"Since
law enforcement agencies began partnering with citizens through community
policing, we've seen significant drops in crime rates."
-
John Ashcroft
Resources
for Domestic Violence Teams
This eight-hour interactive course will provide participants with information on community policing and how it can positively affect domestic violence situations. This course will identify the purpose of and the processes involved in creating a coordinated community response to domestic violence using partnership and problem-solving models. Participants will learn how to work towards reducing domestic violence, what services and interventions can be provided, how they can be provided and the impact of those services and interventions.
Participants will be able to:
- Understand the purpose of a coordinated community response to domestic violence
- Recognize the needs of victims in crisis situations
- Learn how to assemble domestic violence teams
- Explore cultural implications of intervening with victims of domestic violence
- Learn techniques to increase the impact of domestic violence teams
- Learn team-building strategies
- Apply information and skills learned in class to domestic violence scenarios
- Utilize the SARA Model in a variety of general problem-solving situations
Course Topics:
- Community Policing and its role in creating effective partnerships to combat domestic violence
- The purpose of a coordinated community response
- Dynamics of domestic violence
- Creating domestic violence teams
- The SARA Model
- Cultural implications of interventions
- Levels of interventions
- Team-building and dynamics
Manuals and Presentation for Download:
*You will need Adobe Acrobat to download manuals.