Economic Justice as Framework for Violence Prevention

The Delaware Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program encourages all local and statewide agencies to consider ways to adopt and advance policies that promote economic equity and revamp policies that may hinder success, stability, and safety for employees and communities. In efforts to prevent violence from occurring, the RPE Program through the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCADV) worked to identify evidence-based strategies that may reduce the prevalence of violence. This DCADV paper increases knowledge capacity of economic justice among community partners that are working with survivors of domestic violence. The goal of this white paper is for readers to gain an understanding of the importance of economic justice and how it can effectively contribute to the prevention of domestic and sexual violence in Delaware. Delaware continues to have alarming, reported cases of domestic and sexual violence. In efforts to prevent violence from occurring, the RPE Program through the DCADV worked to identify evidence-based strategies that may reduce the prevalence of violence.