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Chapter 8: Coordination of CommunityResponse (CCR) to Family ViolenceIn this chapter you will: Review ong>theong> dynamics of ong>theong> CCR and an introduction to ong>theong> Duluth Model. Identify roles and responsibilities of community partners in a CCR. Review benefits of CCR to family violence.A CCR to Family Violence brings criminal justice personnel, family violence advocates, and oong>theong>rcommunity members togeong>theong>r to protect victims and hold offenders accountable. Historically, ong>theong>seefforts have led to pro-arrest policies, victim-oriented prosecution, judicial oversight of offenders,probation monitoring and coordination with victim services.The CCR model was pioneered by ong>theong> Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP), also referred to as ong>theong>“Duluth model.” DAIP is an interagency program conceived and implemented in Minnesota in 1980. TheCity of Duluth was identified as ong>theong> best city to try to bring criminal and civil justice agencies togeong>theong>r towork in a collaborative way to respond to family violence cases. Eleven agencies were initially identifiedto collaborate: 911, police, sheriff’s and prosecutor’s offices, probation, ong>theong> criminal and civil courts, ong>theong>local battered women’s shelter, three mental health agencies and a newly created coordinatingorganization called ong>theong> DAIP.DAIP* philosophy indicates: The primary responsibility of placing controls on abusers belongs to ong>theong> community and ong>theong>individual abusers, not ong>theong> victims of abuse. Battering is a form of family violence that entails a patterned use of coercion and intimidation,including violence and oong>theong>r related forms of abuse, wheong>theong>r legal or illegal. Initiatives must distinguish between, and respond differently to, domestic violence thatconstitutes battering and cases that do not, and adjust those interventions to ong>theong> severity of ong>theong>violence. Interventions must account for ong>theong> economic, cultural and personal histories of ong>theong> individualswho become abuse cases in ong>theong> system. Both victims and offenders are members of ong>theong> community; while ong>theong>y must each act to changeong>theong> conditions of ong>theong>ir lives, ong>theong> community must treat both with respect and dignity andrecognize ong>theong> social causes of ong>theong>ir personal circumstances.*Adapted from www.ong>theong>duluthmodel.org.An effective CCR draws upon ong>theong> strengths of each community entity and identifies opportunities forcross-training and collaboration. Here are a few examples of what different community entities can do:THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE: AN INTRODUCTION TO ADVOCATING FOR SURVIVORS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE58 | P a g e

Health Care System: Develop and use safe and effective methods of identification of family violence. Provide referral, education and support services to victims and ong>theong>ir children. Use documentation and reporting protocols for family violence. Devote a percentage of training equitable to family violence cases handled.Justice System: Use methods of intervention that do not rely on victim involvement. Enforce batterers’ compliance and protect victim and children’s safety. Provide easily accessible and enforceable protection orders.Education System: Support and educate teachers to recognize and respond to symptoms of family violence. Teach violence prevention, conflict resolution and communication skills. Inform citizens that it is ong>theong>ir civil duty to oppose oppression and to support those who areoppressed.Clergy:Speak out against family violence.Routinely assess for family violence in premarital and pastoral counseling.Oppose ong>theong> use of biblical or ong>theong>ological justification for family violence.Media: Educate about ong>theong> dynamics and consequences of family violence, raong>theong>r than glorify it. Cease labeling family violence as “love gone sour” or “a lovers’ quarrel.” Devote an equitable portion of media to women and children’s needs.Employers: Intervene against stalkers in ong>theong> workplace. Safeguard victims’ employment and careers by providing flexible work schedules and enlightenedpersonnel policies. Provide available resources to support and advocate for victims.Government: Enact laws that provide courts with progressive consequences in sentencing. Adequately fund victims’ services and violence prevention. Commute sentences of family violence victims who kill in self-defense.Social Service Providers: Design and deliver services that are responsive to victims and children’s needs. Utilize methods to help identify family violence. Require staff to receive training on etiology and dynamics of family violence.THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE: AN INTRODUCTION TO ADVOCATING FOR SURVIVORS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE59 | P a g e

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