The following are links to other sources of information that you might find useful. We will update this list during the project.
- Training Manuals
- International Organisations
- Domestic violence and abuse Resources
- Domestic Violence and Mental Health
- Domestic abuse in pregnancy
- Miscellaneous
Training manuals and Reports from EU funded projects
Training Criminal Justice Professionals
Available in Bulgarian, English, German, Latvian, Romanian, Russian from: http.// www.TCJP.EU
Throughcare Services for Prisoners with problematic Drug
Available in Bulgarian, Estonian, German, Italian and Romanian from http://www.throughcare.eu/downloads.html
Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers:
Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers:
Recommendation Rec(2006)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Prison Rules
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/
European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) http://www.eatg.org/
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) http://www.heuni.fi/
International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) http://www.ihra.net/
International Centre for Prison Studies: World Prison Brief (N.D.) Online: http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/worldbrief/
Penal Reform International http://www.penalreform.org/
Penal Reform International (2011) Bangkok Rules Q&A. Online: http://www.penalreform.org/publications/bangkok-rules-qa
Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/pompidou/default_en.asp
UNAIDS, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS http://www.unaids.org/en/
United Nations Organisation on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) http://www.unodc.org
WHO Health in Prisons Project http://www.euro.who.int/prisons
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/about.htm
Penal Reform International http://www.penalreform.org/
UNODC Project Office for the Baltic States http://www.unodc.org
WHO, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen http://www.euro.who.int/
WHO Health in Prisons Project http://www.euro.who.int/prisons
Domestic violence and abuse Resources
Council of Europe (2012): Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). Online: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/convention-violence/default_en.asp
Council of Europe (2012) Council of Europe Annual Prison Statistics. Online: http://www3.unil.ch/wpmu/space/space-i/
Council of Europe (2011) Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence CETS No.: 210. Online: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/convention-violence/default_EN.asp
Eur-Lex (2012) DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. Online: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52011PC0275:EN:NOT
Eur-Lex (2012) DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. Online: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52011PC0275:EN:NOT
Europa (2010) Summaries of EU Legislation. Online: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/human_rights/human_rights_in_third_countries/dh0003_en.htm
European Commission (2008) Guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them. Online: http://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/download.action?nodeId=3a85e7a4-f08d-4a93-8fb9-fedc9bf2dc47&fileName=EU+guidelines+on+violence+against+women+and+girls.pdf&fileType=pdf
European Commission (Daphne) (2011) Feasibility study to assess the possibilities, opportunities and needs to standardise national legislation on violence against women, violence against children and sexual orientation violence. Online: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/eplive/expert/multimedia/20110405MLT17038/media_20110405MLT17038.pdf [Accessed 14/12/12]
UNICEF (2006) Behind Closed Doors: the Impact of Domestic Violence on Children. Online: http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/BehindClosedDoors.pdf
United Nations (2010) United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules). Online: http://www.ihra.net/files/2010/11/04/english.pdf
UNODC (2008) Handbook for Prison Managers and Policymakers on Women in Prison. Online: http://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/women-and-imprisonment.pdf [Accessed 14/12/12]
United Nations (2006): Ending Violence Against Women: From Words to Action. Online: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/VAW_Study/VAWstudyE.pdf
World Health Organization (2002) World report on violence and health. Online: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2002/9241545615_eng.pdf
World Health Organisation Women’s health in prison: Correcting gender inequity in prison health
Quaker report (2007) Women in Prison Part Two: A Review of the Conditions in Member States of the Council of Europe. Quaker Council for European Affairs. Online: http://www.quaker.org/qcea/prison/WIP2index.htm
Walby, S (2005) Improving the Statistics on Violence Against Women. Statistical Journal of the United Nations ECE 22; pp 193 – 216. Online: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology/papers/walby-improvingstatisticsUN.pdf
Walby, S (2007) Developing Indicators on Violence Against Women. Department of Sociology, Lancaster University. Online: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology/papers/walby-Indicatorsgenderbasedviolence.pdf
Home Office (2012) Call to End Violence against Women and Girls: Taking Action – the Next Chapter. London, Home Office. Online: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/call-end-violence-women-girls/action-plan-new-chapter?view=Binary
Women’s Aid (ND): Domestic Violence A – Z. Online: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic_violence_topic.asp?section=0001000100220041§ionTitle=Domestic+violence+%28general%29
Women’s Aid (2008): How Reliable are Domestic Violence Statistics? Online: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic-violence-articles.asp?section=00010001002200360002&itemid=1371&itemTitle=How+reliable+are+domestic+violence+statistics%3F)
Women’s Aid (2007): What is domestic violence? Online: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic-violence-articles.asp?section=00010001002200410001&itemid=1272
Women’s Aid (2012): Blind Eye. Online: http://blind-eye.org/blind-eye.php
Women’s Aid (2012) Online: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/default.asp
Women’s Aid (N.D.) Children. Online: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic_violence_topic.asp?section=0001000100220002§ionTitle=Children [Accessed 14/12/12]
Women’s Aid (2006) Why Doesn’t She Leave?
