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**October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month**
  October 2018 | Volume 11 | Issue 10

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the COPS  Office would like to highlight some resources available for addressing domestic  violence:
- “ A  Difference Response to Intimate Partner Violence ” (article). In this  article, Chief Marty Sumner of the High Point Police Department in North  Carolina describes how his agency is tackling intimate partner violence using  the focused deterrence approach.
- “ Domestic Violence Focused  Deterrence ” (podcast). In this podcast, Captain Ellenberger of the  major crime deterrent and prevention section at High Point Police Department discusses  the High Point Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Initiative Strategy.
- Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias in Law  Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: A Roundtable Discussion  (report). Women and LGBT individuals are disproportionately victimized by  sexual assault and domestic violence, and underenforcement of such offenses can  reflect bias on the part of law enforcement. This publication summarizes the  August 4, 2015 roundtable discussion of the guidance provided in a draft  version of the U.S. Department of Justice's  Identifying and Preventing  Gender Bias in Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence .  This summary of the roundtable reflects the opinions and recommendations of the  law enforcement officials, victim advocates, and subject matter experts who  attended.
- “ Law Enforcement Strategies  for Addressing Domestic Violence ” (podcast). In this podcast, Rachel  Braunstein, an attorney at Her Justice, discusses the topic of domestic  violence to provide helpful tips, strategies, and tools for law enforcement.
- “ The Link Between Animal  Cruelty and Domestic Violence ” (podcast). In this podcast, Dr.  Randall Lockwood, senior vice president for Forensic Sciences and Anti-Cruelty  Projects for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,  discusses the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence.
- Police-Community Partnerships to Address Domestic  Violence  (report). Through the community policing  philosophy and its practices, some law enforcement agencies are seeking to  improve their effectiveness in dealing with the problem of domestic violence by  forming police-community partnerships to enhance their response options. PERF,  with funding from the COPS Office, explored the nature, function, and impact of  such police-community partnerships. The research shows that partnerships  between police and community partners have made improvements in the way that  agencies communicate with each other and in how they focus their energies on  improving the safety of victims of domestic violence. This publication  highlights such initiatives around the country that can be replicated to better  address domestic violence.
- Problem Oriented Policing Guide: Domestic Violence  (report).Domestic disputes are some  of the most common calls for police service. Many domestic disputes do not  involve violence; this guide discusses those that do, as well as the measures  that can be used to reduce them. In the United States, domestic violence accounts  for about 20 percent of the nonfatal violent crime women experience and 3 percent of the nonfatal violent crime men experience. This is an essential tool  for law enforcement to help analyze and respond to their local problem.
- “ Transforming  an Agency to Respond to Domestic Violence ” (article). This article  covers the importance of organizationally changing an agency to focus on  domestic violence.
- “ Using  a Focused Deterrence Strategy with Intimate Partner Violence ”  (article). This article is a follow up to a previous article regarding the  offender-focused domestic violence initiative. 

One final resource available from the COPS Office is  technical assistance. The Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical  Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) provides critical and tailored technical assistance  resources to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies on  a wide variety of topics, including domestic violence. By the field, for the  field—per your agency’s request, the CRI-TAC is able to deliver personalized  technical assistance by leading subject matter experts. Please visit the CRI-TAC page to learn more.

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