Course detail: Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic and Sexual Violence

This training effort has been funded through the Improving Criminal Justice Responses (ICJR) Grant by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The Governor's Advisory Council on Domestic and Sexual Violence Response developed discipline-specific domestic and sexual violence training for professionals in the criminal justice system with the purpose of creating a consistent coordinated response to victims of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The training will provide comprehensive, up-to-date information to address basic, as well as new and emerging issues, and moves beyond information-based training towards building skills.

Domestic Violence topics include:

  • Protection Orders

Sexual Violence topics include:

  • Impact of Trauma

This project was supported by Grant No. 2015-WE-AX-0004 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in these training materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.


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