[DV_listserv] Webinar opportunities

[Domestic Violence issues]

Here are a couple of webinars presented by the Battered Women's Justice Project:

Holistic Safety Planning Using an Alternative
Risk Assessment Framework
Offered by: The Battered Women's Justice Project


Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Central Time)

Presenter: Sherry Hamby, Ph.D., Research Professor of Psychology and Director of the Life Paths Research Program at the University of the South.

Description: Safety planning for domestic violence has changed little in decades and still relies heavily on one-size-fits-all checklists. This workshop describes an alternative risk assessment framework, Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), which is common in environmental science and other fields where they also deal with complex problems.  This workshop will teach the use of the VIGOR, an MCDM-based, holistic, family-centered approach to safety planning with victims of domestic violence.  Data from two studies using the VIGOR will be presented and copies of the tool will be provided to all participants.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  *   Participants will understand the full range of risks that commonly confront many victims of domestic violence, including not only physical danger but also homelessness, loss of custody of children, and other risks.
  *   Participants will be able to identify strengths and limitations of current safety planning approaches.
  *   Participants will learn the main strengths and resources available to victims of domestic violence in two samples from the southern United States.
  *   Participants will understand how to use the VIGOR, a new safety planning tool that is based on the principles of Multiple Criteria Decision Making.

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The Impact of Differential Sentencing of Batterers
Offered by: The Battered Women's Justice Project


Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm (Central Time)

Presenters: Andrew Klein, Ph.D. has served as a principal investigator on numerous research and evaluation grants for multiple federal, state and county government and non-profit agencies covering a diverse range of areas from family violence, The Honorable Michael Denton, presides over the Travis County Veterans Court, as well as Travis County Court Law number 4 for Domestic Violence, and James Henderson is a technical assistance provider for the US Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women through the Battered Women's Justice Project.

Description: The faculty will discuss research from a statewide study in Rhode Island on the impact of differential sentencing of batterers on recidivism. The investigation examined the severity of sentencing of DV perpetrators for both DV and non-DV offenses at the beginning of their "criminal careers." The research revealed that the rate of new DV crimes was lower for those batterers who were initially sentenced more severely for DV crimes. The study tracked batterer involvement in the criminal legal system for twelve years after the initial DV prosecution, comparing the rates of criminal conduct (DV and non-DV) within the first 6 years after the predicate offense (baseline period) to the rate of criminal conduct in the following 6 years. Higher rates of DV re-offending after six years were associated with: more lenient sentencing for all criminal conduct, more severe sentencing for non-DV crimes compared with DV offenses, young age at first criminal legal system involvement, male gender, and higher numbers of crimes, both DV and non-DV, in the baseline period. Lessons implicit from research: DV crimes should be sanctioned more severely than non-DV crimes. More severe sanctions (both the conditions imposed by the courts and the accountability required by probation staff) deterred recidivism over the life course. Faculty will also consider "dosage-based" sentencing that is constructed through assessments of the risks posed by batterers and the needs they have for services to enhance their chances for desistance and compliance with DV and other laws.

Article: Klein, A., Centerbar, D., Keller, S. and J. Klein. (2014). "The Impact of Differential Sentencing Severity for Domestic Violence and All Other Offenses Over Abusers' Life Spans." Report to National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, NCJ 244757.
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