Restraining Orders

Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation Integrating Policy, Practice, and Rese

October 2024

This webinar examines the problem of Intimate Partner Violence Strangulation and an innovative response policy. The presentation will include an overview of the nature and extent of strangulation, its dangers, and adverse medical consequences followed by a review of a Strangulation Ordinance in Burleson, Texas that mandates extensive training for first responders and a city-wide response protocol for strangulation detection and investigation, documentation of strangulation signs and symptoms, medical assistance, and service referrals for strangulation survivors.

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Advancing Situational and Developmental Approaches To Prevent Sexual Violence

Date Published

October 8, 2024

Growing evidence supports using situational and developmental crime prevention approaches to complement traditional law enforcement and criminal justice interventions to combat sexual violence.

Intent vs Impact: A Qualitative Investigation of Domestic Violence and Extreme Risk Protective Order Gun Prohibitions in Two States

Date Published

August 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluating Technology-Based Services for Victims of Crime

Date Published

August 19, 2024

Three NIJ-funded evaluations enhance our understanding about the effectiveness of technology-based services for victims who experience crime and violence.

Economic Self-Sufficiency Among Women Who Experienced Intimate Partner Violence and Received Civil Legal Services

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Criminal Orders of Protection for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Future System Engagement, and Well-Being: Understanding the Importance of Prior Abusive Relationships

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Micro-and Macro Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Colorado

15PNIJ-23-GG-02401-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$1,456,274

A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Impacts and Implementation of Florida's Risk Protection Order (RPO) Law, 2018-2023

15PNIJ-23-GG-02406-BSCI

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$700,224

An Examination of the Law Enforcement Role in Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Orders

15PNIJ-23-GG-02399-BSCI

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$425,304

Exploring how survivor perspectives and priorities are reflected in the use and implementation of Extreme Risk Protective Orders to address intimate partner violence

15PNIJ-23-GG-02404-BSCI

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$579,986

He Will Not Leave Us Alone and I Need the Courts to Help": Defendants' Use of Nonphysical Violence in Domestic Violence Protective Order Cases

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Parsing Through Public Records: When and How is Self-Reported Violence Documented and When Does it Influence Custody Outcomes?

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Economic Justice for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

October 2022

Financial abuse is a common strategy used by those who abuse to gain power and control. The first panelist will discuss how intimate partner violence intersects with economic justice. In the second panelist's presentation, intimate partner violence shelter approaches and housing policies will be addressed. The final panelist will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on economic security and survivors’ experiences of economic hardship.

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Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part 1)

June 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Research indicates that Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people. Furthermore, the unique position of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes as both sovereign nations and domestic dependents of the U.S. creates jurisdictional complexities in responding to crime, justice, and safety. Senior social and behavioral scientist Christine (Tina) Crossland discusses NIJ’s research on these topics, especially on the prevention of violence towards American Indians and Alaska Natives. Communications Assistant Stacy Lee Reynolds hosts.

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Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part 1)

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Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part One)