Safe Return: Working Toward Preventing Domestic Violence When Men Return From Prison

Summarizes results of roundtable discussions examining ways to address IPV when men return from prison. Addresses institutional resistance, ways to involve intimate partners in reentry planning, and the value of cultural competence.

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Safe Return: Working Toward Preventing Domestic Violence When Men Return From Prison by Mike Bobbitt, Robin Campbell, and Gloria L. Tate for the Vera Institute of Justice (November 2006)

"Corrections and parole officials and domestic violence advocates met in two roundtable discussions to examine ways to address intimate partner violence when men return from prison. This report summarizes the practices and key challenges identified in those meetings and addresses themes such as institutional resistance to addressing domestic violence, ways to involve intimate partnersóincluding women who may have been victims of domestic violenceóin reentry planning, and the value of cultural competence and programming that considers race. Participants expressed a need for training and ongoing dialogue between criminal justice staff and domestic violence advocates, and noted the value of including the perspectives of former victims to improve practice."

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