Resource Library

ICCR Webinar: A View from the Inside: Utilizing an Adult Forensic Interview Program presented by Julie Germann & David Hernandez.

ICCR Webinar: How to Effectively Utilize Shelter Services for Victims of Gender-based Violence presented by Jordyn Lawson.

ICCR Webinar: Fact or Expert: An Introduction to the Ethical Role and Use of Expert Witness presented by Margaret Bassett.

ICCR Webinar: Sexual Assault Roll Call presented by Kristin Daley & Kenny Smith.

ICCR Webinar: Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Presented by Ruth Perrin & Anya Lynn-Alesker.

ICCR Webinar: Digital Storm: Offenders Use of Technology to Stalk Victims & Overcoming Investigative Roadblocks presented by Kelly Downey.

ICCR Webinar: Rural Family Justice Centers presented by Ken Shetter & Kristie Chandler.

ICCR Webinar: Exposing What's Concealed: Leveraging existing federal statues to increase victim safety and offender accountability presented by John Guard.

ICCR Webinar: Mindfulness in Multi-Disciplinary Teams presented by Justin Boardman.

ICCR Webinar: Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury presented by Rachel Ramirez.

ICCR Webinar: Creating Stability Within High Risk IPV Interventions Using Risk Assessments presented by David M. Scott.

ICCR Webinar: Enhancing Language Access in Rural Communities presented by Jose Juan Lara, Jr.

ICCR Webinar: Rural Sexual Response Teams presented by Fatima Jayoma & Miranda Gonzalez.

ICCR Webinar: Intimate Partner Violence Intervention presented by Rachel Teicher.

ICCR Webinar: Rural Collaborations to End Teen Dating Violence presented by D Dagondon Tiegs & Jessica Moreno.

ICCR Webinar: Opioid Use & Domestic Violence in Rural Communities presented by Dr. Rebecca Stone & Diane Kinney.

ICCR Webinar: Healthcare Implications for Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking presented by Mary Ann Contreras.

ICCR Webinar: Hand in Hand: Law Enforcement Serving in Order to Protect presented by Denise Jones.

ICCR Webinar: Bridging the Gap: Law Enforcement and Advocacy Collaboration presented by Misty Biddick & Jerry Meadors.

ICCR Webinar: Understanding the Experience and Needs of Older Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence presented by Maggy McGiffert & Julie Olomi.

ICCR Webinar: Core Strategies to Reduce Systemic Inequities for All Survivors in Rural Communities presented by Amalfi Parker Elder.

ICCR Webinar: Are You in Network? How to Support Survivors in a Healthcare Setting presented by Amanda Elkanick Oder & Bronwyn Blake.

ICCR Webinar: Putting the pieces together to protect survivor privacy presented by Breall Baccus, Elizabeth Boyce, & Molly Voyles.

ICCR Webinar: Surrendering Firearms and Saving Lives presented by Julie Germann & David Keck.

ICCR Webinar: What About Youth? Engaging Young People in Relationship Violence Prevention presented by Kaiti Dinges.

ICCR Webinar: A Focus on IPV Sexual Violence and Strangulation presented by John Wilkinson.

ICCR Webinar: A roadmap through rural and urban communities to improve services and advocacy presented by Michael Munson.

ICCR Webinar: Family violence & firearms presented by Alexandra Cantrell.

ICCR Webinar: Advocating for policy change presented by Linda Phan.

ICCR Webinar: Battering intervention & prevention program services for domestic violence offenders presented by Mikisha Hooper & Claire Sudolsky.

ICCR Webinar: Navigating the Texas state plan presented by Molly Voyles & Bethany Backes.

ICCR Webinar: Core elements of an effective coordinated community response presented by Denis Eng.

Project ReVEAL: Recording victim video statements as evidence to advance legal outcomes in family violence cases presented by Bethany Backes & Anna Wasim.

ICCR webinar presented by Ruth Guerreiro.

ICCR webinar presented by Sarah Hilderbrand & Claire Sudolsky.

ICCR webinar presented by Jessica Brazeal.

Why won't she listen? How to effectively communicate with survivors & increase participation. ICCR webinar presented by Ruth Guerreiro & Jordyn Lawson.

Mindfulness allows one to focus on the present, get out of the worry loop, and center themselves to move forward continually. Individuals come to the team with their personalities, professions, and trauma backgrounds, making every multi-disciplinary team (MDT) its unique organism, functioning with a specific personality and energy. These teams continually work hard to improve the justice system for survivors and that work can deplete resilience. MDT meetings can become frustrating and even re-traumatizing. By addressing both trauma and secondary trauma directly, looking at options for more effective supportive teamwork can begin. This webinar will address valuable tools for MDTs and individuals to practice self-care.

Often referred to as the “invisible injury”, this webinar will focus on partner-inflicted brain injuries: how to identify them including signs and symptoms, how to talk to survivors about your concerns, and resources available for practitioners in the field.

This presentation will focus on the impact of how using a risk assessment tool will provide stability and sustainability with High Risk IPV Intervention Programs in rural and underserved communities.

Crime victims who are limited English proficient (LEP) or use different modes of communication such as sign language need meaningful, effective, and equal access to crime victim services and criminal justice supports. This webinar will address the barriers victims who are LEP or use different modes of communication encounter and how to enhance their access to justice in rural communities.

