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Item Animal Cruelty and Child Abuse-webinar(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2020) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesThis webinar, taught by NCJFCJ Past President Judge John Romero, Jr., and Diane Balkin, contract attorney with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, will familiarize judges, attorneys, and child welfare professionals with the research on the links between animal cruelty and interpersonal violence, generally speaking, and the links between animal cruelty and child abuse specifically. The faculty will talk about the practical implications of the link in child abuse cases and what judges need to know about and consider in their decision-making to promote child and pet welfare. Faculty will also offer suggestions on how judges can serve as community leaders, off the bench, to promote stakeholder and court/child welfare cross-system collaboration on prevention services and responses to address the link between animal cruelty and child abuse.Item Animal Cruelty Issues: What Juvenile and Family Court Judges Need to Know(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2019) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesThe NCJFCJ and Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) co-hosted the Judicial Responses to Animal Cruelty Issues Convening in 2019. The Convening included participation from 10 judges from across the U.S.–eight judges who hear juvenile, child abuse or family violence cases, one municipal court judge who hears criminal animal cruelty cases, and one retired state supreme court justice. The NCJFCJ and ALDF staff met with the judges to discover what judges are doing in their communities to address animal cruelty; identify what judges need to know about animal cruelty and the link to violence; and determine what actions, recommended practices, tools, and resources are needed to assist judges to address animal cruelty in their juvenile and family court cases. The Convening resulted in the development of this bulletin, animal cruelty training sessions, and the Resolution Regarding Animal Cruelty and its Link to Other Forms of Violence, passed by the NCJFCJ Board of Directors.Item Child Maltreatment and Military Families(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2015) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesItem Child Sex Trafficking On-Ramps and Off-Ramps Fact Sheet and Infographic(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2022) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges;Item Children and youth exposed to domestic violence-Domestic violence awareness month facts(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2014) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesFact sheet on domestic violence and children's exposureItem Families and Children Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2022) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesThe focus of this Revised Chapter is on an approach that requires a careful analysis and tailored response, which means that adequate information is obtained (safely and ethically) and provided to the court, allowing for a comprehensive assessment of the context, nature, and effects of domestic abuse on the parent who is abused and children who experienced domestic abuse.Item Family Violence: Legislative Update Volume 21(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2016) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesThis volume focuses on the 2015 legislative sessions. In 2015, for the first time in recent years, efforts to enact and reinforce victim rights and protections edged out measures to strengthen the criminal justice response and protection orders, although both remained active areas of legislation in many states. Across all of these categories was a noted emphasis on technology, both its potential for increased dangers to victims and its utility in enhancing systems’ responses to domestic violence. Legislators, judges, attorneys, domestic violence coalitions, and others interested in state domestic and family violence legislation will find this publication useful and informative as a guide to legislative changes made to address domestic violence in legislation across the country.Item Indian Child Welfare Act Judicial Benchbook(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2017) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesThis benchbook was created to build upon the original checklists with updated language to be consistent with the statute, regulations, and best practices, commonly promoted by the NCJFCJ.Item RESEARCH REPORT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT INSTITUTE EVALUATION: TRAINING IMPACT ON HEARING PRACTICE(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2016) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesThe study described in this report further expands CANI’s training evaluation approach to examine whether judges’ participation in the Institute positively impacts their actual on-the-bench judicial practice. Using a quasi-experimental design, the extent to which participation in CANI impacts participants’ initial or preliminary protective hearing (PPH) practice was assessed. Judges provided the researchers with a sample of their pre-CANI PPHs which were then coded, analyzed, and compared to a sample of the same judges’ post-CANI PPHs. PPH practice was selected as the focus for the evaluation not only because CANI includes a major focus on the components of “best hearing practice” and the role of the judge in conducting effective hearings, but also because the PPH is a critical stage in the child abuse and neglect case process.Item Resolution regarding Shackling of Children in Juvenile Court(National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2015) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesThe presumption should not be only innocent until proven guilty but also a child should be presumed to be able to manage their behaviors in such a way in court as to not indiscriminately require shackling for their court hearings. The decision to shackle or not shackle should be made individually by the judge, and the presumption should be no shackles.