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Addressing Cultural Differences
Podcast
Addressing Cultural Differences to Support Victims of Gender-Based Violence
46 minutes
Publication Date: May 21, 2021
Dr. Tricia Bent-Goodley, a professor at Howard University who has spent decades as a social worker specializing in gender-based violence, joins Patchwork to share her first-hand experience. To meet victims where they are means understanding where they come from, she says. To adequately care for a victim from a trauma-based perspective, care providers must first understand the community and the culture that inform the context of the crime.
Topic(s):
Strangulation TraumaVAWA Crime(s):
Dating Violence Domestic Violence Sexual Assault StalkingRelated Resources
Addressing Cultural Differences to Support Victims of GBV
45 minutes, 31 seconds
Publication Date: May 21, 2021
This podcast addresses how cultural differences can stir misconceptions and cause obstacles when working with victims of crime. It provides recommendations, useful for law enforcement, on how to support a victim from a trauma-informed lens.
Institute for Coordinated Community Response: On Demand Trainings
Publication Date: 2023
The ICCR partnered with national experts to provide these free, on demand trainings for law enforcement. The topics range from stalking investigations to determining predominant aggressors, and more. Each training requires a registration process.
Investigation and Prosecution of Strangulation Cases
Publication Date: 2020
This manual discusses strangulation cases and how they require a specialized investigation and multi-disciplinary team. The earlier investigators can intervene and stop a domestic violence strangulation case, the higher the chance to save a life.
