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How Federal Agencies Address Domestic Violence


A new federal report highlights “trauma -informed” approaches that more than three -dozen federal agencies have adopted to address violence and abuse against women. The Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma arranges data sharing, no-cost training and policy guidance between agencies ranging from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The report details steps taken by various agencies to establish early trauma assessment and treatment of victims.


Read more Full report http://www.nasmhpd.org/docs/Women%20and%20Trauma/2013FederalPartnersReportFinal.pdf


Arming University Police: The Impact of Mass Shootings


Public safety officials at universities help to ensure the physical wellbeing of students, faculty and staff. This charge becomes even more important in light of recent mass school shootings. Although school safety experts typically consider school shootings to be low-probability incidents, they force university officials to re-examine their ability to respond to such events. In an effort to ensure the safety of their students and staff, and to maintain the trust of their community, universities have increasingly pursued various methods to prevent and prepare for active-shooter incidents. Some universities have invested in protective measures, such as arming their officers as a means to mitigate the risk and increase their ability to respond quickly and appropriately.


To understand the current status (i.e., armed or unarmed) of university officers and the potential impact of mass shootings on the decision to arm, CNA, a not-for-profit research organization, conducted phone interviews in August 2013 with the 66 universities that noted in the 2004–2005 BJS survey that they did not employ sworn armed officers. Since the survey was conducted, 28 (42%) of these 66 universities have decided to arm their sworn officers, indicat- ing a substantial shift in the last nine years.


This article, part one of a two-part series, breaks out a sample of CNA’s findings according to campus demograph- ics, such as university type (private vs. public) and student enrollment, as well as by the year that the campuses decided to arm their officers. Such information will help to provide university officials with a clearer understanding of the current trend in the number of universities that employ sworn armed officers, how the university type plays a role in its ability to arm officers and the impact mass shootings have on this increasing number of universities that have armed their officers.


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