The Sexual Violence Justice Institute a program of the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault will present on building a baseline knowledge of systems-change sexual assault response teams (SARTs). The training will also provide SARTs with the knowledge and tools for effective multidisciplinary teamwork.

Despite years of efforts, traditional criminal legal responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) have fallen short of improving victim safety and increasing offender accountability. Building on coordination models, the Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) employs the National Network for Safe Communities’ (NNSC) evidence-based focused deterrence approach to identify and deter the most serious IPV offenders, reduce IPV, and reduce harm to victims. Through a partnership of law enforcement, victim advocates, social service providers, and community members, IPVI addresses all intimate partner violence offenders known to the criminal justice system. One of the structure’s essential elements is the ability to focus on offenders at early stages of offending, before violence or patterns of behavior escalate, offering community-based outreach, support, and messaging about the potential consequences of continued IPV offending. Through this approach, jurisdictions are able to establish themselves as the entity responsible for addressing the violence, thus shifting the burden of action off the victim. The NNSC and partners in High Point, North Carolina began a pilot project of the IPVI in 2009 which lead to dramatic reductions in IPV homicides and victim injuries. Since then, IPVI has been implemented in diverse jurisdictions nationwide, with many early indicators of success. This webinar will focus on the principles behind IPVI, how it works, and the essential steps that jurisdictions can take to successfully implement this innovative initiative.

Collaborative efforts are essential to end teen dating violence. While many collaborative teams and service providers were initially created with adult survivors in mind, it’s important to understand the unique needs and barriers young survivors face. This session will help collaborative teams assess readiness for working with and serving youth, and includes tools, reflection questions, and suggested protocols for collaborative, community-based efforts to address teen dating violence in rural communities. Special attention is given to meaningful integration of young people into collaborative work.

This presentation will describe a community-based participatory research project to understand rural Vermont residents’ experiences of co-occurring opioid use and intimate partner violence. This multi-stage and multi-method project involved a qualitative needs assessment with a community sample of people with lived experience of opioid use and partner violence, a community brainstorming event, the development of an online cross-training for peer recovery coaches and survivor advocates, and evaluation of the cross-training curriculum. Dr. Stone and Ms. Kinney will also discuss other challenges and opportunities related to the project and to meeting the needs of rural residents seeking safety and recovery.

The webinar focuses on strategies to build both internal and external community relationships in the field of intimate partner and trafficking violence. Implementing strategic organizational changes within healthcare settings allows for understanding of the opportunity for healthcare professionals to screen patients for intimate partner violence/human trafficking in a trauma informed manner and refer to community resources. This practice and implementation can be utilized in rural and urban healthcare centers, including hospitals and community clinics.

There is an unspoken expectation that if a victim reports a crime, that the victim must definitely participate in the investigation and conviction of that crime. However, what is often misunderstood, misinterpreted, or simply forgotten is that victims endure many mental, physical, and systemic barriers that impede their ability to cooperate with law enforcement and other purveyors of criminal justice. It is vital that officers recognize these obstacles and have strategies in place to circumvent these complications in order to support victims and carry out effective investigations. This webinar will explore the reasons why victims cannot/do not participate, how to work cases without victims, and to highlight the importance of victim advocacy.

This presentation will discuss building a successful partnership between community advocates and law enforcement agencies in order to address intimate partner violence. The presenters will discuss the roles of law enforcement and community-based advocates in the response to intimate partner violence (IPV) crimes, specifically in rural areas. The presentation will also discuss the building blocks of creating a positive relationship between law enforcement, advocates and police culture regarding advocacy. The presentation will also highlight common challenges and solutions involving information sharing that may occur between advocates and law enforcement and give helpful suggestions for building and maintaining the vital relationships between first responders and advocates regarding intimate partner violence.

This webinar will highlight the results from a study, Older Victims of Sexual and Domestic Violence: Understanding Gaps in Systems Responses and Community Services in Texas, conducted by the University of Central Florida and the University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Violence Prevention. This project, a collaboration with Texas Council on Family Violence and Texas Association Against Family Violence, assesses the needs and experiences of female-identified Texas survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, aged 50 and older, and offers recommendations and promising practices for supporting older survivors.

Coordinated community responses (CCRs) to domestic violence have been successful over the past forty years in leveraging the criminal legal system to hold abusers accountable and send messages of help to survivors. Although some survivors have found safety, many others have, in fact, been negatively impacted by systemic intervention. In rural communities, such inequities can result when law enforcement is ill-equipped to meet the communication needs of Deaf survivors or when shelters are unprepared to meet the needs of survivors with mental illnesses. Rural CCRs need practical, concrete tools and strategies to identify and reduce systemic inequities so that ALL survivors in their communities experience increased safety, help, and support.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been considered a public health issue since the 1960s. However, research shows that only 10-25% of victims seek any type of traditional victim services; but almost everyone visits the doctor. As a result, healthcare professionals are often the only potential point of intervention for victims and must have the tools in place to address IPV in their clinics and offices. In this webinar, attendees will learn about the prevalence of intimate partner violence, ways to implement effective screening, and trauma-informed practices for addressing these health harming legal needs. The presenters will share how the Texas Advocacy Project can provide free legal help for patients in need.

Understanding how to support survivor's privacy, privilege, and confidentiality rights is critical to support safety and choice. This webinar, presented by the Texas Council on Family Violence and the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, will provide an overview of both federal confidentiality laws and state statutes that offer protections to survivors, including the new privilege statute just passed for survivors of sexual assault. The presenters will also discuss exceptions to the law, and the important pieces of a properly executed a release of information to ensure survivors are informed and their privilege is protected.

