LINKS TO REPORTS PROVIDED AT THE SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 MEETING
CHILD FIRST RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/hs/tfs/20150730_Task%20Force%20to%20Study%20the%20Statewide%20Response%20to%20Minors%20Exposed%20to%20Domestic%20Violence/20150922/Child%20First%20Responses%20to%20Questions.pdf
POLICE MODEL RESPONSE TO FAMILY VIOLENCE:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/hs/tfs/20150730_Task%20Force%20to%20Study%20the%20Statewide%20Response%20to%20Minors%20Exposed%20to%20Domestic%20Violence/20150922/CT%20Statewide%20Model%20Policy%20Police%20Response%20to%20Crimes%20of%20Family%20Violence.pdf
POLICE CALLS TO CHR-EMPS:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/hs/tfs/20150730_Task%20Force%20to%20Study%20the%20Statewide%20Response%20to%20Minors%20Exposed%20to%20Domestic%20Violence/20150922/Police%20Calls%20to%20CHR-EMPS.pdf
TRAUMA-FOCUSED PRACTICES FOR CHILDREN EXPOSED TO IPV:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/hs/tfs/20150730_Task%20Force%20to%20Study%20the%20Statewide%20Response%20to%20Minors%20Exposed%20to%20Domestic%20Violence/20150922/Trauma%20Focused%20Practices%20for%20Children%20Exposed%20to%20IPV.pdf
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
CT LAW TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT GOV. MALLOY HAS ASKED THE CT JUDICIAL BRANCH TO CUT ITS MONOLITHIC BUDGET!
The CT Judicial Branch has been asked to cut its budget
by $3.1 million!
by $3.1 million!
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http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202737894568/Governor-Asks-Court-System-to-Cut-Millions-of-Dollars-From-Budget#ixzz3mYk8WW83
THE CONNECTICUT JUNKIE REPORTS ON STUDY REGARDING FAMILY VIOLENCE IN CT!
Elizabeth Regan of The CT Junkie reports as follows:
"The authors of a study told lawmakers Monday that family violence is “no different than other contagious diseases.”
The 165-page report by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, titled “Addressing Family Violence in Connecticut: Strategies, Tactics and Policies,” was commissioned by the legislature’s Public Health Committee in 2014. It was released in June with numerous recommendations based on findings that most efforts to reduce family violence haven’t produced measurable benefits.
“Family violence tends to be passed on as a negative contagion within the family from one generation to the next and it is pervasive,” the study said. “The side effects include numerous behavioral health problems including drug use, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and illegal behavior, among others...”
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
TASK FORCE ON STATEWIDE RESPONSE TO MINORS EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE! TODAY'S AGENDA!
MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, September 22, 2015
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ROOM 2A
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(10:00 AM -10:10 AM) Welcome and Opening Remarks from Co-Chairs, Karen
Jarmoc, Garry Lapidus
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(10:10 AM -10:15 AM) Task Force Member Introductions
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(10:15 AM – 11:15 AM) Task Force Member Priority Remarks and Discussion
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(11:15 AM – 11:55 AM) Presentations and Discussion
“Law Enforcement’s Response to Children at the Scene of a Family Violence Incident”
Dora Schriro, Commissioner, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
Connecticut’s REACT Program
Jason Lang, Ph.D., Director of Dissemination and Implementation Child Health and Development Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center
Lieutenant Sean Grant, Manchester Police Department
Amy Evison, LMFT, Senior Program Director, Community Health Resources, Inc.
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(11:55 AM – 12:00 PM) Summary from Co-Chairs
Saturday, September 19, 2015
THE QUINCY SOLUTION PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN REDUCING INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!
Barry Goldstein of the Stop Abuse Campaign speaks as follows:
"The Quincy Solution is a group of best practices that will dramatically reduce domestic violence crime and child abuse. It means that women and children can be safe in their homes. The Quincy Solution will make our society happier, healthier and richer. Battered women and children will have the opportunity to reach their potential free from the obstacles imposed by abusive men. And the Quincy Solution will save the United States $500 billion every year.
These life-changing and societal-changing benefits might seem like a miracle or even unrealistic, but we know these practices will work because they were successful in communities like Quincy, Nashville and San Diego. The Quincy Solution starts with the original Quincy Model, updated by including new scientific research and technology, and overcoming a critical problem by reforming the broken custody court system.
The heart of the Quincy Model was strict enforcement of criminal laws, orders of protection and probation conditions together with practices that made it easier for victims to leave their abusers and a coordinated community response. This required a pro-arrest policy and aggressively gathering evidence at the scene in case the victim is unavailable to testify. Domestic violence is the most underreported crime so a complaint or other notification about a crime must be taken as an important opportunity to stop this abuse. Only accountability and monitoring have been shown to change abusers’ behavior so effective law enforcement practices must avoid misguided approaches that permit offenders to avoid meaningful consequences for their crimes..."
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