Statutory Framework: What Does Your Jurisdiction Allow You to Do?

It can be helpful to look at your jurisdiction’s laws and statutes that correspond to domestic violence risk assessment. Through thorough examination of your state laws, you will identify how  stakeholders are permitted by statute to include risk information in their decision-making.

With your project team or partners, you will discuss the questions in the lesson to better understand your jurisdiction’s statutory framework for domestic violence risk assessment. You can refer to your state laws and codes to help respond to the questions.