The most dangerous time for a domestic violence victim is the time immediately after leaving the relationship. Women are 3.6 times more likely to be killed shortly after leaving their partner, and the presence of firearms increases the lethality of the violence and expands the number of victims. Research has shown that state laws prohibiting persons subject to protection orders from possessing firearms and requiring them to surrender firearms in their possession were associated with a 14% lower rate of intimate partner firearm homicide.  Taking the steps to ensure that those who are ineligible to possess surrender their firearms could very well save a life. In this webinar, participants will learn the steps necessary for developing a firearm surrender protocol in their community. The presenters will explore all aspects of a successful protocol, from getting buy-in from the necessary criminal justice partners to procedure and paper work, including examples of protocols/procedures currently utilized by communities that are already successfully surrendering firearms.

Did you know that 1 in 3 teens will experience dating violence each year? In this webinar, Jana’s Campaign will provide background on teen dating violence, briefly discuss obligations K-12 schools and colleges have to address these issues, and describe how communities can better help teens recognize unhealthy relationship behaviors and promote healthy relationships. Attendees will leave with innovative ideas about preventing teen dating violence and working with young people to do so.

Every year, 3-4 million women in the U.S. are abused by an intimate partner, and as many as 1,600 are killed by their abusers. Identifying the level of danger facing a victim is a persistent challenge. Several factors are associated with an increased risk of homicide—in particular, the co-occurrence of sexual violence and strangulation. Trauma-informed investigations and evidence-based prosecutions are essential to the identification of these co-occurring crimes, safety planning with survivors, and offender accountability.  This webinar will focus on the signs and symptoms of strangulation injury; common dynamics and prevalence of intimate partner sexual violence; and the importance of documentation, safety planning, and collaboration with advocates and medical experts. The presenter will discuss risk factors and assessment, as well as investigative and legal considerations in these cases.

This webinar will define statistics regarding the transgender community and the barriers to gaining access to care. Resources are discussed to help break down the barriers.

This webinar provides statistics to emphasize the importance of addressing the presence of firearms in family violence cases.

This webinar defines Legislative Advocacy and offers a deep understanding of the Texas Legislative process in order to teach various methods of advocating.

This webinar highlights strategic prevention efforts to family violence through battering intervention programs.

This webinar takes an in depth approach to the Texas State Plan on combatting family violence.

This webinar will explain Project ReVEAL: Recording victim video statements as evidence to advance legal outcomes in family violence cases.

This webinar discusses how trauma affects children in regards to DV situations. It highlights how trauma works in a childs brain and what they interpret from the scene.

This webinar highlights valuable information regarding starting, implementing, and executing a coordinated community response.

This webinar does a deep dive into what trauma is and how it impacts the brain via behaviors, memories, etc.

This webinar discusses why trauma affects victims in ways that might alter how she receives services and what you can do about it as a service provider.

This website provides tools, training, and featured research surrounding crimes against women from a victim-centered perspective.  

This webinar will help attendees understand the basic dynamics that lead to child abuse, sex trafficking, and domestic violence. The presenters will discuss the cyclical nature of these types of victimizations and the connective factors that cause these to link together as a spectrum of violence. Attendees wil gain insight into best practices in response to these types of victimizations as well as best practices in movement toward a more comprehensive approach in addressing these survivors and their healing process (2020).

This BWJP webinar explains the difference between adolescent domestic battery and intimate partner violence, and the need for an alternative system and treatment response to this issue (2019).

This BWJP webinar provides a particular focus on girls charged with any home-based assault (simple assault, domestic battery, assault against as family member) to understand the context of those offenses and how supporting girls and their families can avoid their arrests and detentions (2019).

This BWJP webinar focuses on how sexual violence manifests in cyberspace, including non-consensual distribution of pornography and sextortion (2019).

This BWJP webinar introduces coercive control as a practical model to improve assessment with women and children and as a political model to address violence against women as a “liberty crime" (2019).

This BWJP webinar provides an introduction to and overview of Johnson's typology, including a critical evaluation and discussion of how it can be applied in research and practice based on current research. It also discusses findings from a study that evaluates different methods for identifying coercive control and classifying the types of violence in research (2019).

The crime of domestic violence is complex and law enforcement officers often feel frustrated and discouraged when responding. Officers provide as much support to victims as possible, but when equipped with a better understanding of the nuances and dynamics of this intimate partner crime, they can more effectively address victims’ needs and hold offenders accountable. This video highlights the realities and complexities of domestic violence and provides strategies for effective investigations.

This CCAW workshop, presented by Fred Fletcher and Caroline Huffaker, discusses available resources and strategies for improving law enforcement’s knowledge and understanding of crime victim compensation as well as real-world examples of how the program works (2019).

"The IACP in collaboration with PAE and the Elder Justice Initiative, U.S. Department of Justice, is addressing these needs through the development of a: Six-part roll call video series to enable law enforcement to better identify signs of elder abuse and recognize evidence that can lead to the successful prosecution of criminals. Excel-based financial investigative tool that can help identify patterns of exploitation and develop graphic representations of suspected criminal activity."

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar covers the many reasons why women stay in abusive relationships, including safety concerns and lack of resources, as well as ways that family and friends can support women regardless of their choice to stay or leave (Uploaded 2020).

