Category: DV/IPV

Battered Women’s Justice Project is hosting an upcoming webinar, Domestic Violence Related Mass and Spree Killings. The session will be held September 17th at 2pm CT. From the website:

Dr. Neil Websdale will define mass and spree killing and explain the differences between familicidal, felonious, and non-felony related forms of these offenses. The Webinar will concentrate on two forms of “public” mass and spree killings. The first form consists of those cases where the complex dynamics of domestic violence are of central significance and appear to be the principal precipitant of the killings. These cases involve offenders killing former or current spouses/partners and/or those such as family law attorneys, allied professionals, and/or friends who may have supported the spouse or partner. The second form involves those public mass killings, usually shootings, where domestic violence forms but one aspect of the case but may nevertheless be central to developing an understanding of the killings. Dr. Websdale will use case illustrations to flesh out themes across case types, examining, for example, the gendering of these offenses, the signaling of offenses, histories of intimate terrorism, planning and preparation, the possible role of mental illness, the social isolation of offenders, fascination and proficiency with weaponry, threatening changes in the life circumstances of offenders, and the role of suicidal feelings, depression, rage, extreme hatred, and vengefulness.

BWJP archives their webinars, so if you can’t attend live, you can check their site later for the recording. Register for the session here.

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The Strangulation Prevention Institute has a webinar coming up with Drs. Ralph Riviello and Jacquelyn Campbell, Handling Strangulation Cases at the Front Lines (Part I). The session will be held August 28th at 10am PT. Note: this is a two-hour webinar. It appears nursing CEs are available for a cost of $25. Hopefully, this will be archived on their site. From the announcement:

Part 1 – “He choked me.  I thought I was going to die.” will cover:

• Updates on the Danger Assessment Tool and new research on Traumatic Brain Injury
• Understanding the impact of an of anoxic injury, traumatic brain injuries and delayed consequences
• How to explain the medical aspects of strangulation and suffocation to victims
• What to do when the victim answers YES to question about being “choked”
• Tools from the Institute to help front-line workers
• Emerging practices at Family Justice Centers and DOVE
• How to support a survivor who has been strangled and potentially suffering from the long-term consequences of strangulation such as traumatic brain injury
• Practical tips from the panel, the field and survivors

Objectives:

• Improve our understanding of the immediate, delayed, and long-term health consequences of non-fatal strangulation
• Discuss promising practices emerging at Family Justice Centers, hospitals, and/or multi-agency organizations
• Review the Danger Assessment Tool and new research
• Provide practical approaches for front-line staff at Centers on how to best provide services and support for survivors of strangulation

Register for the session here.

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Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.

Futures Without Violence has a brand new resource, Beyond Halal And Haram: Muslims, Sex, And Relationships Safety Card. It’s available as a free download. “The goal of this safety card is to be both a survivor-centered resource and a useful conversation starter for health care providers, counselors, social workers, mentors, or other adults working with high-school and college-aged Muslim youth who are doing universal education around healthy relationships and assessing for violence. The card provides information on healthy relationships and sex, guidance, and resources for support, how to help a friend and cultural and religious factors that play into decision-making.”

Additionally, there is a corresponding webinar being held on August 17th at 1pm ET. From the registration:

There is a dearth of resources for American Muslims related to sex and relationships, and some American Muslims may encounter cultural barriers that prevent them from discussing these issues with family and community members. High levels of discrimination against Muslims and Islamophobia also propel the need for more understanding about how to provide trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive violence prevention services to this diverse community. Health centers and community-based settings play a crucial role in reaching high school and college-aged American Muslims with messages about healthy and unhealthy relationships. This webinar will describe an evidence-informed universal education intervention on relationships and its impact on health, which can be used in a variety of settings. This intervention features a new safety card specific to American Muslims, which contains information on healthy relationships and sex, guidance, and resources for support, how to help a friend and cultural and religious factors that play into decision-making. This card was developed as a collaboration between Futures Without Violence, HEART Women & Girls, and Advocates for Youth, with additional input from Muslim youth from diverse communities across the country.

EDIT: THE ARCHIVE OF THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND HERE

Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.

The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center has an upcoming webinar, Looking at the Opioid Epidemic in the Context of Trauma and Domestic Violence. The session will be held June 13th at 3pm ET. From the registration page:

This timely and important webinar will provide an overview of what is known about the opioid epidemic and will focus on the specific concerns of Indian communities and tribal domestic violence programs and shelters. It will lay the foundation for the exploding opioid epidemic and will examine the intersections between trauma, domestic violence, and the opioid epidemic and explore innovative approaches to addressing these complex issues.

NIWRC archives their webinars so if you can’t make it for the live session you can visit their archive page to listen later on.

It’s rare that I post a single research article, but when the subject is one that rarely appears in the literature, it’s worth highlighting. So it is with this one, Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender Youth: Associations with Intrapersonal and Structural Factors. It’s currently available free, full-text online ahead of print, so I would encourage you to download it now while it’s as accessible as it is (for those of you without library access to this particular journal). From the abstract:

Structural results found that TGNC youth experiencing extreme victimization, a history of incarceration, and participation in sex work were much more likely to report IPV. The only intrapersonal variable that was associated with IPV was depressive symptomatology; however, this relationship was strong, with participants being nearly eight times more likely to report IPV if they experienced symptoms of depression. Gaining a better understanding of the complexity of both structural and intrapersonal factors among TGNC youth will greatly inform the development of IPV prevention and services for TGNC youth experiencing this type of violence. 

View the full table of contents and abstracts from the current issue of Violence and Gender.

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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. NCJRS has a special collection available with publications and associated resources. Some other sites with dedicated info on this issue:

• That’s Not Cool
• VAWnet
• Love Is Respect
• Break the Cycle

Related, one of my favorite StoryCorps pieces: