This memo addresses common misconceptions in programs that prevent effective support and engagement with criminalized survivors of violence.

Q&A guide helps advocate expert witnesses explain trauma and trauma responses in victims of battering and other forms of violence.

Describes how community supervision can decrease safety and increase violence for reentering victims of battering by eliminating or limiting viable options.

Guide for community-based advocates to understand and accurately explain complex concepts about trauma to domestic and sexual assault survivors.

Print/text version of a panel interview of formerly incarcerated women regarding their reentry experiences, insights, and suggestions for advocates and practitioners working with reentering survivors.

Conversations with anti-violence advocates on key themes and approaches for addressing mass incarceration, racial justice, and alternatives to the criminal legal system.

Explores topics and considerations for facilitating a group with victims of battering in jail or prison.

Presents the findings of a series of focus groups and interviews with female victims of battering who had been convicted of domestic-violence-related crimes against their intimate partners.

Provides practice tips, immigration law info, a sample expert report, and citations for experts/attorneys representing interpersonal violence victims in immigration proceedings.

Manual with strategies for community-based advocates to provide effective support to incarcerated victims of battering, updated July 2025.

Tipsheet highlighting practical strategies for community advocates to help survivors successfully complete probation or parole supervision.

For practitioners working with criminalized survivors, it's helpful to be familiar with common reentry issues that people face when returning home from incarceration.