Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This toolkit highlights the obstacles survivors face in the criminal and civil legal systems and provides tools for advocates to support survivors in their journey.

In many places, the trauma resulting from violence and other severe stressors has been addressed mainly by trained mental health workers. At the same time, research has explored the harmful effects of trauma and suggested ways to address them.

This slide show provides information on the elements of an accessible meeting and offers practical guidance for advocates and others planning accessible meetings and events.

Defending Childhood: Protect Heal Thrive by the Attorney General's National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence, US Department of Justice (December 2012)

This press release announces new standards to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and assault in confinement facilities in accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA).

Teens in unhealthy dating relationships may experience coerced sex or birth control sabotage, increasing risk of pregnancy. This document provides practical guidance for incorporating IPV content and materials into teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) projects.

This Powerpoint outlines the importance of trauma-informed HIV services, histories of trauma across the lifespan, the impact of many instances of trauma on cognitive functioning, the impact of trauma on health, risk behaviors and immunofunction, and recommendations.

This Applied Research paper provides research findings concerning violence against pregnant and postpartum women, discusses some of the strengths and limitations of these studies, and concludes with comments concerning the implications of this work for practice and research.

This podcast summarizes what a domestic violence safety and accountability audit is, outlines the components of an audit, and demonstrates the benefits of an audit to the agency, community, and victims.

This report situates women of color in the United States today, their current electoral impact, and the methods being used to disenfranchise people of color throughout the country and explores connections between this voter suppression and reproductive justice.

This report presents data on domestic violence-related homicides in New Hampshire for a 10-year period from 2001 to 2010 with the goal of increasing understanding of the context of these homicides and helping prevent future fatalities.

This Resolution was adopted at the 119th Annual Conference in San Diego, CA on October 3, 2012. The International Association of Chiefs of Police resolved that policies supporting the arrest of and criminal consequences for victims for violations of their own protection orders are harmful and counterintuitive and should be avoided as they undermine the purpose of the system that was created to protect victims and hold perpetrators of crime accountable.