Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Family Violence (GCASAFV)

Beyond the Wheel: Domestic Violence in LGBTQ Communities

This webinar will center on the importance of building awareness of the context of LGBTQ people’s lives as a key component in supporting creative, effective advocacy with LGBTQ survivors.

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Exploring Restorative Justice to Address Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence

In this webinar, sujatha baliga will explore the possibilities of safe, effective, restorative justice alternatives to systems intervention for intimate partner and sexual violence. At its best, restorative justice is a community-based approach to accountability, safety, and healing. Rather than a punishment-oriented approach, restorative justice offers a solutions/healing set of questions in the wake of crime and harm: “Who was harmed? What are their needs? Whose obligation is it to meet

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Promising Community Practices: The High At-Risk Team, Bristol County, Massachusetts

The High At-Risk Team (HART) program of Bristol County, MA is an innovative community effort to focus resources on the most dangerous and repeat domestic violence offenders in order to keep victims safe. Assistant District Attorney Courtney Cahill will describe how she launched the program in Bristol County and how the high-risk offender list was established.

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Current Research on Batterer Intervention Programs and Implications for Policy

This webinar reviews existing research on Batterer Intervention Programs (BIPs). I will discuss the methodological and definitional bases for contradictory results about the efficacy of BIPs. I will define meta-analyses and present their results. Various models and innovations will be described.