Assisting Survivors and Their Pets During Covid-19 and Beyond
This webinar reviews the research on the intersection of domestic violence and pet abuse, and explores options that survivors have when leaving their abusers with their pets, whether that be through temporary boarding or through shelters.
Coercive Control and Shared Parenting During Covid-19
This series explores how abusers can exploit public safety policies and shared legal custody to exercise power over the victim-parent and children in a household.
Domestic Violence and Gun Violence: Co-Existing Public Health Crises
Presenters offer creative policies and strategies at the intersection of partner violence and guns, including domestic violence protection orders and extreme risk protection orders.
Dr. Websdale uses case illustrations to flesh out themes across case types, including the gendering of these offenses, the signaling of offenses, histories of intimate terrorism, planning and more.
Enhancing Existing Partnerships to Implement Firearms Surrender
This webinar seeks to reimagine the typical law enforcement response to intimate partner violence through the discussion of promising practices in firearms surrender implementation.
Federal Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Related Firearm Crimes
This webinar provides an overview of the federal statutes available and discusses how system actors can work cooperatively with federal prosecutors to pursue charges.
Firearm Restriction Laws and Intimate Partner Homicide: Protective Effects by Race
This webinar explores a recent study examining whether domestic violence firearm restriction laws were associated with reductions in intimate partner homicide and firearm intimate partner homicide in Black and White populations, separately.
Guardians ad Litem: A Series To Enhance DV Practice
This 4-part series features experts from across the domestic violence field, providing practical advice and best practices for guardians ad litem on working with perpetrators, interviewing children, addressing GAL trauma, and co-occurring issues.
Gathering Technology Abuse Evidence in Protection Order Cases
This interactive webinar examines the technologies most commonly misused in domestic violence cases and outline the process for gathering and admitting evidence of tech abuse.
Addressing Secondary and Vicarious Trauma in GAL Work
Secondary and vicarious trauma can happen during GAL work. Engaging in sustainable practice requires an understanding of traumatic stress reactions to exposure to others’ experiences of suffering.