Special Collections
Special Collection: For Creating a Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence
Introduction:
Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Teams are criminal justice initiatives primarily led by advocates, prioritizing the safety of survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence and the accountability of offenders. The focus is on policy, procedure, and protocols of court systems, law enforcement, probation departments, and batterers/offenders’ re-education programs in coordination with advocacy programs. Some CCR Teams include healthcare and social service programs within their response and focus on response to survivors, however, batterer /offender accountability falls within the criminal justice system. CCR is about systems change which is an important part of advocacy and is integral to survivor safety. Survivor safety is dependent upon batterers’/offenders’ violence being stopped, there being consequences for batterers/offenders’ actions and the system(s) holding them responsible for their actions. Within Indian Country, CCR is part of social change when programming and responses are built upon Indigenous values and lifeways.
This Special Collection of resources include articles, briefs, booklets, manuals, and webinars. Although much of these resources are original works created years ago, they continue to reflect the heart, intent, and knowledge of grassroots advocates, survivors, and allies today. Attention to CCR Teams and initiatives has waned over the years for a number of reasons. They differ from community to community but are essentially a result of changing grant focuses and the redefining of the role of advocates as service providers by those outside the field.
Intention:
It is intended for this Collection to be a starting place to support and motivate a renewed focus on CCR Team development, providing information, frameworks, and guidance on this type of consequential initiative.
Who is this Collection For?
This Collection is primarily provided for domestic violence and sexual assault advocates and program directors. Personnel within criminal justice systems (including clerks and support staff), probation departments, batterer/offender re-education programs and law enforcement (including dispatchers and jailers), and others facilitating system change work are also invited to explore this Collection.