Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence: Are They Effective?

Conference Overview: This must-attend event will be rich with engaging presentations, anecdotal success stories, practical information and interactive sessions focused on envisioning, developing, implementing and improving coordinated community response to ending domestic violence. Our experts, from around the country, include judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, probation agents, domestic violence victim advocates, defense attorneys, and batterer intervention program staff who work in this field on a daily basis.

Conference Description: In many jurisdictions across the country the criminal justice system has become less effective in protecting victims. Apathy in many communities is growing. Batterers have learned to use this indifference to their advantage! WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET PEOPLE TO
DIG IN AGAIN? BISC-MI Presents a 3-Day Conference showcasing the lessons learned from
the three national demonstration sites of the OVW funded Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative (JODI) and Much MORE! This conference will identify key components, explore the reality behind the research, and offer creative strategies for communities to work together to provide "best practices" in eliminating domestic violence and ensuring victim safety and accountability. There are ways to do this work, get re-energized, and create meaningful and sustainable partnerships, even in the face of diminished resources.

Conference Sponsor: Batterer Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan (BISC-MI) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

Conference information link: http://www.biscmi.org/jod/

CE: 16.5 CEU’s applied for.

Conference Rates:
Please see the web site for conference rates. Early registration rates will be in place until October 16, 2009.

Faculty: please see http://www.biscmi.org/jod/jodfaculty.html for details.
Opening and Introductory Remarks: Catherine Pierce, Acting Director, Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice.
In addition: Craig N. Ackley; Liberty Aldrich; Larry Bennett Ph.D.; LCSW; Barbara J. Hart JD; Melissa Labriola; Rhonda Martinson; Scott Miller; Representative Michael Paymar; Katya Fels Smyth; Hon Sydney Hanlon; Julie S. Higgins; Deirdre Kennedy; Professor Lois Kanter; Mary-Ann Riva; Mitch Rothenberg; Judge David Weingarten; Judge Carl Ashley; Judge Jeffrey A. Kremers; Danielle Basil Long; Terese Dick; Carmen Pitre; Gilbert F. Urfer; Thomas Salter; Attiyya Nuruddin; Kara Schurman; Brant Funkhouser; David J.H. Garvin LMSW; James E. Henderson; Judge Elizabeth Pollard Hines; Stacy M. Kearney LMSW; Brian Mackie; Elizabeth McGuire; David M. Oblak MSW; Lore A. Rogers JD; Justice Deborah A. Haendiges; Hallie Brownstein; Colleen Gibbons MSW; Kevin C. Gibbons; Karen Korkuc JD.