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04/29/16
Publication
Decision-Making in Custody Cases Involving Domestic Violence: A R…

This publication summarizes results of empirical research studies on decision-making in custody cases involving domestic violence. It specifically focuses on how a variety of case-related factors and individual characteristics may influence the decision-making of three…

04/12/16
Publication
Moving Toward Evidence-Based Practices: A Guide for Domestic Viol…

Over the last five years, the domestic violence field has actively sought to participate in evidence-building practice (EBP) and evidence-based documentation. Responding to national conversations suggesting that programs and practices should be able to demonstrate…

04/12/16
Report
Using Data in Domestic Violence Work: Spotlight on the Ohio Domes…

Professionals in the domestic violence field looking to build individual or organizational data and evaluation capacity are often interested in learning about how others have used data to inform their work. As part of an…

04/12/16
Report
Using Data in Domestic Violence Work: Spotlight on the West Virgi…

Professionals in the domestic violence field looking to build individual or organizational data and evaluation capacity are often interested in learning about how others have used data to inform their work. As part of an…

04/11/16
Publication
First National Summit on Trauma and the Courts: Creating a Commun…

The First National Summit on Trauma and the Courts: Creating a Community of Healing was held on August 5-6, 2015 at the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education,…

02/04/16
Synergy
Synergy, Vol. 19, No. 1

Volume 19, No. 1 of Synergy is an introduction to the innovative work of the Full Frame Initiative (FFI), a national nonprofit organization that works to break cycles of poverty and violence through systems change.…

01/04/16
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Family Violence: Legislative Update Volume 20

Family Violence: Legislative Update Volume 20 is now available! This volume focuses on the 2014 legislative sessions. The criminal justice system response and protection orders dominated legislative efforts to address domestic violence in 2014. The…

07/13/15
Report
National Summit on Courts and the Military - 2015 Final Report

Under the auspices and leadership of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, a first-ever National Summit on Courts and the Military was convened in March 2015 at the U.S. Infantry Museum outside…

05/18/15
Publication
Missing Children, State Care, and Child Sex Trafficking: Engaging…

This technical assistance brief is a publication of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenĀ®. Juvenile and family court judges have an enormous responsibility for…

05/18/15
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Creating a Human Trafficking Strategic Plan to Protect and Heal N…

Children are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking. When dealing with trafficking cases, child safety must guide all efforts: child victims must be protected, physically and psychologically, from their traffickers and provided with placements and services…

05/13/15
Synergy
Synergy, Vol. 18, No. 1

Volume 18, No. 1 of Synergy is dedicated to the topic of domestic child sex trafficking (DCST). Our lead article offers an overview of DCST and explores the dynamics of coercive control and the trafficking…

05/04/15
Report
Research Report: 2014 Child Abuse and Neglect Institute

A recurring training offered by the NCJFCJ is the Child Abuse and Neglect Institute (CANI) which provides instruction in dependency court best practices for judicial officers who have either been newly assigned to child abuse…