Professional Perceptions of Domestic Violence
... Relationships Australia in that professionals in practice should base their approaches on an integrative level to meet the needs of each perpetrator (Partnerships Against Domestic Violence, 2003). The data add credibility to the organisations’ argument of this model being an effective one for profe ...
... Relationships Australia in that professionals in practice should base their approaches on an integrative level to meet the needs of each perpetrator (Partnerships Against Domestic Violence, 2003). The data add credibility to the organisations’ argument of this model being an effective one for profe ...
Estimating the costs of gender-based violence in the European
... Gender-based violence is perceived as one of the most severe forms of gender inequality and it remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations of modern time. It is an issue that affects women disproportionally as it is directly connected with the unequal distribution of power between wome ...
... Gender-based violence is perceived as one of the most severe forms of gender inequality and it remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations of modern time. It is an issue that affects women disproportionally as it is directly connected with the unequal distribution of power between wome ...
Evaluation of Milwaukee`s Judicial Oversight
... The demonstration was funded with two goals in mind: 1) to learn from the experience of well-qualified sites who were given resources and challenged to build a collaboration between the courts and community agencies to respond to domestic violence; and 2) to test the impact of JODI interventions on ...
... The demonstration was funded with two goals in mind: 1) to learn from the experience of well-qualified sites who were given resources and challenged to build a collaboration between the courts and community agencies to respond to domestic violence; and 2) to test the impact of JODI interventions on ...
CARLOS A. CUEVAS, Ph.D. Contact Information
... Sabina, C., Cuevas, C. A., & Schally, J. L. (in press). Cultural influences on help-seeking among a national sample of victimized Latino women. American Journal of Community Psychology. Cuevas, C. A., Sabina, C. & Bell, K. (in press). The effect of acculturation and immigration on the victimization ...
... Sabina, C., Cuevas, C. A., & Schally, J. L. (in press). Cultural influences on help-seeking among a national sample of victimized Latino women. American Journal of Community Psychology. Cuevas, C. A., Sabina, C. & Bell, K. (in press). The effect of acculturation and immigration on the victimization ...
batterer intervention programs - The Advocates for Human Rights
... social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared with men.2 The Advocates focused on the two most common batterer intervention models: offender programs and counseling approaches. Offender programs are usually victim-centered, courtmandated programs. Offender programs ...
... social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared with men.2 The Advocates focused on the two most common batterer intervention models: offender programs and counseling approaches. Offender programs are usually victim-centered, courtmandated programs. Offender programs ...
Emasculation and Emancipation: African American Masculinity in
... Considerable scholarship has been dedicated to the issues of womanhood addressed by these authors. However, there remains much to be said about the plight of African American men. Although one of these texts is a play and the other two are novels, they are thematically connected in that they each pr ...
... Considerable scholarship has been dedicated to the issues of womanhood addressed by these authors. However, there remains much to be said about the plight of African American men. Although one of these texts is a play and the other two are novels, they are thematically connected in that they each pr ...
Full Text - Association of Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
... perennial manpower deficits too often result in the under-enforcement of restraining orders (Buzawa & Buzawa, 2002; Seave, 2006). Furthermore, victim services remain underfunded, and this is particularly the case for straight men and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) victims, who encoun ...
... perennial manpower deficits too often result in the under-enforcement of restraining orders (Buzawa & Buzawa, 2002; Seave, 2006). Furthermore, victim services remain underfunded, and this is particularly the case for straight men and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) victims, who encoun ...
THE LONG ROAD - Berkeley Law - University of California, Berkeley
... The Human Rights Center conducts research on war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights. Using evidence-based methods and innovative technologies, the Center supports efforts to hold perpetrators accountable and to protect vulnerable populations. The C ...
... The Human Rights Center conducts research on war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights. Using evidence-based methods and innovative technologies, the Center supports efforts to hold perpetrators accountable and to protect vulnerable populations. The C ...
The Globalization of Juvenile Justice
... CREATING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RELEASE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS Beth Caldwell,* Southwestern Law School Although the United States is the only country in the world that currently incarcerates juvenile offenders for life without the possibility of parole, this country appears to be moving toward ...
... CREATING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RELEASE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS Beth Caldwell,* Southwestern Law School Although the United States is the only country in the world that currently incarcerates juvenile offenders for life without the possibility of parole, this country appears to be moving toward ...
El Paso County - The Greenbook
... Like most communities, El Paso County has not yet instituted an effective system to assess the presence, impact, and damaging effects associated with domestic violence (DV) and child maltreatment (CM). We can begin to estimate the size of the problem based on national, state and local statistics. Na ...
... Like most communities, El Paso County has not yet instituted an effective system to assess the presence, impact, and damaging effects associated with domestic violence (DV) and child maltreatment (CM). We can begin to estimate the size of the problem based on national, state and local statistics. Na ...
Strategies to Prevent Urban Violence
... public health community was understanding that violence prevention was also their responsibility. In 1979, the Surgeon General’s Report, Healthy People, identified 15 priority areas to improve the long-term health and well-being of the American public and identified violent behavior, related to guns ...
... public health community was understanding that violence prevention was also their responsibility. In 1979, the Surgeon General’s Report, Healthy People, identified 15 priority areas to improve the long-term health and well-being of the American public and identified violent behavior, related to guns ...
Gender, Race, and Sentencing
... Friends Service Committee 1971; Messinger and Johnson 1978). During 1965 to 1975, 96-97 percent of prisoners were men, and approximately 40 percent were black. Sentencing became the object of reformers' attention not only because of widespread interest in sentencing processes per se but because of c ...
... Friends Service Committee 1971; Messinger and Johnson 1978). During 1965 to 1975, 96-97 percent of prisoners were men, and approximately 40 percent were black. Sentencing became the object of reformers' attention not only because of widespread interest in sentencing processes per se but because of c ...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRITICAL ISSUES IN
... Sara’s family was her main source of support when she was trying to leave. After a while, however, they began to get impatient, and assumed that she “must just like that [abuse]!” Through temporary welfare support, Sara was finally able to start toward independence for herself and her children. She ...
... Sara’s family was her main source of support when she was trying to leave. After a while, however, they began to get impatient, and assumed that she “must just like that [abuse]!” Through temporary welfare support, Sara was finally able to start toward independence for herself and her children. She ...
alive and free: rethinking how we help and support young people at
... community and justice system partners convey their carefully prepared anti-violence message, service partners each talk very briefly about what’s informally called a statement of commitment. The essence of this message is that the formal resources available through an agency, while important, are se ...
... community and justice system partners convey their carefully prepared anti-violence message, service partners each talk very briefly about what’s informally called a statement of commitment. The essence of this message is that the formal resources available through an agency, while important, are se ...
pittsburgh peace and justice initiative
... neighborhoods across the city attempted to come together to form a collective strategy. For various reasons the collaboration did not come to fruition at that time. In the years since, our region and nation have witnessed ongoing violence. Around the country, communities erupted over the unwarranted ...
... neighborhoods across the city attempted to come together to form a collective strategy. For various reasons the collaboration did not come to fruition at that time. In the years since, our region and nation have witnessed ongoing violence. Around the country, communities erupted over the unwarranted ...
Nancy Dowd - Boston University
... For most black boys, privilege and dominance in the sense assumed by The End of Men has almost never been present in their lives. I begin, then, by exploring the context of the lives of black boys. I include in this description the systems that impact on their lives that subordinate instead of supp ...
... For most black boys, privilege and dominance in the sense assumed by The End of Men has almost never been present in their lives. I begin, then, by exploring the context of the lives of black boys. I include in this description the systems that impact on their lives that subordinate instead of supp ...
