Additional Reading / Information

• Firearms Prohibitions and Domestic Violence Convictions: The Lautenberg Amendment (pdf)
• Federal Gun Laws and Domestic Abuse (html)
• LOLLAF Training: Firearms and Orders of Protection (video presentations)
• What Is Wrong with Mutual Orders of Protection? by Joan Zorza (html)
• She Hit Me Too ~ Identifying the Primary Aggressor: A Prosecutor’s Perspective (pdf)
• Federal Appeals Court Allows Failure to Protect Claim Against Police Department, April 29, 2004 (pdf)
• Court Restores Verdict Against Negligent Sheriff, May 5, 2004 (pdf)
• Unprecedented Million Dollar Settlement: Sheriff Held Accountable in Domestic Violence Homicide, June 18, 2002 (pdf)
• Creating an Effective Stalking Protocol (pdf)
• Strengthening Antistalking Statutes, Jan. 2002 (pdf)
• Model Policy Checklist (pdf)
• Domestic Violence Protocol for Law Enforcement Officers, Police Chiefs’ Association of Santa Clara County, 2002 (pdf)
• Family Violence: A Protocol for Law Enforcement (pdf)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police - Police Officer Domestic Violence Model Policy, June 30, 1999 (pdf)
• Domestic Violence Response Checklist for Officers (pdf)
• How to Investigate Domestic Violence Homicide (pdf)
• Stopping the Violence: The Role of the Police Officer and the Prosecutor (pdf)
• How to Improve Your Investigation and Prosecution of Strangulation Cases (pdf)
• Male Victims of Domestic Violence: A Substantive and Methodological Research Review (pdf)
• Helping Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Law Enforcement & Community Partnerships (pdf)
• Tips for Getting Better Reports from Law Enforcement (pdf)
• Domestic Violence Policy Checklist (pdf)
• Improving Police-Based Victim Services (pdf)
• S.A.R.A. Problem Solving Planner (pdf)
• Form for Evaluating Police Response to Domestic Violence (pdf) | Spanish Version (pdf)
• Evaluating and Measuring Law Enforcement Success (pdf)
• So How Many Rape Reports are False? (pdf)
• Domestic Violence Incident "Decision Tree" (jpg)

For Victims, Friends & Advocates:

• 50 Reasons Women Don't Leave (pdf)
• 5 Things to Say to a Victim (pdf)
• Personal Safety Tips (pdf)
• Break the Silence about Violence; Friends, Co-Workers Can Help Domestic-Abuse Victims, April 21, 2004 (pdf)
• Quiz: How is Your Relationship? (pdf)
• Continuum of Domestic Violence (pdf)
• Danger Assessment (pdf)
• "We Are Here" ~ Poem for Advocates (pdf)
• Working Effectively with the Police: A Guide for Battered Women's Advocates (html)
• Excerpt From: Pathologizing the Victim (html - external link)
• Get tougher to stay hand of abusers (html - external link)
• Signs of Healthy & Unhealthy Boundaries in Relationships (html - external link)