This survey explores the statistics and demographics behind recent sexual assault cases. The data helps professionals and bystanders understand who these victims are and how they respond to being attacked (2018).

This article discusses the prevalence of suicidality among survivors of sexual assault, and provides risks and warning signs (2018).

This post discusses the link between animal abuse and domestic abuse, and provides suggestions for professional intervention (Uploaded 2018).

The Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center (SPARC) provides these resources for victim service providers, recognizing that they play a vital role in the intervention and response to stalking (2019).

This document highlights programs with victim contact processes, addresses safety challenges. inherent in this work, and offers considerations and best practices for safe and effective implementation (2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, discusses different types of unhelpful thinking patterns, and how to help challenge negative thoughts (Uploaded 2020).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar explains "the window of tolerance" and discusses coping skills to help clients get back into their window (Uploaded 2020).

This study assesses the prevalence of traumatic events in the two subtypes of anorexia nervosa, as well as investigates the differences in clusters of post-traumatic symptoms and emotional dysregulation between the two groups (2019).

The Safe Shelter Collaborative allows advocates to communicate with each other to determine where there are available beds. If no space is available, a request for funding for a night at a hotel can be sent out through the associated app, SafeNight (2019).

This study compares rates of domestic violence among rural and non-rural areas.Additionally, it looks at gaps in provider knowledge and how that negatively impacts victims and survivors (2018).

This article explores the facts behind abuse towards people with disabilities, and how it can differ from abuse among non-disabled individuals (2018).

This article examines the relationship between childhood abuse and eating disorders. Treatment for someone who has an eating disorder and is also a survivor of abuse must take all issues into account (2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, unpacks the components of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) triangle and how it can be used effectively in work with clients (Uploaded 2020).

TCFV is a membership organization that includes survivors, DV service providers, business professionals, faith communities, and concerned individuals.

TAASA is committed to ending sexual violence in Texas through education, prevention, and advocacy.  This organization is the voice of the sexual assault movement in Texas.

This webinar from the National Alliance for Safe Housing highlights the District Alliance for Safe Housing's use of flex funding to swiftly provide cash assistance to address survivor's housing barriers; Minnesota's Coalition for Battered Women's use of flex funding as a strategy for increasing survivors' economic empowerment; and the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence's incorporation of flex funding as a core component of their DV Housing First Model. Emphasis will be on survivor choice in identifying what they needed as a core component of flexible financial assistance (2019).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, discusses the importance of support systems, as well as how to identify healthy and unhealthy supports (Uploaded 2020).

This online training is comprised of 5 modules aimed to help advocates and hotline workers assess and respond to suicidal victims of intimate partner violence (Uploaded 2020).

This website offers resources to professionals and victims, ensuring everyone has the specialized knowledge to identify and respond to the crime of stalking (Uploaded 2018).

This report examines the effectiveness of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, as well as Love Is Respect's online resources(2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, focuses on preparing a safety plan specific to survivors of domestic violence (Uploaded 2020).

Survivors of domestic and sexual violence often seek assistance from homeless service/housing providers. This National Alliance for Safe Housing webinar is designed to introduce some basic concepts and best practices related to discussing safety with survivors participating in homeless/housing programs (2019)

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, examines the concept of "safe/comfortable place", and how to use it effectively when working with clients (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar from the National Alliance for Safe Housing will discuss VAWA protections, as well as the impact of potential policy changes, such as the HUD mixed status rule or the public charge rule, and provide additional resources and information (2020).

This webinar from the National Alliance for Safe Housing will discuss how to identify and help immigrant survivors navigate challenges when seeking services and safety, as well as focus on strengths-based and trauma-informed advocacy for immigrant survivors (2020)

This website offers various federal resources that can help rural communities become strong, healthy, prosperous, and resilient places to live and work (Uploaded 2020).

This PCADV fact sheet details the barriers facing rural victims of domestic violence. National resources are also provided, with recent research to supplement the information. Although based in Pennsylvania, this domestic violence coalition provides accurate and detailed information for victims from across the United States.

The Rural Behavior Webinar Series provides resources and information on how to approach mental health in rural communities, and the obstacles that plague that demographic (2019).

This webinar, hosted by the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit, examines the barriers to safety that threaten victims with disabilities. The presenter provides advocates and attorneys with tips for eliminating these barriers by making the process more accessible to all (2018).

This article reports on the various techniques used to abuse victims digitally when they are not present in the home or nearby area. Because of new apps and integrated platforms, abusers can now control thermostats, televisions, music, and lights, all from a distance using a cell phone (2018).

RAICES promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees in Texas.

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar explains common behaviors or "red flag" that may indicate an abusive relationship (Uploaded 2020).

This document provides recommendations for suicide prevention hotlines on how to prepare their organizations to respond to IPV, and practical suggestions and tools for crisis line staff on screening, risk assessment, safety planning, and referral for callers who are experiencing IPV (2018).

This webinar from the National Alliance for Safe Housing examines how housing first and rapid re-housing models can be adapted for domestic and sexual violence survivors. We explore effective approaches employed by a growing number of victim service programs to lower barriers for survivors accessing housing assistance, as well as what we're learning about their impact (2018).

RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization, and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline.

This short article provides details about the intersection between domestic violence and sexual abuse, giving several statistics as well as external resource links (2018).

