The Praxis Safety & Accountability Audit Toolkit

This how-to guide has been used by hundreds of communities to assess how their local institutions respond. The toolkit provides guides, templates, and videos which outline its philosophical underpinnings and the Praxis Institutional Analysis methodology.

The ultimate goal of the Praxis Institutional Analysis method is to improve outcomes for survivors and reduce the harm caused by institutions. Although broadly applicable, the toolkit details the process for assessing the criminal justice system response to domestic violence.
It has been used to address domestic violence criminal cases, system responses to sexual assault, child protection interventions, family court practices, custody guidelines, and supervised visitation as well as racism in child welfare and ICWA responses.

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This toolkit is a critical how-to guide for communities assessing institutional responses. Although broadly applicable, the toolkit details the process for assessing the criminal justice system response to domestic violence.

The Praxis Institutional Analysis method, commonly referred to as an Audit, Community Assessment, and/or Institutional Analysis, has been applied to a range of systems and interventions in order to improve outcomes for survivors of gender-based violence and reduce the potential harm caused by institutional intervention. In addition to its initial and current application to domestic violence criminal cases, the Praxis Institutional Analysis method has been used to examine responses to sexual assault (in criminal cases and in campus-based settings) and to analyze child protection, family court, custody, and supervised visitation and exchange practices in domestic violence-related cases. It has also been adapted to examine disparity in foster care placements for African American children and implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Intended for local community use, the guides, templates, illustrations, checklists, and videos included in the Toolkit outline the Audit’s philosophical underpinnings, clarify the Institutional Analysis methodology and data collection steps, and provide a knowledge base for a Team’s work. This version of the Toolkit builds upon the rich foundation of domestic violence Audits by incorporating Praxis’ work with communities that have tailored the method to examining sexual assault and inequities or disparities based on race, ability, class, language spoken, and immigration status.

Note: Praxis offers free resources for communities interested in using the methods described in this toolkit. We encourage you to access our library of webinar recordings, sample audit reports, and materials to support the logistics aspects of the Audit. Praxis also provides fee-based consulting services for more intensive, customized guidance using onsite and distance consultation and training. For more information about assistance available, contact info@praxisinternational.org.

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