I imagine judges are a lot like law enforcement folks -- they listen best to their own kind. Here are a couple of sites with information developed by judges for judges. It may be more convincing to use these first to develop positive attitudes for change:
http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/domviol/booklet.html American Judges Foundation - Domestic Violence and the Courtroom http://www.nationalcouncilfvd.org/database/index.php?submit=Go+To+DV+Law+S National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - Family Violence Department (There are some great free materials available from these folks.) http://dmoz.org/Society/People/Women/Issues/Domestic_Violence/Legal_Issues/ Open Directory catalog of sites relating to legal issues of domestic violence. Lots of American Bar Association (ABA) resources. --Cheryl >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 3/22/02 8:31 AM >>> Dear Catherine Klein and other list members, Concerning training of judicial officers, many groups working on the issues of domestic violence often come up with that proposal, some say that they have had training workshops with very good results. Unfortunately, I often wonder whether I am living and working on another planet as I do not see such a training program being attended by Mauritian judges and magistrates unless it is organised by academics (especially from abroad). They will attend such meetings as 'experts', listen then go back, still very sure of their alleged knowledge. The crux of the problem is the power of judges and magistrates; this power can hardly be challenged, at least not in my country. All the judicial officers, the police, probation officers, court officials, magistrates and judges will always give their opinion on violence against women even if they have never read a single serious article/ paper/book on the subject. They rely on the inherent power of their functions. I have neither the time nor the desire to run courses for them. ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
