Homicide, motor vehicle theft, carjacking, and shoplifting are grabbing headlines across the country. But what do the latest data show about what happened in 2023? How have trends changed since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what are cities doing to address them? Join the Council on Criminal Justice to explore trends in 12 […]

DV RISC is presenting a webinar series on the most prevalently researched lethality risk factors commonly addressed in intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessments: Stalking, Strangulation, Recent Separation, Firearms, and Pregnancy Abuse & Reproductive Coercion. Each webinar will focus on the research behind the risk factor, and practical strategies that can be implemented once it's […]

One common struggle for schools and communities implementing CVI strategies is defining how and where resources ought to be deployed to intervene, prevent violence and create safer learning environments for students. This webinar, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and LISC, will highlight how schools can utilize the vast amounts of data they collect […]

Join the National Mass Violence Center (NMVC) for its 9th National Town Hall on “Trauma Across the Lifespan of Mass Violence Survivors & Impacted Communities.”   At the conclusion of the National Town Hall, participants will be able to: Describe eight types of traumas that may impact mass violence victims, survivors, and impacted communities: Individual […]

Black women-identified survivors have been disproportionately harmed by the triple pandemics of COVID-19, intimate partner violence, and racial injustice. As a field, we must boldly design and create innovative approaches to service provision. This 2-part series will give advocates the tools and practical strategies to identify, reach, and effectively serve this population. On Day 1 […]

DV RISC is presenting a webinar series on the most prevalently researched lethality risk factors commonly addressed in intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessments: Stalking, Strangulation, Recent Separation, Firearms, and Pregnancy Abuse & Reproductive Coercion. Each webinar will focus on the research behind the risk factor, and practical strategies that can be implemented once it's […]

This talk will feature the collaborative research of Dr. Joseph Richardson and Che Bullock. The presentation will examine the social context of structural violence, community violence, and trauma in the District of Columbia and will draw on their work in the Capital Region Violence Intervention Program, a hospital-based violence intervention program at the University of […]

Black women-identified survivors have been disproportionately harmed by the triple pandemics of COVID-19, intimate partner violence, and racial injustice. As a field, we must boldly design and create innovative approaches to service provision. This 2-part series will give advocates the tools and practical strategies to identify, reach, and effectively serve this population. On Day 2 […]

DV RISC is presenting a webinar series on the most prevalently researched lethality risk factors commonly addressed in intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessments: Stalking, Strangulation, Recent Separation, Firearms, and Pregnancy Abuse & Reproductive Coercion. Each webinar will focus on the research behind the risk factor, and practical strategies that can be implemented once it's […]

Gender-based violence often involves physical violence targeted at the head, neck, and face—through blows to the head or strangulation. Though this has been common knowledge for decades, brain injuries caused by violence are unacknowledged, rarely identified and almost never immediately treated. Both survivors of violence and professionals that work with them have been largely unaware […]