EN-GENDERING THE POLICE: Women`s Police Stations and
... culture. Finally, I met policewomen whose alliances with feminist organizations were indirect and ambiguous; they embraced aspects of the feminist discourse on violence against women but did not, or could not, make explicit alliances with feminists. This position was predominant in the mid-1990s and ...
... culture. Finally, I met policewomen whose alliances with feminist organizations were indirect and ambiguous; they embraced aspects of the feminist discourse on violence against women but did not, or could not, make explicit alliances with feminists. This position was predominant in the mid-1990s and ...
PDF - safe steps Family Violence Response Centre
... • working with employers to promote retention and career progression of women who are sole parents and/or working part-time • applying Family Violence Exception provisions to women on temporary visas. • That the Commonwealth and State Governments agree to a national costed plan to increase the avail ...
... • working with employers to promote retention and career progression of women who are sole parents and/or working part-time • applying Family Violence Exception provisions to women on temporary visas. • That the Commonwealth and State Governments agree to a national costed plan to increase the avail ...
The Changing Racial Dynamics of Women`s Incarceration
... York – had fewer people in their prisons at the end of the decade and 47 states experienced at least one year of decline. While reduced crime rates are likely to have contributed to these declines, deliberate changes in policy and practice are also playing a role in these reductions in some states.7 ...
... York – had fewer people in their prisons at the end of the decade and 47 states experienced at least one year of decline. While reduced crime rates are likely to have contributed to these declines, deliberate changes in policy and practice are also playing a role in these reductions in some states.7 ...
CCPR/CO/71/DOM
... significant role in efforts to strengthen our justice system. Decree No. 22-98 of 12 January 1998 laid down various guidelines for the Commissioner to follow in carrying out projects and activities: these include improvement of the prison system; modernization of legislation; improvement of the prod ...
... significant role in efforts to strengthen our justice system. Decree No. 22-98 of 12 January 1998 laid down various guidelines for the Commissioner to follow in carrying out projects and activities: these include improvement of the prison system; modernization of legislation; improvement of the prod ...
int_cedaw_ngs_fin_11942_e
... The CEDAW Committee has recommended that Finland redirects the coordination of the work on stopping violence against women onto governmental level. The NGOs have demanded a "coordination unit" ever since the 1990s. In 2007, Prime Minister Vanhanen's first Minister of Socia ...
... The CEDAW Committee has recommended that Finland redirects the coordination of the work on stopping violence against women onto governmental level. The NGOs have demanded a "coordination unit" ever since the 1990s. In 2007, Prime Minister Vanhanen's first Minister of Socia ...
Advocacy on Behalf of Battered Women
... income level. Women needed new welfare intake rules that recognized their need to hide from the father of their children. Women needed police to keep records of repeated calls to their homes. To control the use of violence against them and their children, women needed a revision of most of the socia ...
... income level. Women needed new welfare intake rules that recognized their need to hide from the father of their children. Women needed police to keep records of repeated calls to their homes. To control the use of violence against them and their children, women needed a revision of most of the socia ...
Open document
... Gender Equality Plan to “combat violence against women in different environments” as well as further the promotion, protection, and assurance of the “right of women, girls, and adolescents to peace and to a life free of violence.”42 This Gender Equality Plan has produced “a normative framework of pu ...
... Gender Equality Plan to “combat violence against women in different environments” as well as further the promotion, protection, and assurance of the “right of women, girls, and adolescents to peace and to a life free of violence.”42 This Gender Equality Plan has produced “a normative framework of pu ...
Fact Sheet
... orders reduce the risk of intimate partner homicide. Research indicates that laws restricting firearm access for batterers subject to restraining orders are associated with a 19% reduction in rates of intimate homicide and a 25% reduction in rates of intimate homicide with firearms. 11 A study of th ...
... orders reduce the risk of intimate partner homicide. Research indicates that laws restricting firearm access for batterers subject to restraining orders are associated with a 19% reduction in rates of intimate homicide and a 25% reduction in rates of intimate homicide with firearms. 11 A study of th ...