This BWJP PowerPoint details the types of protective orders in Texas, and how to ensure victims receive the necessary protective order from their abusers (2019).

LGBTQ survivors face significant barriers to accessing services, and also experience high rates of violence. This collection of resources draws from the work of U.S. leaders who focus specifically on the issue of domestic violence within the LGBTQ community (2019).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar explains the different types of abuse and the dynamics of power and control in abusive relationships (Uploaded 2020).

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) provides a resource library for police response to violence against women, which includes tools, policies, and resources to assist law enforcement in responding effectively to human trafficking, sexual assault, domestic and sexual violence by police officers, stalking, strangulation, domestic violence, and other crimes of intimate partner violence (2019).

This paper examines how officers think about domestic violence situations, as well as how they interpret conflicting stories to arrive at their decisions regarding whether and whom to arrest (Uploaded 2020).

Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate trafficking. This organization puts victims at the center of what they do, and leverages data and technology to pursue traffickers.

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, focuses on defining and setting personal boundaries in relationships. Traits of boundaries discussed included rigid, porous, and healthy (Uploaded 2020).

One Love is the national leader in educating young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships and empowering them to be leaders of change.

This NNEDV program explores technology in the context of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and violence against women.

NSVRC provides leadership in preventing and responding to sexual violence through collaborating, sharing and creating resources, and promoting research.

NNEDV offers support to victims of domestic violence through cross-sector collaborations and corporate partnerships.  It also provides training, technical assistance, and innovative programs to victims and the public.

The NNIRR works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. 

NIMH is the lead federal agency for research on all mental disorders, and seeks to pave the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.

The National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative addresses the lack of culturally-appropriate information and materials on elder abuse and exploitation in Indian Country (Uploaded 2019).

NCADV strives to be the voice of victims and survivors.  Staff works to affect public policy, increase public awareness, and provide programs and education to drive change.

The NCAC models, promotes, and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education, and leadership. Since its inception, the NCAC has served as a model for the 950+ CACs operating around the world. 

The NCAC seeks to prevent child abuse, neglect, and maltreatment before families come to the attention of the child welfare or CPS systems.

The NCEA serves as a national resource center dedicated to the prevention of elder abuse. The organization disseminates elder abuse information to professionals and the public, and provides training to states and community organizations.

NCTIC works to improve public behavioral health services to consumers and trauma survivors. The organization provides technical assistance, education, outreach, and resources to support a wide range of service systems.

This website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, provides resources and services for individuals diagnosed with PTSD (2019).

The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health provides training, support, and consultation to advocates, mental health and substance abuse providers, legal professionals, and policymakers as they work to improve agency and systems-level responses to survivors and their children.

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar discusses the importance of multicultural awareness and how to ensure your agency and staff are using best practices when working with clients of various backgrounds and ethnicities (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, discusses what mindfulness is and how to implement it in both work and personal lives (Uploaded 2020).

This guide is a result of interviews, focus groups, and working with communications professionals to develop new strategies for engaging people on intimate partner violence and firearms (2021).

Love is Respect provides highly-trained advocates who offer support, information, and advocacy to young people who have questions or concerns about their dating relationships.

This study examines the current data on intimate partner violence in Latin@ populations (2019).

This fact sheet examines the risk factors of intimate partner violence and suicide among Veterans, and offers resources for awareness and prevention (Uploaded 2020).

This study attempts to determine what percentage of suicide cases from 2005-2015 in Kentucky involved violence when intimate partner problems were identified (2019).

IJM is a global organization that seeks to eliminate the slave trade everywhere. Staff is comprised of investigators, prosecutors, data analysts, and law enforcement who work in several countries to free those enslaved in human trafficking.

This IACP training guide offers recommendations for law enforcement's response to intimate partner violence, and how to make arrest decisions on-scene (Uploaded 2020).

This toolkit collects some of the most successful strategies, and tools for engaging communities of color, here defined as people of African, Latino or Hispanic, Native American, Asian, or Pacific Island descent.

This article examines human trafficking in rural America, providing clues for detection as well as plans of action (2018).

The Human Trafficking Institute empowers police and prosecutors to stop traffickers. HTI works inside criminal justice systems and provides the embedded experts, world-class training, investigative resources, and evidence-based research necessary to free victims.

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar explains how trauma impacts the brain, as well as the fight, flight, and freeze response (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar from the National Alliance for Safe Housing will explore proactive ways to partner with landlords in your community and how to ensure survivors are partners throughout the process. We will examine why cultivating relationships between landlords and survivors can be challenging and provide strategies to help domestic and sexual violence develop these partnerships successfully (2019).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar examines the importance of goal setting with clients and their children (Uploaded 2020).

This site contains information from the Office of Indian Tribal Governments, which has identified various abuses and schemes that cause financial risk to the tribes and their tribal members (2019).

This report raises awareness about the experiences of Asian & Pacific Islander survivors of domestic violence and emphasizes the need for socio-culturally effective prevention and intervention(2020).

This webpage examines the correlation between intimate partner violence, mental illness, and suicidality among men, women, and children (Uploaded 2020).

Our guest today is Jordyn Lawson, senior director of Residential Services at Genesis Women's Shelter & Support. Ms. Lawson supervises both the emergency shelter and Annie's House transitional living program at the organization and has worked in the field of domestic violence and trauma recovery for over 12 years, conducting individual and group counseling services for women, adolescents, and children. She has a passion for ending domestic violence and helping those who have experienced the pain of trauma heal and grow. Content warnings for this episode include: physical and emotional abuse (2020).

