This resource explores some considerations that may be useful to fold into a criminalized survivor’s safety plan.

In October 2025, BWJP and Centre for Public Impact co-hosted “Reimagining a Whole-of-Society Approach to Ending Gender-Based Violence: Strategies for Action” in Chicago. This report summarizes the powerful conversations that took place and lays out recommendations for moving forward.

Advocates are amazing people. Whether they serve as Rape Crisis Center staff members or volunteers from the community, they dedicate themselves to the challenging task of supporting survivors of sexual abuse and assault.

Resource to help advocacy programs ensure their programs are welcoming and accessible to justice-involved survivors.

Fact sheet details challenges faced by gender-based violence survivors criminalized for self-defense actions or behaviors linked to their abuse.

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.

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.