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Project Safe
In 2021, SafeNest responded to over 5,000 calls for service by LVMPD. The partnership has driven down homicides, reduced repeat calls for service, and strengthened the safety net by bringing services to the survivors when they need them the most. The webinar will detail the program elements, budgets, policy structure for working with law enforcement, and pitfalls.
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Fourteen Strategies for Promoting Abuser Engagement and Accountability
During this session, the presenters will describe essential practices and strategies for promoting abuser engagement and accountability, along with how these relate to community partnerships to increase victim safety as well as abuser accountability.
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Communication is Key: The Power of Direct Messaging within a Systems- Based IPV Deterrence Approach
Through a multidisciplinary partnership, IPVI shifts the burden off of victim-survivors and focuses the attention and actions on individuals causing harm. It is through this focus, while centering the safety of victim-survivors in each and every response, that IPVI rewrites the narrative on how intimate partner violence can be addressed in communities.
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Victim to Offender: The Unintended Consequence of the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence
During this session, the presenter will discuss the implications of criminally charging victims of intimate partner violence as domestic violence offenders. She will draw from her experience as both a crime victim advocate and a probation officer supervising male and female intimate partner violence offenders. The presentation will provide advocates, law enforcement officers, court personnel and allied professionals with the information necessary to identify and support to this unique population.
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Building a Survivor-Centered Pretrial System: How Survivor Advocates Helped End Use of Money Bail
This presentation will detail the coalition-building, advocacy, and communication strategies by Illinois victim advocacy groups to win support for the PFA.
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When the Shooter Lives Next Door: Understanding the Link Between Mass Shooting and Domestic Violence
Over the last decade, mass shootings have killed or injured hundreds of Americans. More than half of those shootings involved domestic violence.
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How will Virtual Reality and the Metaverse Affect the Way We Interact, Work, and Fight for Survivors
This presentation will examine how Virtual Reality will impact the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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Victimization of the Working Poor – Working with Victims of Crime and Financial Hardship
16.1 million households are living in poverty and another 34.7 million are living in Asset Limited, Income Constrained, (but) Employed (ALICE) homes. This means that many of our crime victims are living paycheck-to-paycheck; meaning, there is no room for an emergency such as a partner in custody due to domestic violence. This session will discuss how to assist victims who are on the verge of poverty and do not have their basic needs met. Strategies, suggestions, and case study will be presented.
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A Better Victim Experience – Improving Accessibility
VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) supports all victims of crime through its innovative technology, designed with a human-centered approach to provide victims with access to empowering life-saving resources.
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“It Wasn’t Me!!” Who really goes to jail in LGBTQIA+ Intimate Partner Violence Cases
Recognize the prevalence of dual arrests in same sex intimate partner violence cases vs. opposite sex cases.