Amy Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and the CEO of the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center- an organization that provides counseling, crisis intervention and advocacy for those whose lives have been affected by sexual violence. Our conversation today focuses on Rape Culture, a concept that first surfaced in the 1970s, notably in the publication of the work “Rape: The First Sourcebook for Women,” put forth by the New York Radical Feminists Collective in 1974, and then further explored in depth in the 1975 documentary Rape Culture. The term Rape Culture remains popular still, and recent films like Duma (doo-muh) have explored the impact of rape culture around the world. Today, Rape Culture is broadly defined as sexual violence being treated as the norm, wherein victims are blamed for their own sexual assaults. Over the past several decades the discussion of rape culture has endured and become more organized and may have finally found a collective, universal voice within the #MeToo movement which is becoming an effective catalyst for changing how we as a society think about rape and women’s rights (2020).

Research shows that abusers with a gun in the home are five times more likely to kill their partners than abusers who don’t have that same access to a gun, yet Federal law prohibits convicted domestic violence abusers, as well as those subject to certain protective orders, from possessing guns. Our guest today is United States Attorney Erin Nealy Cox. Sworn into office in November 2017, Ms. Nealy Cox is the chief federal law enforcement officer in the Northern District of Texas, which covers 100 counties, more than 96,000 square miles, and a population of approximately 8 million people. Appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she is responsible for bringing to justice anyone who violates federal law in her district and chairs the recently formed Domestic Violence Working Group. The working group, comprised of nine U.S. attorneys from across the country, including officials from Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and California, shares best practices for prosecuting domestic abusers, gun crimes, and provides guidance on how to work with local law enforcement agencies and nonprofits with the ultimate goal of reducing incidences of domestic violence. Content warnings for this episode include: physical violence and abuse (2020).

With the advent of a COVID-19 pandemic, the gap between technology and humanity has narrowed further as we now find technology to be one of our few lifelines to the world outside of our own homes. We are quickly learning that, while technology can provide immediate access to lifesaving information and opportunities of all kinds, it can also confuse, confound, and concern. Today’s episode focuses on safely integrating technology into our lives as we simultaneously navigate the trauma of living through a pandemic. Our guests are Myra and Russell Strand, co-founders of Strand Squared, a training and consulting agency with the mission to “dramatically shift the cultural paradigm in order to improve society’s response to individuals who have experienced trauma, victimization, and other complex experiences." Myra Strand has been working with survivors of complex trauma with a special emphasis on professional health as it relates to organizational trauma for 30 years. She was previously a faculty member at Northern Arizona University and Coconino Community College where she taught issues of violence, sexuality, and applied intersectionality for over a decade. Russell Strand is a retired Senior Special Agent (SSA) in the United States Army Criminal Investigations Command as well as retired Chief of the U.S. Army Military Police Behavioral Sciences Education & Training Division and the founder and owner of Russell Strand Consulting, LLC. He was selected by the Secretary of Defense to serve on the Congressionally-mandated Response Systems to Adult Sexual Assault Committee as a member of the Comparative Systems Subcommittee (2020).

Gretta Gordy Gardner is the Deputy Director for Ujima., Inc.: a project of the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence at The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community. An attorney, Ms. Gardner’s career as a legal advisor for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking was inspired by her early work as a prosecutor in the Domestic Violence Unit of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office. She has worked for over two decades to help shape guidelines, policies, and procedures that jurisdictions can use to end intimate partner violence and develop best practices for prevention and intervention in legal systems and community-based programs, which includes training and education on implicit bias. Today’s episode explores intersectionality, a concept introduced by Kimberlé Crenshaw, that provides a theoretical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities (e.g., gender, race, class, sexuality, ability etc.) might combine to create unique modes of discrimination. Content warnings for this episode include: physical and sexual violence (2020).

Andrea Zaferes is a medicolegal death investigator who specializes in the handling of aquatic cases from the crime scene to the courtroom. Recognized in multiple jurisdictions and by the U.S. Army as an expert witness in bodies-found-in-water and aquatic death investigations, Zaferes has trained dive teams, law enforcement, medical examiners, and many others for over 30 years. A member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame, Andrea is also an author, public speaker, and a regular presenter at the Conference on Crimes Against Women. This episode focuses on Aquatic Abuse Homicide– cases that often appear at first as tragic accidents, aquatic homicide is a pattern of homicidal activity that occurs more often than one might realize. Today, aquatic homicide is a well-honed field of investigation that requires both specific training and crime scene methodology. Content warnings for this episode include: Physical violence, child abuse, sexual violence, drug/alcohol abuse, suicide/self-harm (2020).

Kelsey McKay is a nationally recognized expert on strangulation who developed a critical protocol for strangulation and domestic violence response and treatment. A former prosecutor from Travis County Texas, McKay founded McKay Training & Consulting to collaborate with leaders in fields of law enforcement in order to strengthen how communities collaborate, investigate, treat and prosecute strangulation and intimate partner cases. Her protocol - The Asphyxiation Assessment - is transforming the role of first responders in cases of crimes against women. This episode tackles the subject of strangulation – what it is, what it is not, and best practices in the fields of response, investigation, and prosecution. Content warnings for this episode include: abuse, physical and sexual violence (2020).

