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This document provides a checklist of strategies for judges to improve the response to firearms in civil protection order cases. Main topics include steps to assemble multi-disciplinary collaborative teams, mapping the civil protection process to identify gaps and challenges, and strategies to consider for each stage of the civil protection order process.

This one-page handout discusses child and youth healing and offers tips for both non-offending parents and advocates when working with tribal children and youth.

Responding to domestic violence safely and effectively is a top priority for many tribal justice systems, especially given the high rates of domestic violence experienced by Native women. Strengthening the tribal justice response can take many, interrelated forms, but may include a specialized Domestic Violence Court as well as implementing Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. This fact sheet outlines the ways these two interventions can complement and strengthen each other.

This resource summarize the Ten-Factor Framework Report for Sexual Assault Response Team Effectiveness. It is a two page summary of the ten factors of successful SARTs, including six internal team characteristics and four external supports.

Supervised Visitation Immersion Training for Working with American Indian and Alaska Native Survivors and their Families is a two-day interactive training designed to support the work of visitation providers to enhance their work with American Indian and Alaska Native Survivors and their families.

When supervising offenders on probation or parole, it is important to identify stalking behaviors in previous and/or current conduct, whether or not the conviction is for stalking or harassment. This guide lists possible stalking behaviors and tactics, which can be divided into four categories: Surveillance, Life invasion, Intimidation, and Interference through sabotage or attack (SLII). These categories overlap and build on each other, and many stalkers use creative tactics beyond the examples in this guide.

Community supervision officers play many roles in the criminal justice system, each of which provides unique opportunities to enhance the safety of victims and to hold offenders accountable for the domestic violence they perpetrate. This supplement to the CPO Guide was written by community supervision officers to provide useful guidance for community supervision officers on how to use their unique position within the justice system to provide enhanced safety for victims and children while taking appropriate steps to ensure that offenders who violate CPOs or commit other domestic violence offenses are held accountable.

Court personnel, including both those in administrative or managerial roles and those who staff clerk’s offices, intake centers, self-help centers, and other public-facing offices, are critical to the implementation of […]

The supplementation policy adaptations contained in this document support the temporary service provision encountered during the COVID-19 public health crisis only. Conducting remote supervised visitation services is not an approved activity for the Office on Violence Against Women grant-funded programs outside of the COVID-19 public health crisis response. The considerations and guidance provided in this document are not mandated, should not be viewed as a standard, and does not create any programmatic or legal obligations. The information and guidance are advisory in nature, informational in content, and intended to assist supervised visitation programs in providing services as safely as possible for families and staff. The supplemental remote supervised visitation policies suggested in this document were developed to meet the urgent and immediate needs and require further development and learning for future long-term use.

A handout detailing ways one can show support to friends, family, and others who may be experiencing stalking.