This flyer describes available NJEP training materials and resources on adult victim sexual assault.
Fairness in the Courts
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A letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch formally requesting that the Department of Justice issue a Guidance on Gender-Biased Policing. The letter was signed onto by eighty-eight national organizations and 98 state and local organizations.
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A letter to Oregon State Senator Floyd Prozanski urging him to amend a proposed bill to increase the statute of limitations for rape cases without DNA evidence to 20 year.
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We submitted a letter regarding building trust and legitimacy in law enforcement to the President's Task Force on Policing in the 21st Century on January 21, 2015. Legal Momentum believes that it is crucial that the Task Force study and address the many ways in which women and girls, particularly in communities of color, are adversely impacted by actions taken by law enforcement. We also ask the Task Force to keep in mind that the overpolicing of communities of color may make women of color reluctant to seek law enforcement intervention, even when it is desperately needed.
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Published in The Judges Journal in 2014, this article discusses emerging science on the impact of domestic violence exposure on children's developing brains.
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Information about the National Judicial Education Program's role in the origination of state and federal Task Forces on Gender Bias in the Courts around the country.
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This interactive webinar explores the language of sexual assault: how we talk about and write about this crime. We will discuss specific examples of the language we use and explore how to discuss sexual assault in a way that more accurately depicts the crime.
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This module guide describes our free web course on Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse for judges and justice system professionals.
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This course provides an in-depth look at dealing specifically with women, trauma, and substance abuse.
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This curriculum for new judges presents the unique challenges that exist in adult victim sexual assault cases and offers resources to assist judges in meeting them.
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This Model Curriculum was developed out of emerging research documenting that sexual abuse is widespread in the domestic violence context, and that forced sex in addition to physical violence is a leading indicator of potential lethality for victims and their children. Thus, knowing whether there is sexual abuse and forced sex in a violent relationship is a key factor in risk assessment and decision-making in legal cases. The justice system needs strategies that encourage victims to disclose intimate partner sexual abuse and resources for effective offender dispositions and management.
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This article details the importance of a largely ignored sign of risk and potential lethality in domestic violence cases: intimate partner sexual abuse.