ACLU: America is riddled with politically motivated surveillance - Boing Boing

ACLU: America is riddled with politically motivated surveillance - Boing Boing:

"ACLU: America is riddled with politically motivated surveillance
Cory Doctorow at 12:28 AM Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010 A new ACLU report, 'Policing Free Speech: Police Surveillance and Obstruction of First Amendment-Protected Activity,' documents recent cases of politically motivated surveillance across America -- cases in which people were put under surveillance 'for doing little more than peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights.'"

Campaign against domestic violence in India wins Cannes trophy

Campaign against domestic violence in India wins Cannes trophy:

"A national campaign that uses the power of pop culture, media and community mobilisation for outreach against domestic violence India has bagged the prestigious Silver Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival."

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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RESEARCH

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RESEARCH


Achieving Successful Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships

that Strengthen Practice and Policy



Focus Group Participants and Interviewees Needed

The National Institute of Justice has devoted substantial efforts to promoting researcher-practitioner partnerships specific to violence against women (VAW) research. As a result, there have been numerous partnerships specific to this topic. Partners have acquired much knowledge to inform future partnering efforts.

Tami Sullivan (Yale University School of Medicine) and Bonnie Fisher (University of Cincinnati) have been funded by the National Institute of Justice to document and synthesize lessons learned from Violence Against Women researcher-practitioner partnerships to promote building and enhancing future partnerships in the following domains: (a) Assessing the need for criminal justice researcher-practitioner partnerships; (b) Issues in the development of collaborative criminal justice research partnerships, including barriers to and facilitators of partnering; (c) Balancing the needs of researchers and practitioners throughout the process; (d) Methods for disseminating and translating results that are useful and beneficial to both parties; (e) Sustainability of partnerships.

As a researcher or practitioner who is partnering or has partnered regarding VAW research, you are invited to share your experiences and knowledge in an effort to document the development and sustainability of these types of partnerships within the criminal justice system. We are seeking practitioners and researchers for focus groups or one-on-one interviews. Your input is extremely valuable; we appreciate your willingness to share your experiences and knowledge.

We anticipate that your involvement will require participation in a 60- to 90- minute focus group or personal interview; focus groups will be audio-taped and interviews will be video-taped. Participants will be remunerated for their time in accordance with NIJ guidelines.

To be considered as a participant in the focus group or as an interviewee, please send an email to Tami.Sullivan@yale.edu or Bonnie.Fisher@uc.edu.

Gay Couples Gain Under Violence Against Women Act - NYTimes.com

Gay Couples Gain Under Violence Against Women Act - NYTimes.com:

"WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has decided that federal prosecutors should enforce criminal provisions in the Violence Against Women Act in cases involving gay and lesbian relationships, a newly disclosed memorandum shows."

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