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                                    Correctional Responses To Domestic Violence Victims

      

                    
          
    Correctional Responses to Domestic Violence Victims
Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and emotional abuse. The frequency and severity of domestic violence can vary dramatically; however, the one constant component of domestic violence is one partner’s consistent efforts to maintain power and control over the other.

In the United States, an average of twenty people are physically abused by intimate partners every minute. This equates to more than ten million abuse victims annually. Domestic violence affects everyone regardless of age, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion or nationality and has devastating consequences that last a lifetime. https://ncadv.org/learn-more

Nearly 3 in 10 women (29%) and 1 in 10 men (10%) in the US have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by a partner and report a related impact on their functioning.
	Nearly, 15% of women (14.8%) and 4% of men have been injured as a result of IPV that included rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
	Females ages 18 to 24 and 25 to 34 generally experienced the highest rates of intimate partner violence.
	Most female victims of intimate partner violence were previously victimized by the same offender, including 77% of females ages 18 to 24, 76% of females ages 25 to 34, and 81% of females ages 35 to 49.
	Law enforcement officer fatality rates are greatly increased when responding to domestic violence incidents when a firearm is present. (2017 Mid-Year Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report)National Domestic Violence Hotline: Domestic Violence Statistics

In response to this continuing issue and its impact on the corrections environment, the National Institute of Corrections will highlight innovative and promising programs that address offender accountability and victim safety in domestic violence cases both in institutional and community supervision settings:

Provide information about designing a comprehensive post-conviction domestic violence response program for both offenders and victims.
	Steps and tools to identify and prioritize your response to offender behavior.
	Provide resources specifically tailored to the correctional environment.**Harris County Health and Relationship Study 2021**

A network of domestic violence service providers and aligned agencies worked together to distribute the Harris County Health and Relationship Study (HCHR). The goal of the HCHR study is to understand the needs of vulnerable Harris County residents impacted by intimate partner violence and COVID-19. The study is a partnership between HCDVCC and the UTMB Center for Violence Prevention. Follow the link to download the study.

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          Lifetime Economic Burden of Intimate Partner Violence Among U.S. Adults (2018)
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      Accordion    Assessment/Screening Instruments
      
      State of Idaho Judicial Branch: Approved DV Evaluation Screening/Assessment Tools (2018)
              Domestic Violence Screening Tool Word Document (2017)
              Domestic Violence Screening Tool PDF (2017)
              Minnesota’s new victim registrant intake form (2017)
              Minnesota’s registrant input at intake fillable form (2017)
              Applying Effective Corrections Principles (RNR) to Partner Abuse Interventions (2017)
              Accordion    Batterer Intervention Programs
      
      The Difference Between Surviving and Not Surviving: Public Benefits Programs and Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims' Economic Security (2018)
              Evidence-Based Domestic Violence Intervention Policy: A Research Guide (2017)
              Pretrial and Post-Conviction Use of Batterer Intervention Programs (2016)
              Breaking the Cycle: The Effects of Batterer Intervention Programs on Domestic Violence Recidivism in Massachusetts (2015)
              What Works to Reduce Recidivism by Domestic Violence Offenders? (2013)
              The Effectiveness of Batterer Intervention Programs: A Literature Review & Recommendations for Next Steps (2011)
              Offender Intervention
              Accordion    Community Corrections (Reentry)
      
      Domestic Violence and Prisoner Reentry: Experiences of African American Women and Men
              Community Corrections Response to Domestic Violence: Guidelines for Practice
              Accordion    Domestic Violence Courts
      
      National Domestic Violence Prosecution Best Practices Guide (2017)
              Final Report: Domestic Violence Court Pilot Project Sydney, Nova Scotia (2016)
              Domestic Violence - Center for Court Innovation
              Domestic Violence Court Map
              Accordion    Intimate Partner Violence (defined)
      
      NIJ Term of the Month: October 2021 - Intimate Partner Violence
              Accordion    Laws & Policies
      
      Tribal Legal Code Resource: Domestic Violence Laws Guide for Drafting or Revising Victim-Centered Tribal Laws Against Domestic Violence

            
      
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            "All governments should be very concerned about domestic violence against Native women. Tribal governments across the United States are creating programs to improve response to violent crime. As sovereign governments, tribes can assert jurisdiction in criminal and civil actions involving assaults
  
      Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (2017)
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      Geiger Institute
              Safe Housing Partnerships
              VAWnet - National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
              National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
              Local Resources - Office of Violence Against Women
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      Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Across the Lifespan: A Technical Package of Programs, Policies, and Practices, May 2017
              The Duluth Power & Control Wheel
              The Crime of Domestic Violence Training Video
              Accordion    Victims (Programs & Services)
      
      SHARP and Coercive Control - University of Kentucky
              Domestic Shelters

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