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EFFECT OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN
VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE
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Safety During an
Explosive Incident
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Decide and
plan for where you will go if you have to leave home (even if you
don't think you will need to).
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Practice how
to get out of your home safely. Identify which doors, windows,
elevator, or stairwell would be best.
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Have a packed
bag ready and keep it at a relative's or friend's home in order to
leave quickly. Use the checklist on this brochure to decide what
is important for you to take with you.
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Identify one
or more neighbors you can tell about the violence and ask them to
call the police if they hear a disturbance coming from your home.
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Devise a code
word to use with your children, family, friends, and neighbors
when you need the police.
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If you believe
an argument/ incident is going to occur, try to move to a room or
area where you have access to an exit. Stay away from any weapons,
the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom or other rooms without an outside
door or window.
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Use your own
instincts and judgment. If the situation is very dangerous, do
whatever is necessary to be safe. This may mean giving the abuser
what he wants to calm him down.
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If necessary
call for help. Dial 0 or 911.
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Always
remember-You Do Not Deserve To Be Hit, Threatened, or Live In
Fear!
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Safety When
Preparing to Leave
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Open a saving
account and/or credit card in your own name to start to establish
or increase your independence. Think of other ways in which you
can increase you independence.
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Leave money,
an extra set of keys, copies of important documents, extra
medicines and clothes with someone you trust so you can leave
quickly.
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Determine who
would be able to let you stay with them or lend you some money.
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Keep the
shelter or hotline number dose at hand and keep some change or a
calling card on you at all times for emergency phone calls.
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Review your
safety plan as often as possible in order to plan the safest way
to leave your batterer. Remember ‑ Leaving Your Batterer Is A
Very Dangerous Time!
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Safety at Home
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Change the
locks on your doors as soon as possible. Buy additional locks and
safety devices to secure your windows.
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Discuss a
safety plan with your children for when you are not with them.
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Tell your
children's school, day care, etc., who has your permission to pick
up the children.
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Notify your
neighbors and landlord that your partner no longer lives with you
and that they should call the police if they see him near your
residence.
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Safety with a
Protection Order
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Keep your
protection order on you at all times. Give a copy to a trusted
neighbor, family member, or clergy person. Keep a copy in the
glove compartment of your car.
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Call the
police if your batterer violates the protection order.
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Think of other
ways to keep safe until law enforcement arrives.
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Inform family,
friends, neighbors, or your physician that you have a protection
order.
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Remember, if
think you no longer need the protection order, ask the court to
remove it.
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Safety in Public
or at Work
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Tell your co‑worker(s),
boss, and/or office or building security about your situation.
Provide a picture of your batterer if possible.
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Arrange to
have an answering machine, caller ID, or co‑worker screen your
telephone calls if possible.
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Devise a
safety plan for when you leave work. Have someone escort you to
your car or bus, and wait with you until you are safely on your
way. Use a variety of routes to go home by if possible. Think
about what you would do if something happened while going home.
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Go to
different grocery stores, businesses, and banks if possible. If
this is not possible, change the time and day in which you go
shopping.
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Checklist ‑ Important Things To
Remember To Take When You Leave:
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Identification
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Driver's License
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Children's Birth Certificates
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Your Birth Certificate
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Social Security Cards
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Work permits/VISA
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Passport
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Financial
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Money and/or credit cards
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Bank books
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Checkbooks
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Public Assistance documentation
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Tax return from previous yea
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Pay stubs for you
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Loan information
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Other Important Papers
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Your Protection Order
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Lease, rental agreement, or house
deed
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Car registration and insurance
papers
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Health and life insurance papers
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Medical records for you and
children
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Vaccination records
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Divorce papers
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Custody papers
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