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Resources and information that might be helpful particularly for advocates of domestic violence and sexual assault.  Please let us know if you have a suggestion of what information would be helpful for you to have here.  

Online Tutorials and Web Courses
Articles and Information
Research and Statistics
Info on Providing Help


Online Tutorials and Web Courses

• National Judicial Education Progam
  Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: Adjudicating this Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence Free webcourse and resource for Judges, other Justice System Professionals and Advocates.

• First Strike Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence How to recognize the link between cruelty to animals and interpersonal violence. Course for educators, investigators, animal care and control personnel, law enforcement, protective service professionals, and other anti-violence workers.

Articles and Information about DV and SA

• The Power and Control Wheel
  An extensive list of power and control wheels for all kinds of abuse, including a wheel for Advocates, Deaf People, Immigrant and Police Perpetrated.

• National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
  Articles and publications on many topics.

• Battered Women’s Justice Project
  Links to various articles on different topics relating to domestic violence

• Confidentiality: An Advocates Guide
  Provided by the Battered Women's Justice Project

• Stop Violence Against Women - A project by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
  Article on sexual assault advocacy, with links to research on sexual assault advocacy programs

Research and Statistics

• NYC Alliance Against Sexal Assault
  Research on sexual violence.
• Pets and Women's Shelters (PAWS) Program from American Humane Information on the human-animal bond, the link between human violence and animal cruelty, and a guide for domestic violence shelters to start their own PAWS program.

Info on Providing Help

• Guidelines for Advocates on Intervention and Safety Planning
  The National Association of Social Workers website offers basic assessment, intervention and safety planning tips.

• An Advocates Guide to Full Faith and Credit for Orders of Protection: Assisting Victims of Domestic Violence
  Provides “advocate tips” on how to help victims with enforcing orders of protection. Includes a summary of the federal crimes of domestic violence.
• An Advocates Guide to Working Effectively With The Police
  This site gives information on how an advocate can develop a relationship with the police in their area to help victims of domestic violence.

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