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Workplace Violence/Business Community Issues

The Business Community, New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century (August 1998)
This OVC Bulletin (NCJ 172823) is a reprint of a chapter in New Directions and deals specifically with promising practices and recommendations related to the legal community. An executive summary and 17 other Bulletins complete the set.

Domestic Violence: The Workplace Responds (video) (January 2001)
This 15.5-minute video (NCJ 184749) incorporates testimony from survivors of domestic violence, their coworkers and employers, and experts about the impact of domestic violence on the workplace. The video provides steps workplaces can take to help employees who are in abusive relationships. Supplementary materials are available through the Family Violence Prevention Fund at 415-252-8900 or www.fvpf.org/workplace to develop a complete training package for employers concerned about protecting and supporting victims of domestic violence.

Promising Victim-Related Practices and Strategies in Probation and Parole (September 1999)
The OVC compendium (NCJ 166606) explains ways that probation and parole can change from being simply offender-directed to using a balanced approach that addresses the specific needs of all involved, including victims. e-only icon


 

This document was last updated on May 30, 2008