NECESSARY MEASURES AND LOGISTICS TO MAXIMIZE THE SAFETY OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ATTENDING PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS |
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| Authors: | Victoria L. Lutz Cara E. Gady |
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| Affiliation: | Wctoria L. Lutz, Esq., is the executive director of the Pace Women's Justice Center (the Center) at Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, and a member of the board of directors of both the New York State Office of Court Administration's Parent Education Advisory Board and the New York chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.;Cara E. Gady is a law student at Boston College Law School and was a summer 2003 legal intern with the Center's Family Court Legal Program. |
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This article suggests measures that should be taken to ensure, as much as possible, the safety of victims of domestic violence. Because victims and perpetrators of domestic violence will inevitably be attendees at parent education programs, such programs must be sensitive to the safety concerns of these victims. Only when victims of domestic violence are safe will their children be safe and able to benefit from what their parents learn at these education programs. This article concludes that, by weaving common-sense logistical, administrative, and curricular recommendations into the fabric of every parent education program, the safety of victims and children will be prioritized as it must be, while all attendees still receive the maximum benefit from these valuable programs. |
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| Keywords: | safety domestic violence parent education |
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