Award-winning journalist Rachel Louise Snyder examines the impact of her research in No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us a year post publishing. An outspoken journalist on issues of domestic violence, Ms. Snyder’s work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times magazine, Slate, Salon, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the New Republic, and others. No Visible Bruises was awarded the prestigious 2018 Lukas Work-in-Progress Award from the Columbia School of Journalism and Harvard's Nieman Foundation. Content warnings for this episode include: abuse, suicide/self-harm, and violence (2020).

It is well-documented that women in tribal communities experience a significantly higher rate of domestic violence and human trafficking throughout the United States. To confront that reality, tribal communities have established organizations dedicated to understanding and implementing the law to better protect women and prevent these criminal acts. Another approach to supporting and empowering tribal women is through advocacy organizations like the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition- a statewide tribal coalition and a national tribal technical assistance provider, providing support, advocacy, and activities that utilize traditional teaching and other cultural strengths to encourage healing, build resilience, and counter the normalization of violence against tribal women. Joining the conversation is Nicole Matthews. Nicole is Anishinabe from the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, and is the Executive Director for the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition, where she has been employed since 2002. MIWSAC is a statewide Tribal Coalition and a national Tribal Technical Assistance Provider (2020).

Rebecca Bender is the founder and CEO of the Rebecca Bender Initiative. She is an award-winning, nationally recognized expert on human trafficking who escaped nearly six years of modern-day slavery evolving into an author, speaker, trainer and leader in human trafficking. Christine Cesa is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary with a Masters in Intercultural Studies with Children at Risk who serves as survivor advocate with CAST LA and Dignity Health responding to victims of violence and providing emergency services to survivors of human trafficking in the healthcare system. A survivor of commercial sexual exploitation of children, specifically familial trafficking, Christine is a survivor leader whose work includes training, curriculum development and partnering with anti-trafficking organizations in Los Angeles. Content warnings for this episode include sexual abuse (2020).

We talk today with Julie Owens, a victim advocate who survived the domestic violence of attempted murder. For three decades she has consulted and trained nationally and internationally for organizations, governments, and professionals. She created a domestic violence crisis team for ERs and a transitional shelter before directing DV trauma therapy research at the National Center for PTSD. Julie consults and trains independently for organizations including the Office for Victims of Crime, the National Human Trafficking Center, and Bank of America. Her focus is survivor-centered, trauma informed victim advocacy in secular and faith-based settings. Content warnings for this episode include abuse, physical and sexual violence (2020).

Today we explore the CCR concept including the model in Harris County, Texas and, more specifically, the value of the sexual assault nurse examiner role with the CCR. Our guests are Carvana Cloud and Dr. Khara Breeden, experts in the fields of coordinated community response (CCR) and forensic nursing programs. Carvana Cloud is a former prosecutor and the executive director of Community Empowerment Solutions, a legal services collaborative designed to support and empower victims and communities affected by crime. Dr. Khara Breeden is a registered nurse who serves as the executive director of the Harris County Forensic Nurse Examiners and is actively engaged in a large number boards related to strangulation and crimes against women. Content warnings for this episode include: physical and sexual violence, emotional abuse, child abuse (2020).

Our guest today is Mark Wynn, 21-year member of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department who served as Lieutenant to the Domestic Violence Division and as a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team for fifteen years. A trainer, advocate and specialist in the field of domestic violence for law enforcement, Mark Wynn is the recipient of no less that 121 commendations and 51 awards for his work, including the 1995 National Improvement of Justice Award and the 1998 Nashvillian of the Year Award. Content warnings for this episode include: physical violence and abuse (2020).

The first episode of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women features originally scheduled 2020 Conference Keynote Speaker Amy Herman, author, attorney, and art historian, whose ground-breaking work in the study of visual perception through art became a method of investigation for law enforcement and launched a movement she describes as The Art of Perception. The recent publication of her book “Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life” enables people to see what matters in order to better investigate crimes and criminal behavior resulting in better outcomes from investigation. In this episode, Herman reveals how examining works of art can sharpen observation, analysis, and communication skills by revealing our implicit biases. Content warnings for this episode include: violence, abuse (2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, explains the importance of emotional safety planning and how to create an individualized plan (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, examines emotional abuse and its ramifications on the lives of victims and their children (Uploaded 2020).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar provides an introductory look at domestic violence dynamics, and some of the options that exist for victims and survivors (Uploaded 2020).

This resource list from the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center includes publications and articles for professionals working with victims of intimate partner violence (Uploaded 2020).

This report summarizes the jurisdictional issues facing tribal courts after the 2013 reauthorization of VAWA, primarily in DV cases involving non-Native Americans (2018).

This IACP webpage offers free resources for domestic violence policies and best practices for a coordinated community response to the issue (2019).

This NCADV resource provides information and statistics on LGBTQ victims of domestic violence, highlighting that abuse exists everywhere, regardless of sexual orientation.

This BWJP webinar presents findings from the Australian Communications Consumer Advocacy Network funded study "Domestic violence and communication technology: Victim experiences of intrusion, surveillance, and identity theft" (2019).

This fact sheet details the red flags that indicate if abuse is occurring towards a disabled individual. The Americans with Disabilities Act is also reviewed, and provides suggestions for action and prevention (Uploaded 2018).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar examines domestic violence and various intersectionalities that affect client care (Uploaded 2020).

