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No quick cure for battering
...For Massachusetts that should mean taking more steps to protect victims and hold batterers accountable. The need is huge. Last year, the number of domestic violence homicides spiked at 42, up from 19 in 2003, according to the nonprofit Jane Doe Inc.
Unfortunately, some batterers are being given a relatively quick way out of legal trouble. Courts are sending some to anger management classes that run, on average, for 10 weeks and focus on techniques for short-circuiting anger. A more effective approach is to send offenders to 40-week batterer intervention programs. These programs address the attitudes that fuel domestic violence.
But judges in the state referred half as many batterers to the programs last year as in 2003, the Globe reported recently. Battering programs are generally required for those who violate restraining orders. In cases of assault, judges can and do refer offenders to these programs, but they aren't required to. (click link above for the full article) Fewer batterers put into programs
Victims' advocates fault plea bargains
By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | April 8, 2008
As domestic homicides more than doubled in Massachusetts, judges across the state sent only about half as many batterers to abuse intervention programs last year as they did in 2003, according to public health officials.
The plunging numbers are raising concerns among victims' advocates that judges are too readily accepting plea bargains that allow offenders to attend shorter anger management classes instead of the more rigorous batterer-intervention programs. (click link above for the full article) | |
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Greetings!
Please read below for information on important news regarding domestic violence! |
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Congratulations to the Michigan State Court Administrators Office for conducting such a wonderful confrence last week.
If you were in attendance you were privileged to learn from Victor Rivas Rivers, Spokesperson for the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC, Lundy Bancroft, Author, Batterer Intervention Specialist, Northampton, MA, Dr. Oliver Williams of the Institute on Domestic Violence In The African American Community, Dr. Jeffrey Edleson, Mark Wynn, Domestic Violence Consultant and Trainer, Nashville, TN, and Many more!
This conference was attended by 600 people. There were nearly 500 additional requests to attend which had to be denied!
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Registration opens
Monday, April 14, 2008
for the May & June
Audio Calls
Please register early as these calls fill up within a matter of hours
Cutler Institute for Child & Family Policy of the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine
in partnership with the Battered Women's Justice Project presents:
Audioconferences on Violence Against Women: Researcher/Practitioner Discourse
Part Two: Batterers and Intervention Strategies
Time and Date : 3:00 - 4:30pm EDT, May 8, 2008.
Speakers : Andy Klein, Researcher, and Jim Henderson, Practitioner/Discussant, hosted by Barbara Hart, Muskie School
Paper : Andy Klein and Anne Crow. "Findings From an Outcome Examination of Rhode Island's Specialized Domestic Violence Probation Supervision Program: Do Specialized Supervision Programs of Batterers Reduce Reabuse?" Violence Against Women. 2008, Volume 14, Number 2, 226-246.
Part Three: Batterers and Intervention Strategies
Time and Date : 3:00 - 4:30pm EDT, June 12, 2008.
Speakers : Ed Gondolf, Researcher and David Adams, Practitioner/Discussant, hosted by Barbara Hart, MuskieSchool
Paper : Edward W. Gondolf. "Implementation of Case Managemenr for Batterer Program Participants." Violence Against Women. 2008. Volume 14, Number 2, 208-225.
Content: This series offers a vehicle for researchers and practitioners to discuss the implications of the findings, emerging theories, policy recommendations and "best practice" guides that are flowing out of the burgeoning research industry on violence against women.
Prominent researchers and practitioner activists have agreed to think and dialogue together to enable the field to have informed and vibrant conversations about the "evidence" that is emerging and the practices that best apply that knowledge for the benefit/safety of survivors and the desistance and law compliance of perpetrators.
Registration: This audioconference series is open to OVW grantees and the general public. If you are an OVW grantee, please use your OVW-issued grant number.
If you are a non-grantee, you MUST use following code to register: 2007-WEAX-1801.
If you have problems registering for this event, please contact Vicky (vlynes@bwjp.org) or Marijka (mbelgum@bwjp.org) with questions. If you have questions about the content of the audioconference, please contact Barbara Hart (barbarha@aol.com).
**Please register only one person per organization as the number of phone lines are limited. Invite colleagues to your office for the audioconference!**
For a schedule with the series details, please download the Conference PDF. You must register for each session in this audioconference series separately! Please check back to register for future events!
Vicky Lynes
Battered Women's Justice Project
1801 Nicollet Avenue South, Suite 102
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(P) 612-824-8768 ext. 100
(F) 612-824-8965
E-mail: vlynes@bwjp.org
Website: www.bwjp.org | |
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Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault,
Teen Dating Violence
Forum
Facilitators for the evening will be representation from the medical, judicial, board of education, law enforcement, advocacy, and policy maker's communities.
WHERE: First United Methodists Church of Pontiac
ADDRESS: 14 E. Judson Street, Pontiac, MI 48342
PHONE: 248.334.3856
WHEN: APRIL 24, 2008
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
Please contact the Southfield Domestic Violence Group for additional information @ 248.809.2921 or e-mail ramp1exit1@aol.com |
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BISC-MI Mission Statement
We will voice the batterer intervention perspective while keeping the needs of the victims foremost.
We will provide a working forum for interaction and information sharing among agencies and individuals concerned with the provision of batterer intervention services in Michigan.
We will create and maintain coordinated community actions that hold batterers accountable for their behavior and promote victim safety, autonomy and empowerment. |
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Until the violence ends,
David J. H. Garvin
BISC-MI Chair
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