Articles, Reports & References

Community Coordination Resources

Policies

NYS Model Domestic Violence Policy
The Model Domestic Violence Policy is offered as a tool to counties in their efforts to strengthen responses to domestic violence. The document was developed by OPDV in collaboration with many New York State public and private entities and with extensive public comment received from communities across the state.

Tools for Professionals

• Domestic Violence Policy Development Tool
  Provides a clear, concise document to guide communities who are developing domestic violence policies and considerations to address at all stages of the policy development process. This tool may be updated periodically, and we encourage you to check back to ensure you have the most up to date version.

Articles

• Overcoming Challenges within Domestic Violence Task Forces
  Outlines some common challenges communities have reported experiencing when establishing and maintaining coordination (primarily focused on task forces) and some ideas to overcome them.

Reports

• Safety and Accountability Audit Project
  OPDV participated in this inter-disciplinary project, working with a community to assess the local response to domestic violence. The project, developed by Ellen Pence of Duluth, Minnesota, was designed to examine whether institutional policies and practices enhance victim safety and enforce offender accountability. The project report is available in RTF format (1MB). The appendices are available in a Zip file (702k), also in RTF format.

• Commission on Domestic Violence Fatalities: Report to the Governor
  Recommendations for preventive and protective strategies, guidelines and legislation to reduce domestic violence; recommends improvements in services to victims of domestic violence and their families; and assesses whether a Fatality Review Board should be created to examine domestic violence fatalities.

Other

• Information and Materials from OPDV's November 2006 Domestic Violence Fatality Review Conferences
  Description of OPDV's November 2006 Domestic Violence Fatality Review Conferences in New York City and Syracuse, as well as materials from the events, including the presenters' biographical information, agenda and the bibliography of conference materials.

Child Protective Services and Child Welfare Resources

Articles

The papers listed below are provided as reference materials. The content represents the views of the authors and should not be construed as representing the opinions of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.

• Helping Mothers and Children in the Aftermath of Domestic Violence, Sue Parry, Ph.D.
  Explores issues mental health professionals should consider in working with the children of abused mothers.
• Problems Associated with Children's Witnessing of Domestic Violence, Jeffrey L. Edelson, Ph.D.
  Outlines the problems statistically associated with a child's witnessing of domestic violence including psychological and emotional problems, cognitive functioning, and longer term developmental problems.
• The Overlap Between Child Maltreatment and Woman Abuse, Jeffrey L. Edelson, Ph.D
  Briefly summarizes what is known about the overlap between these two forms of abuse in the same families.

Reports

• Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases (Executive Summary), Susan Schechter & Jeffrey L. Edelson, Ph.D
  Offers a more comprehensive set of responses to eliminate or decrease the enormous risks that individual battered mothers, caseworkers, and judges must take on behalf of children.
• Building Bridges Between Domestic Violence Organizations and Child Protective Services, Linda Spears
  Looks at how domestic violence organizations and child protection agencies can collaborate effectively and respond to policy challenges constructively.

Criminal Justice

Reports

• Report to Congress on Stalking and Domestic Violence, 2005 Through 2006
  U.S. Department of Justice. Office on Violence Against Women
• Stalking Victimization in the United States
  This report presents findings on nonfatal stalking victimization in the U.S., based on the largest data collection of such behavior to date. 1/09 Bureau of Justice Statistics.

• 2007 reports issued by the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services:

  • Domestic Violence Victimizations in IBR Jurisdictions of New York State.
  • Domestic Homicide in New York State. Press release

Health Care Resources

Tools for Professionals

• Physician's Reference Card
  A desktop guide for assessing, treating, and referring victims of domestic violence.
• Public Education Materials
  The following material may be ordered from OPDV. Please review/reference the list of materials to see publications available and quantities for ordering.
• RADAR: A Domestic Violence Intervention
  A brief, five-step guide to responding to domestic violence victims in health care settings.
• Domestic Violence and HIV/AIDS
  A brief overview of the connections between domestic violence and HIV/AIDS.
• Victims Rights Notice (English)
  Información Sobre los Derechos de las Víctimas de Violencia Doméstica
  (En Español)
  New York State Law requires health care providers who work in hospitals and diagnostic and treatment centers to provide a copy of this notice to all suspected and confirmed victims of domestic violence. The notice is available in both English and Spanish.
  
  

Articles

• Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Domestic Violence
  Published by the American Medical Association, and available at a minimal cost from them. These are part of a series which includes guidelines on Child Physical Abuse and Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse, and Elder Abuse and Neglect, the Physician Guide to Media Violence, and the Physician Firearms Safety Guide.
  
  

Other

• Domestic Violence and Health: A Selected Bibliography
  A list of recommended readings related to health care issues in domestic violence, the experience of victims in the health care system, and health and mental health effects of domestic violence. Mostly contains references from the past 7 or 8 years, and some significant earlier work.

Legal System Resources

Policies

New York State Model Domestic Violence Policy: Guidelines for the Criminal Justice, Legal, and Judicial Systems, New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Includes guidelines for the judicial system in developing responses to victims and perpetrators.

Tools for Professionals

Domestic Violence Court System Sample of an Internet based system that guides a victim through the process of preparing a Family Court petition for an order of protection. Online in selected counties in Georgia and in New York.

Mental Health Resources

Tools for Professionals

• Power and Control Wheel

Articles

• Helping Mothers and Children in the Aftermath of Domestic Violence
• Jeffrey L. Edleson (2006), Emerging Responses to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence. Reviews recent initiatives aimed at helping children exposed to a parent who batters, and argues that the diversity of children’s experiences requires diverse community responses. .
• Domestic Violence and Mental Health Policy Initiative, a Chicago-based project designed to address the unmet mental health needs of domestic violence survivors and their children, .
• Carole Warshaw and Gabriela Moroney (2002), “Mental Health and Domestic Violence: Collaborative Initiatives, Service Models and Curricula.” Discusses concerns of domestic violence and mental health service providers and describes various state and regional collaborative projects to address those issues.
• “Domestic violence, mental health and trauma: Research highlights. An overview of statistics.”

Other

Recommended Reading

Social Services Resources

Reports

• NYS OCFS issues Domestic Violence Prevention Act 2008 Annual Report.

Tools for Professionals

• Domestic Violence Screening Form
• Formulario para Detector a Victimas de la Violencia Doméstica
  Form used under the Family Violence Option to screen all applicants and recipients of temporary assistance for domestic violence.

• Domestic Violence Palm Card (English and Spanish)
  Provides information about domestic violence services to all applicants and recipients of temporary assistance.

• Domestic Violence Information for all Temporary Assistance Applicants
• Notificación sobre violencia doméstica para todas las personas que solicitan o reciben Bienestar Social.

• Desk Reference for Domestic Violence Screening Under The Family Violence Option (Text) (pdf)
  Provides policy information and a sample guide for social services staff to use when conducting the domestic violence screening under the FVO.

• Information for Those Applying for Temporary Assistance at Their Local Department of Social Services

Other

• Accessing Domestic Violence Services
  The excerpt, entitled "Getting Help from the Department of Social Services," specifies the domestic violence services available in New York State and the legal rights of victims of domestic violence within the social services system.
• The Family Violence Option
  An overview of the main provisions of the Family Violence Option in New York State.