PCADV PUBLICATIONS

Annual Reports

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Brochures

Fatality Reports

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Manuals

Courtroom Evidence: A Resource for the Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases
Designed in consultation with prosecutors from across Pennsylvania to address important evidentiary issues that are regularly encountered by prosecutors who specialize in domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking cases. 
• Relevance of Prior Abuse
• Witness Competency
• Spousal Privilege
• Hearsay
• Confrontation
• Child Witness Statements
• Social Media Evidence
• Experts
• Special Evidentiary Concerns in Stalking Cases
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Domestic Violence and Welfare Benefits: Family Violence Option Advocacy Manual
Understanding benefits available through Department of Public Welfare ( DPW) may be critical for victims who must figure out how to live independently from the batterer. This 400 page resource provides an overview of TANF (cash assistance), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance, General Assistance, and Child Care with supporting DPW materials. The section on the Family Violence Option (which allows for DPW program waivers) is especially helpful to advocates working with battered women but the entire resource is valuable to any social services agency serving low income individuals. Formatted for professional or desktop printing. NOTE: Revised in 2008, however, some forms and information may have changed. Advocates may contact PCADV for more information.
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Mission-Focused Management & Empowerment Practice: A Handbook for Executive Directors of Domestic Violence Programs
Created for new Executive Directors of domestic violence programs to encourage critical thinking about our work and to illustrate how our work can best be accomplished through mission-focused management, empowerment management and empowerment practice. This handbook is not so much about what we do, but why and how we do it. 76 pages, spiral bound.
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Pennsylvania Protection From Abuse Orders: Enforcement for Safety and Accountability
PFA Enforcement is a necessarily collaborative effort. The culmination of over two years of work in six Pennsylvania counties, the manual explores a component of the Project to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders, also known as the PFA Enforcement Project. Each county represented a unique approach to domestic violence, issuance of Protection From Abuse (PFA) orders and enforcement of the orders. Chapters include empirical research, the realities of working with domestic violence victims in Pennsylvania counties, and the promising practices identified by project staff that maintain the focus on victim safety and offender accountability. Aimed at agencies and individuals who understand that piecemeal efforts to prevent, police and punish domestic violence are less effective and potentially more harmful than a coordinated, intersecting chain of responses. Suitable for domestic violence programs, STOP teams, coordinated community response task forces. CD format or 500-page insert, suitable for a 3-ring binder.
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Traumatic Brain Injury As a Result of Domestic Violence: Information, Screening and Model Practices - Participant´s Manual
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) among domestic violence survivors is a particularly prevalent issue in need of immediate and direct attention. When working with domestic violence survivors, medical and other program advocates often encounter compounding issues such as compromised mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and addiction, cognitive or behavioral issues. However, TBI, often called the Silent Epidemic for domestic violence survivors, has been significantly overlooked as a domestic violence survivor injury, with immediate consequences and possibly long-term repercussions. Through key information and encouraging cultural competency, this Participant’s Guide facilitates ways to better equip domestic violence program staff to recognize, understand and respond more effectively to the specific needs of those living with TBI as a result of domestic violence. View this manual in your browser

Traumatic Brain Injury As a Result of Domestic Violence: Information, Screening and Model Practices - Trainer´s Manual pdf version. Includes participant´s guide key, pre-test, post-test, answer key, handouts and exercises.View this manual in your browser

Newsletters

Court Access: Domestic Violence Newsletter for Court Personnel

STOP Newsletter - Services. Training. Officers. Prosecutors.

The Jurist: A Newsletter for Pennsylvania Judges About Domestic Violence

• The most recent issues of our newsletters are listed here. Older issues of newsletters can be found in the newsletter archive.
• STOP Violence Against Women Archives
• Court Access Archives
• The Jurist Archives

Posters

Elder Abuse Poster Series: Are you or is someone you know being abused?/La violencia dom?stica no conoce fronteras de edad.

6 different posters in the set (4 women - African American, Asian/VietNamese language, Hispanic/Spanish language and White; and two men - one Hispanic and one White) "For free and confidential help, call your local domestic violence program or Area Agency on Aging."
11 x 17 inches. 2 color. Space available to stamp program phone number and contact information.

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Public Policy Position Papers

Browse PCADV position papers in the Public Policy library.

Training Curriculums

Crime Victims Compensation Training Curriculum - intended for use by advocates when working with volunteers and survivors.