the fatality review process in the prevention of intimate partner homicide.
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- General Material
July 2010
Lifecourse Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking among Filipina, Indian, and Pakistan Women: Implications for Justice System Responses
Publisher(s):This report presents research findings on Asian battered women's help-seeking from the Criminal Justice system (CJS) and other programs and offers recommendations to the CJS for enhancing their responses to IPV in Asian communities.
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- General Material
June 2010
The Killing Must Stop: Death at the Hands of the Person You Love - Findings and Recommendations of the Louisiana Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project
Publisher(s):This report presents the findings from a Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project (DVFR) that has been underway since 2005 in the state of Louisiana.
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March 2010
Domestic Violence Fatality Review in Indian Country
Publisher(s):This article, which begins on page 8 of the NDVFRI’s Fatality Review Bulletin, provides information on conducting fatality reviews with American Indian tribes in Montana.
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February 2010
Shattered Lives: Homicides, Domestic Violence and Asian Families
Publisher(s):This report analyzes 160 cases of domestic violence related homicides in Asian families based on newspaper clippings and information from advocates for a six-year period (from 2000 to 2005).
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- General Material
January 2010
Hate Violence Against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Communities in the United States in 2009
Publisher(s):This report documents hate-motivated violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in 2009 in the United States as reported to member organizations of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP). It includes statistics, trends, narratives and responses and recommendations for change.
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- General Material
September 2009
The Kentucky Civil Protective Order Study: A Rural and Urban Multiple Perspective Study of Protective Order Violation Consequences, Responses, & Costs
Publisher(s):This study addresses several gaps in the research literature on civil protective orders by examining protective order effectiveness, enforcement, and cost effectiveness.
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June 2009
Keeping Women Alive - Assessing the Danger
Publisher(s):This report shares results of an action based research project on Danger Assessment useage in nine Alberta shelters over a two year period. Fourteen (14) practice-focused recommendations are provided in this report.
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- General Material
June 2009
"Bring the Gun or You'll Die:" Torture, Rape, and Other Serious Human Rights Violations by Kenyan Security Forces in the Mandera Triangle
Publisher(s):This report documents rampant abuses during the operation and provides detailed accounts of the events in four of the 10 communities that were targeted.
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- General Material
April 2009
Inventory of Spousal Violence Risk Assessment Tools Used in Canada
Publisher(s):This report provides descriptions and analyses of assessment tools, investigative checklists, and protocols used by criminal justice personnel in Canada to measure risk in domestic violence cases.
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- General Material
March 2009
Model Form - In the Event of My Death
Publisher(s):This form is meant to provide guidance for programs regarding confidentiality and releasing of information in the event of a program participant’s death.
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- General Material
February 2009
Webinar - Now That We Know: How to Use the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Report to Mobilize Change
Publisher(s):This is a 2-hour webinar presenting the findings and recommendations from the 2008 report “Now That We Know” by the Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review.