A Guide for Effective Issuance and Enforcement of Protection Orders

This publication, also known as the Burgundy Book, preceded Civil Protection Orders: A Guide for Improving Practice (2010). Recognizing the need to promote enforcement of protection orders as a way to promote victim safety and autonomy, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), in partnership with the National Center on Full Faith and Credit (NCFFC) (a project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence), and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), United States Department of Justice, embarked upon a multi-year, multi-disciplinary effort to develop a practical guide for the effective issuance and enforcement of civil protection orders. This publication is the culmination of that work and is designed to increase the capacity of communities to issue and enforce protection orders more effectively and to enhance the safety and protection of battered women and their children not only in the issuing jurisdiction but in jurisdictions to which they may travel or relocate.