Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR) is pleased to offer a free virtual training building on the Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence (DV/IPV) support series. The training is on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, from 1 to 3 p.m. ET. The deadline to register is Thursday, October 17.
About the Training
More than a million acts of domestic violence and intimate partner violence occur in any given year. Twenty-two percent of DV/IPV fatalities are gun-related. The presence of a gun in a DV/IPV incident increases the risk of homicide for women by 500 percent. This training builds on our DV/IPV support series. It is designed to help pretrial system stakeholders and their community partners develop effective responses—both pretrial and in the broader criminal legal system—to address and reduce firearm-related harm in DV/IPV cases.
Did you miss previous DV/IPV trainings?
You can watch APPR trainings on demand, including recordings about DV/IPV.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the training, participants will:
- Understand the broad responsibilities of firearms in DV/IPV–related matters
- Learn about safety planning for guns
- Hear public stories about the intersection of firearms and DV/IPV
- Be familiar with APPR resources and the APPR Community
Training Faculty
The trainers for this session have many years of experience working on pretrial justice, domestic violence, and intimate partner violence.
Dr. Kelvin L. Banks, associate director at the Center for Effective Public Policy
Dr. Banks has over 20 years of justice system experience, with about 10 years in pretrial justice. He was previously the director for Harris County Pretrial Services and the Third Circuit Court of Michigan’s Pretrial Services.
Keilah Joyner, program associate, Center for Effective Public Policy
Ms. Joyner supports the National Resource Center on Justice-Involved Women, including the Gender-Informed Practices Assessment and an initiative focusing on gender-responsive policies and practices assessment. She also provides programmatic and training support to APPR. Before joining CEPP, Ms. Joyner worked for the Florida Commission on Offender Review and various nonprofit agencies.
Tamika Cheree Henry, founder, I Am Here
Ms. Henry is a writer, speaker, and advocate of mental health and domestic violence awareness. Born and raised in Detroit, she experienced tragedy early in life, losing her mother and father to gun violence at a young age. As an adult, Ms. Henry lost her only child. Years of great faith, courage, walking through her grief, and ultimately healing resulted in her founding I Am Here, which helps people “rebuild after suffering a violent tragedy.” Ms. Henry is passionate about helping others turn tragedy into triumph. She holds a BA in communications from Purdue University Global.
Tammy Meredith, PhD, consultant, APPR
Dr. Meredith helps communities apply science to solving problems. Her social justice projects include preventing environmental violence, promoting pretrial justice, and quantifying racial and gender system disparities. Dr. Meredith cofounded the Atlanta-based public policy research firm Applied Research Services and managed it for nearly 30 years. Her career includes quantitative research to predict violent behavior; she has also led numerous U.S. Department of Justice studies, published academic and practitioner articles, and led professional research seminars.
Kristie Puckett, community engagement consultant
Ms. Puckett’s direct experience with poverty, drug addiction, domestic violence, and incarceration led her to pursue a career in policy and advocacy. She is an expert on the conditions of confinement for women and girls, including those who are pregnant. Ms. Puckett also serves as the Women in Incarceration Workgroup chair for North Carolina’s State Reentry Council Collaborative and as a commissioner on the North Carolina Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.
Jennifer Waindle, project director, National Center on Improving Community Supervision Responses, Battered Women’s Justice Project
Ms. Waindle joins BWJP with extensive experience in domestic violence prevention and law enforcement. She has spent more than 17 years in various leadership roles in DeKalb County in metro Atlanta, helping protect victims through investigations and prosecutions while advancing lifesaving law enforcement programs throughout the state of Georgia. Most recently, Ms. Waindle was a senior investigator in the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, where she co-led a newly formed Firearm Violence Prevention Unit focused on firearm assaults and homicides by people with an extensive domestic violence or felony background.
Application Process
Space in this training is limited. Prospective participants must complete the training registration by October 17, 2024, and be selected to attend.
Priority consideration will go to criminal legal system and community stakeholders, including people affected by DV/IPV. Space is available for national technical assistance providers to participate.
APPR will make selection decisions immediately after the October 17 registration deadline. Confirmed participants will receive additional information about the training, including how to attend the online session and access related resources.
Please direct any questions to Samuel Steed, operations assistant at the Center for Effective Public Policy, at ssteed@cepp.com.