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Domestic Violence Response Teams: Implementation of a Police-Advocate Partnership

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In this episode, our guest Dr. Laura Johnson describes the domestic violence response team program, which is a collaborative partnership between domestic violence organizations and law enforcement. Interviewer: Nadine “Shaanta” Murshid, PhD. ? ? Dr. Laura Johnson ? ?. Show Notes.

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Massachusetts pilots the most promising reform in child welfare. Guess who’s trying to undercut it.

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Cara, who asked to keep her last name private, said she had already been in touch with a domestic violence organization about her ex. In Cara’s case, she had sought help from a domestic violence organization – and they’re the ones who called DCF. After the drinking incident, she said, that organization called [DCF]. “I

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“They’re not your children anymore.” Notes on news coverage of a landmark lawsuit

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

You can listen to the full interview with Shalleck-Klein and one of the plaintiffs, Shalonda Curtis-Hackett here: They also were interviewed on Inside City Hall on NY1. Scoppetta , which curbed the practice of taking children from survivors of domestic violence prove that. Maybe that’s too kind.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 19, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Back in Massachusetts, consider another group family police love to persecute – survivors of domestic violence. The interview starts at 27:15 in. ● And as you read the cases cited by Cleveland.com consider: Why were these cases ever a family police agency’s business in the first place? I have a blog post about it.

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Here’s the lowdown on the social work salary in Singapore

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If you’ve just graduated, you can be flummoxed by the wide array of cases you see, such as: Mental health Domestic violence Financial assistance Child protection Adult protection You may find yourself having to put in long hours, and having to know a lot of things, very quickly.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 26, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong will be interviewed at the second of these two events sponsored by the City University of New York School of Law. Last week, we highlighted a story from The Boston Globe about how the Massachusetts family police agency persecutes survivors of domestic violence. Martin Guggenheim “the best book of its kind I’ve ever read.”

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Talking (or Not) about Sexual Violence within Mainstream Media

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Prior to returning to academia, Dr. AbiNader worked in various capacities to prevent and intervene in sexual violence, domestic violence, and commercial sexual exploitation. Interviewer: Nicole Capozziello. The post Talking (or Not) about Sexual Violence within Mainstream Media appeared first on UB Social Work.