Law individual project

Topic Domestic Violence: Your goal is to educate law enforcement to use best practices in the investigation of domestic abuse cases. Include the following topics in your PowerPoint presentation of 10-15 slides with notes and links to video for self-paced review:

• How to approach a domestic violence situation when responding to an emergency call
  • When the parties should be separated
  • How to interview parties
  • What information needs to be in the report and why
  • How to best help a victim
  • What laws protect victims, including the use of protection orders
  • Why victims return to abusers
  • Length of time it may take to stay away from their abusers
• Arrests
  • The legal standard that is needed to make an arrest in a domestic violence case
  • What evidence should be collected at the arrest
  • Whether dual arrests are effective law enforcement
  • How to assist domestic violence victims
    • Reluctant victims
    • Help for victims
• Signs of child abuse and categories (e.g., physical, sexual, and emotional)
• Difference between the terms abuse and neglect
  • Legal Question of neglect
• Use of guardian ad litem
  • The legal standards that must be met in a child’s removal from the home
  • Termination of parental rights
• Requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
• Role of court-appointed special advocates (CASA) in child abuse and neglect cases
• Role of Social Services in abuse and neglect cases