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An interim legislative committee is crafting pioneering child custody measures that promise to result in a collision between groups advocating for victims of domestic violence and advocates for fathers' rights. The most dramatic changes codify the concept of coercive control , which is a pattern of behavior used to dominate an ex-spouse, the other parent or intimate partner. A judge would determine custody and visitation based on whether there is a pattern of controlling behavior by one or both of the parents.

• Arizona Capitol Times
• July 03, 2011

• Acceptability of a Stage-Matched Expert System Intervention for Domestic Violence Offenders

Most interventions for men who batter are standardized and "one-size-fits-all," neglecting individual differences in readiness to change. A multimedia expert system intervention based on the transtheoretical model (the "stage model") was developed as an adjunct to traditional court-mandated programs. The expert system assesses stage of change, decisional balance, self-efficacy, and processes of change and provides immediate individualized stage-matched feedback designed to increase readiness to end the violence. Fifty-eight male batterer intervention program clients were invited by agency staff to complete an expert system session and an evaluation of the program; 33 men were recruited at program intake and the remainder from ongoing groups. Responses to the intervention were very posit...

• Violence and Victims
• Vol. 23 Nbr. 4, July 2008

• Coercion's common threads: addressing vagueness in the federal criminal prohibitions on torture by looking to state domestic violence laws.

Under international law, the United States is obligated to criminalize acts of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. However, the federa...

• Michigan Law Review
• Vol. 109 Nbr. 5, March 2011

• Domestic Violence Cases Involving Children: Effects of an Evidence-Based Prosecution Approach

This article reports findings from the evaluation of a city-county criminal prosecution unit for domestic violence involving children. Data from 446 cases prosecuted in the first 2 years of the Joint Prosecution Unit (JPU) were compared to a matched group of 446 domestic abuse cases prosecuted by both the city and county attorneys' offices in the 2 years prior to inception of the JPU. Results of the comparisons indicated that fewer cases were declined or dismissed by the new unit, and that cases were prosecuted at a significantly more stringent level. Multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that child and weapon factors were associated with increased likelihood of a more serious (i.e., felony) plea for the new prosecution unit, relative to the comparison group. Results are pr...

• Violence and Victims
• Vol. 21 Nbr. 2, April 2006

• 24 CFR 5.2007 - Documenting the occurrence of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 24: Housing and Urban Development

• At Home in the Law: How the Domestic Violence Revolution Is Transforming Privacy.

AT HOME IN THE LAW: How THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REVOLUTION Is TRANSFORMING PRIVACY. By Jeannie Suk. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2009. P...

• Michigan Law Review
• Vol. 109 Nbr. 6, April 2011

• Domestic Violence Victims and Welfare

Introduction. II. Domestic Violence And Welfare .A. The Problem of Poverty and Domestic Abuse. B. The Prevalence of Domestic Violence Among Welfare Recipients. C. The Impact of Domestic Violence on Welfare Recipients .III. AFCD And Domestic Violence .IV. "Welfare Reform," TANF, And Domestic Violence. V. TANF And The Family Violence Option .A. The Murray-Wellstone Amendment .B. Federal Regulation of the FVO .C. Reactions in Anticipation of State Adoption and Implementation. VI. Implementation Of Tanf In Illinois .A. Early Reform Innovations in Illinois .B. Overall Structure of Illinois's TANF Program. The Impact of TANF on Battered Women in Illinois. D. Impact of TANF on Illinois's Recipients. VII. Politics As Usual: The Family Violence Option In Illinois .A. Illinois Advocates fo...

• The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice
• Nbr. 5-2, May 2002

• Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions

Funding Opportunity Description

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 14393, March 09, 2012
• Notices
• Health and Human Services Department

• Correcting myopia in domestic violence advocacy: moving forward in lawyering and law school clinics.

ABSTRACT Lawyers and law school clinics have become myopic in their approach to civil domestic violence lawyering. This article argues that domestic...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 21 Nbr. 1, September 2011

• Real Men Confront Domestic Violence

How refreshing. A group of concerned citizens gathered late last week on the steps of Waterville City Hall to call for an end to domestic violence - and almost all of them were men. Domestic violence is not just a police problem, it's all of our problem, it's society's problem," Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey told the crowd Friday. "I call on men individually, collectively: You need to step up to the plate.

• Portland Press Herald
• June 20, 2011