http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic-violence-articles.asp?section=00010001002200410001&itemid=1277&itemTitle=Why+doesn%27t+she+leave [Accessed 14/12/12]
Women’s Aid (2009) The Survivor’s Handbook. Online: http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic-violence-survivors-handbook.asp?section=0001000100080001
Bristol Against Violence and Abuse (2012). Online: http://www.bava.org.uk/
General Practice UK (2009) Domestic Violence. Online:
http://www.generalpractice.co.uk/domvio01.htm
Mind (2012) Abuse. Online:
http://www.mind.org.uk/help/diagnoses_and_conditions/sexual_abuse?gclid=CPTbk7ef2rACFcwNtAodB1zb0g
Domestic Violence and Mental Health
EACH (2009) Asian Women, Domestic Violence and Mental Health: A Toolkit for Health Professionals http://ndvf.org.uk/files/document/817/original.pdf
Hegarty, K (2010): Domestic violence: the hidden epidemic associated with mental illness. The British Journal of Psychiatry (2011)198: 169-170. Online: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/198/3/169.full
Essence (2011) Domestic Violence in Pregnancy http://www.midirs.org/development/MIDIRSEssence.nsf/articles/757181624A03A2D38025783B00502D7A
Standing Together Against Domestic Violence (2011): Health and Maternity Project. http://www.standingtogether.org.uk/standingtogetherlocal/standingtogethermaternity/
Fox, B (2007) Why Don’t They Just Leave? Online: http://www.hiddenhurt.co.uk/support-files/why_dont_they_just_leave.pdf
Hidden Hurt (2012) Why Domestic Abuse Victims Stay. Online: http://www.hiddenhurt.co.uk/why_domestic_abuse_victims_stay.html
International Journal of Prisoner Health http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijph
Humphreys, C, Thiara, R.K., and Regan, L. (2005) Domestic Violence and Substance Use: Overlapping Issues in Separate Services. Online: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/shss/swell/research/final_report.pdf
Corston, J (2007): The Corston Report. London; Home Office. Online: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/corston-report-march-2007.pdf/
Government Equalities Office (2010) WOMEN IN FOCUS: Promoting equality and positive practice. Online: http://www.equality-ne.co.uk/downloads/616_women-in-focus.pdf
MacDonald, M, Weilandt, C, Popov, I, Joost, K, Alijev, L, Berto, D and Parausanu, E. (2012): Throughcare for Prisoners with Problematic Drug Use: A Toolkit. Birmingham: Birmingham City University. Online: http://www.throughcare.eu/reports/throughcare_toolkit.pdf
NOMS South West (ND): Commissioning Accommodation Support Services for Women Offenders – TOOLKIT. Tool One: The case for women specific accommodation support services. Online: http://www.clinks.org
Norman, N and Barron, J (2011): Supporting Women Offenders who have Experienced Domestic and Sexual Violence. Women’s Aid. Online: www.womensaid.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=3409
Women Offender Campaign Network (ND): Meeting the Needs of Women Offenders and Ex-offenders in the National Violence Against Women Strategy. Online: http://www.womeninprison.org.uk/userfiles/file/National%20VAW%20Strategy%20-%20Meeting%20the%20Needs%20of%20Women%20Offenders.doc
Lemos&Crane: Through the Gate Projects. Online: http://www.lemosandcrane.co.uk/home/forum?postid=408
NOMS South West: Commissioning Accommodation Support Services for Women Offenders – TOOLKIT. Tool One: The case for women specific accommodation support services. Online: http://www.clinks.org
Women in Prison (2011): Breaking the Cycle for Women. Online:
Women’s Work: Service Videos. Turnaround- Criminal Justice Support Service. Online: http://www.womens-work.org.uk/?page_id=412
Covington, S (2001) A Woman’s Journey Home: Challenges for Female Offenders and Their Children. Online: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/prison2home02/covington.htm
Covington, S (1998) Women in Prison: Approaches in the Treatment of Our Most Invisible Population. Women and Therapy Journal 21, (1), 1998, pp.141-155). Online: http://www.stephaniecovington.com/pdfs/15.pdf
SURT (2007):Tackling Gender Violence in Prison. Manual of In-Prison Programmes Against Gender-Based Violence. Online: http://www.surt.org/altra/docs/manual_angles.pdf
Watkins, L (2009) An evaluation of The Freedom Programme; A prison support programme for women who have experienced domestic violence. The Griffins Society. Online: http://www.thegriffinssociety.org/Research_Paper_2009_01.pdf
Fawcett Society Engendering Justice – from Policy to Practice: final report of the Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System
Department of Health Lord Bradley’s review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system