The Economic Security Scorecard: Policy Definitions
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The arrest of offenders is the principal tool of law enforcement to keep survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault and stalking safe and financially secure.
Restitution is a court-ordered payment from the offender to the victim for the harm caused by the offender’s wrongful acts.
Survivors of gender-based violence may experience financial consequences as a direct or indirect result of abuse that can have a lasting impact on their ability to recover from violence, leave an abusive relationship, or become safe and independent.
As the primary tool for securing physical safety, protection orders must also account for a survivor’s economic needs.
It has long been known that the ability of a survivor of violence to be economically secure is fundamental to that survivor’s safety.