This website offers various resources for Deaf survivors of domestic and sexual violence (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, examines the cycle of violence in domestic violence relationships (Uploaded 2020).

CASA supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so every abused or neglected child in the U.S. can be safe.

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar defines and details coping skills, including distraction, grounding, emotional release, self care, thought challenge, access higher self, and safety planning (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar from the National Alliance for Safe Housing presents a snapshot from two communities working to meet the housing needs of survivors in their rural areas (2018).

This graphic provides resources and ideas for community members to respond against violence against women and enact change (1997).

This guide outlines best practices to help courts develop or enhance compliance calendars. It provides examples from jurisdictions across the country who are implementing effective compliance calendars that increase defendant and respondent accountability and victim safety (2019).

"The goal of this guide is to assist programs and advocates in supporting survivors who use substances by providing practical strategies embedded within an accessible, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approach (2020)."

This toolkit provides trauma-informed guidance on integrating questions about mental health and substance use coercion into routine mental health and substance use histories and into in-depth IPV assessments in primary care and behavioral health settings (2018).

The Clery Center is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping college and university officials meet the standards of the Jeanne Clery Act. By equipping professionals with the training and resources they need to understand compliance requirements, they strive to make campus safety a universal reality.

This resource provides several videos of Catholic homilies, as well as survivor stories, geared towards spreading awareness about domestic violence (2019).

Break the Cycle encourages young people ages 12-24 to build healthy relationships and create a culture without abuse.

This guide discusses domestic violence within faith communities and how leaders can effectively support victims and respond to perpetrators (2020).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar discusses the benefits of deep breathing for both clients and practitioners (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, gives an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder and how this population may be more vulnerable to traumatic events (Uploaded 2020).

This OVW-funded webinar describes a new protocol developed in Massachussetts for assessing risk of men who attend batterer intervention programs (2018).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar provides an overview of art therapy and how it can be used when working with victims of trauma (Uploaded 2020).

This article examines the research that shows the link between cruelty to animals and violence toward humans (Uploaded 2018).

This TCFV guide serves to assist advocates in supporting survivors of family violence to terminate their residential lease effectively(2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, discusses increasing self-esteem and how it can positively impact the lives of survivors (Uploaded 2020).

This Genesis Women's Shelter & Support webinar focuses on the importance of self care and establishing an intentional routine (Uploaded 2020).

This webinar, provided by Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, presents a guide to mindfulness and its benefits, including emotional centering and regulation (Uploaded 2020).

The Tulalip Tribes of Washington are tackling the issue of domestic violence head-on, spearheading an initiative to create a specialized court, one of the first in a tribal justice system. This outline of their planning process highlights the steps involved and serves as a useful guide for tribes seeking to strengthen their court’s response to domestic violence (2019).

This BWJP webinar explores the usual, negative systemic response to violence survivors who have a history of substance abuse, and provides suggestions for improvement (2018).

This article discusses the unnecessary, violent procedures used during childbirth, resulting in decreased agency for patients and the delivery of lower-quality care (2018).

This article focuses on Hispanic and Latino immigrant populations, and the barriers they face in domestic violence disputes, including language differences, financial dependence, and social isolation (2018).

This case management assessment details the number of sexual assaults per year in one's jurisdiction, as well as how to best investigate cases.

This paper investigates stalking experiences of health care professionals who were also victims of domestic violence (2018).

This sheet examines the various perspectives that look at a police arrest report for domestic violence. Professionals including courts, offender programs, child protection, and defense attorneys each have a different use of police reports, and ask unique questions regarding the incident (Uploaded 2020).

This fact sheet reports on the issues faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in teen dating violence relationships (Uploaded 2018).

Although this study primarily takes place in Sweden, it compares the severity of IPV and the relationship between risk factors for IPV and overall risk judgments of future IPV in urban, rural, and remote areas (2018).

This IACP survey is for police departments/chiefs to respond to domestic violence incidents caused by a member of their own police force.

This agency self-assessment discusses protection orders and what to do with the victims/offenders involved.

This departmental self-assessment accounts for firearms with regard to on-scene calls and investigation.

This data examines the prevalence and correlates of nonfatal strangulation among female survivors of IPV (2018).

This survey details the number of stalking cases per year in one's specific department, and how to best help victims of stalking escape/safety plan.

This paper examines physical, psychological, sexual, and technological dating violence experiences among LGBTQ+ youth as compared to heterosexual youth.

This paper reviews existing research of BIPP programs and examines what causes IPV and how its reflected in models and curriculum. 

This report analyzes batterer treatment models, specifically the Duluth Model, which has received intense criticism over the years.

This article details how abusers in IPV contexts use technology to threaten, intimidate, monitor, harass, or harm their victims (2018).

This paper chronicles the Duluth Project, which is a pioneer in coordinated community responses to domestic violence and sexual assault. The Duluth Project is a system of networks, agreements, and applied principles created by the local shelter movement, criminal justice agencies, and human services programs developed in northern Minnesota (January 1997).

This article discusses the trauma that comes after obstetric violence. These violence deliveries are, in part, driven by a legal environment that pushes physicians to conduct unnecessary interventions and make decisions that disregard the mother's desires (2019).

This article examines domestic violence in relation to pregnancy, showing that women having a subsequent child are more likely to disclose violence than first-time mothers. The paper also details how abuse varies among various ethnic groups (2018).