Legal Issues

The American Bar Association's web site for domestic violence issues. Information for attorneys and survivors. Contains information on protecting privacy for survivors during and after divorce.

Understanding the Problem and knowing the Victim. The American Judges Foundation.

The father's rights movement - how to legally stalk, harass, and intimidate victims of domestic violence after a restraining order has been issued.

Legal methods for structuring supervised visitation when there has been violence in the family.

Waikato Law Review: Volume 4, Special Edition 1996, Australia

The Tribal Court Clearinghouse - Links and Information on Domestic and Family Violence fortribal court personnel, tribal law enforcement personnel, domestic violence victim service agency personnel, social services personnel, and others in handling domestic violence cases and issues.

Information on Tort claim by woman who asserts denial of equal protection on the part of law enforcement in domestic violence case in Louisiana.

Long article (Kathleen Waits, Houston Law Review, 1998) describes a battered woman's experience in the family court system and discusses lessons that can be drawn about better handling of these cases.

Legal information (U.S.-specific) and other advice for women living with or escaping domestic violence. Includes focused sections for teens, military women, immigrants, individual states, and tribal jurisdictions.

An agency claiming to provide free legal help to women who have been abused or sexually assaulted. No information is provided on officers or directors of this entity. Proceed with caution.

Collaborative effort of several U.S. national organizations aiming to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence. Information about services and programs, plus an online resource library.

Arguments against the use of the "loss of control" or provocation defence. Published by Zero Tolerance Against Violence, Canada

Provides links to articles, legal help, resources to help victims of domestic violence.

Testimony in the wrongful-death suit of Macias vs. Sheriff Mark Ihde et al. Maria Teresa Macias was shot and killed by her estranged husband after repeated requests to enforce a restraining order were ignored by the Sonoma County, California, sheriff's department.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Women's Justice Center

A Law School Report by the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence. Produced with the support of the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice

News and court opinions from an agency in New York State working for the rights of women and children in families where abuse occurs.

Safety tips for victims of domestic violence from the American Bar Association. Includes information in Spanish.

Appeal granted to woman convicted of manslaughter on grounds of defense of others. Defendant was pregnant when she stabbed boyfriend who had assaulted her.

Protection order and firearm possession case law.

An essay from the Harvard School on Public Health discussing the importance of medical records in domestic violence legal cases.

Advice for U.S. residents on using the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994 to enforce protection orders when persons with orders travel across state, territorial or tribal lines.

Decision upholding no contact order restricting parents' contact with children with order of protection in place.

Interactive learning tool for domestic violence, including he applicable requirements of state and federal laws and court cases. It provides information on the dynamics of domestic violence, explains the process governing orders of protection, describes how domestic violence can affect a variety of civil and criminal cases, and addresses pretrial, trial and sentencing issues.

Paper by Robyn Holder which explores some of the contemporary debates and dilemmas in implementing criminal justice reform in the area of domestic violence. From the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse.

Help for victims of crime from the Office of Victims of Crime in the Bureau of Justice. Numerous resources on the state and federal level.

Report to U.S. Congress on "battered women's syndrome," published jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice and other agencies.

Step by step advocacy guide for working with the crimincal justice system for women and children impacted by abuse.

WATCH is a volunteer-based court monitoring and research organization that follows cases of family and sexual violence and provides feedback to the justice system.

Domestic violence seminar.

Washington, DC, organization providing holistic services, including legal representation, counseling, and social services, to victims of domestic violence.

Articles on child custody, visitation, child witnesses, etc.

Violence Against Women Online Resources - Minnesota Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Test of the Efficacy of Court-Mandated Counseling for Domestic Violence Offenders: The Broward Experiment NCJ Number: 184752 Author: Lynette Feder ; David R. Forde Sponsor: National Institute of Justice US Dept of Justice

ABA Division for Public Education provides general information about domestic violence issues in question-and-answer format.

The American Bar Association recommends that court-mandated mediation include an opt-out prerogative in any action in which one party has perpetrated domestic violence upon the other party.

Wellesley Centers for Women, Compilation of Gender Equality & Domestic Violence Laws from Around the World, WCW

PDF version of the newly adopted standards

Website includes information and training materials on best prosecution practices, research and reference resources and training and technical assistance at the national, regional and local levels for prosecutors, law enforcement and other allied professionals.

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