This solicitation seeks proposals that assess the effectiveness of arrest in the context of a systemwide, coordinated approach to domestic violence. This evaluation is funded under the Violence Against Women Act. The deadline for submitting completed proposals is September 6, 1996. Up to 10 awards will be made for local evaluations of individual State programs. The deadline for submitting completed proposals is September 4, 1996.
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It's easy to subscribe. The National College of District Attorneys will host its Sixth Annual National Conference on Domestic Violence in Atlanta Georgia, October 13-16, 1996. The diverse curriculum format will include resource sessions, lectures, trial technique workshops, demonstrations, panel discussions, and networking sessions. Topics include mandatory arrest, early intervention in violent families, working with reluctant and difficult witnesses, investigation strategies, victimless prosecutions, impeachment of the expert witness, battered spouse syndrome, and concerns for rural jurisdictions. The conference is open to judges, law enforcement, mental health professionals, parole and probation officers, physicians, prosecutors, shelter workers, social workers, victim advocates, clergy, and all other professionals who work with victims of domestic violence.