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| Restorative Justice |
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Family Nonviolence, Inc. has instituted a Restorative Justice Task Force that meets monthly and is committed to the goal of assisting the greater New Bedford community (including the criminal justice system) in implementing restorative justice policies and practices in it various structures to promote peace and reconciliation. (More) |
| A Domestic Violence Research Tool |
| by Richard Davis |
The Reason and Purpose of this PaperIn 2000 Congress asked the National Research Council (NRC) to provide to congress a detailed research report on violence against women. In the 2005 congressional reauthorization process for the Violence Against Women Act not a single member of the NRC was asked to testify. In the first sentence of, Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women the authors write, "Knowledge from research on the violent victimization of women has advanced significantly during the past decade." Unfortunately, similar to congress, too many domestic violence agencies, advocates and members of the criminal justice system continue with policies that fail to reflect contemporary knowledge from recent research studies. The purpose of this paper is to place many of these studies and articles into the hands of those who directly or indirectly affect our public polices concerning domestic violence intervention. New and relevant research will be added so that this report does not, as many advocates and public policy makers have, continue to have 20th century research drive 21st century policies, procedures and legislation. |
| Domestic violence - a holistic approach |
| by Richard Davis |
| In the past few decades’ domestic violence has emerged as a major social, health, and criminal justice issue. The majority of contemporary intervention programs include public and private child and adult protective agencies, battered women's shelters, batterer programs, criminal justice laws and victims service programs. Most domestic violence victim-witness advocates, both public and private, focus on spousal abuse in health and criminal justice agencies. Many victims of domestic violence, once they seek assistance, discover that too often many contemporary domestic violence intervention efforts are criminal justice based and consist of multifaceted, competing, and independent agencies, each with diverse policies and strategies.... (More) |
| Too often we believe as fact what appears to be true |
| by Richard Davis |
| In a July 14th 2000 email News Flash from their Web Site, http://www.fvpf.org, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF), reported that a new study documents that 1.5 million women are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States... (More) |
| A proposal for healing families where there is violence: An assessment strategy |
| by Robert Heskett |
| It was not until the 1970's that a significant effort was made by our society to address the ongoing tragedy of family violence in our country. This happened because of the pressure primarily from thousands, perhaps millions of women, who challenged the status quo...(More) |
| Gloria Steinem got married |
| by Robert Heskett |
| An event in September 2000 created an earthquake in the media: GLORIA STEINEM GOT MARRIED! The woman who had once said, A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" at age 66 chose to marry a man named David Bale. This event should give...(More) |
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