1. Rus Ervin Funk, MSW

2.  Responding to reports  Being victim-supportive  Holding men who are violent accountable  Working collaboratively with victim-service advocates  Your role (both officially and in their other roles in live and in the community) to encourage other men and boys to prevent violence against women

4.  Legal definition  Victim-centered/feminist definition

6.  Legal definition  Focus on incidence  Focus on violence” or imminent threat  Victim-centered/feminist definition  Focus on context  Focus on dynamics

8. Fear Love Lack of support Self-blame Internalized anger Doesn’t want to leave – End abuse, not relationship It could get worse It might get better He needs me Blame from others Shame

9. Witnessed as a child Anger issues Mental illness Substance use/abuse Depression Low self-esteem Inability to express his feelings Communication issues He doesn’t know any better… …He Chooses to

10.  Gathering evidence  Secure the scene  Creating a relationship  Understand victim dynamics  There is no “set” victim response

11.  Separate parties  Understand victim dynamics  Initial disclosure is the tip of the iceberg  She’s protecting herself, the children and him  Her minimizing behaviors  Operating out of self-blame  Look for children  Observe evidence  Assess for safety

12.  Safe to be angry  Minimizes the threats

13.  Notice and respond to threats  Monitor the victim’s responses to the process

14.  Work with prosecutors as a team  Immediate accountability  Ensuring follow through  Create a system of accountability  Build in ways to alter charges and sentencing based on additional information that comes from the victim (or others)

15.  Advocates are your allies (although with distinct roles and priorities)  The more supportive victims feel  The more willing they are to follow through with the legal process  You’ll get more details and likely more crimes  The more confidence they will have with you  The more satisfied they will feel with the process (regardless of outcome)  Your success (convictions and sentences) will be higher  Higher rate of community satisfaction and support

16. You’re called to investigate a Domestic Violence situation. Both parties have injuries, and have been drinking. He is relatively calm and cooperative, she is highly emotional, angry and somewhat combative. o What assumptions are you making based on this information? o What additional information do you need? o How are you going to get it?

17. She has a black eye a bloody lip and possibly a broken hand. He has scratches on his neck and face and bruises on his chest. o What assumptions are you making based on this information? o What additional information do you need? o How do you identify offensive vs defensive wounds?

19.  A lack of identification with the victim.  A perception of the situation as one that calls for violence.  A decision to act violently  The means of doing harm to the other person.

20. As part of the legal system  Understand the role of secondary prevention to primary prevention  Reducing all crime (and violence) is a part of your mandate

21. As men & women in the community  You also have other roles in the community  Not everyone has to do everything, but everyone has to do one thing  How can you, in these other roles, work to prevent violence against women in your communities?  Take a pledge  Model  Educate/raise awareness about prevention  Develop leadership  organize

22. Rus Ervin Funk PO box 4878 Louisville, KY 40204 www.rusfunk.com www.mensworkinc.com (502)494-9044