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January 2005
Professor's Resource Guide to Teaching About Woman Abuse and its Effects on Children
Publisher(s):A teaching aid for the professor planning a lecture or workshop on how woman abuse affects infants, toddlers, children and teenagers. Background resource material is provided to aid in preparation for a lecture or workshop.
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January 2005
Sex Offender Sentencing in Washington State: Has Community Notification Reduced Recidivism?
Publisher(s):Violent and sexual felony recidivism by sex offenders in Washington has decreased since passage of the 1997 statute. The causal link to notification laws is not proven by this research, but the drop in recidivism rates by sex offenders is clear, and the influence of community notification laws cannot be ruled out.
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January 2005
Rules Concerning Requests for Information 12 C.F.R. ¤ 202.5(c)
Publisher(s):This section of the Code of Federal Regulations, states the rules on request of credit information of a spouse or former spouse. A creditor can not use information on the other spouse or former spouse of the applicant, except in specific instances of joint use, liability, or reliance on collateral or that spouseÍs income.
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January 2005
Elder Sexual Assault: Technical Assistance Manual for Pennsylvania's Sexual Violence Centers
Publisher(s):Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
The goal of this technical assistance manual is to allow sexual violence advocates/counselors to become adept in dealing with elder clients as needed. Advocates can peruse this guide to learn the basics of effectively working with elder clients or utilize it in a crisis situation
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January 2005
Child-Pornography Possessors Arrested in Internet-Related Crimes: Findings from the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study
Publisher(s):National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
"The goals of the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study were to survey law-enforcement agencies within the United States to count arrests for internet-related sex crimes committed against minors and describe the characteristics of offenders, the crimes they committed, and their victims. This report focuses on a representative national sample of arrested offenders who possessed child pornography."& The report includes major findings and conclusions from this sample as well as recommendations and resources for law-enforcement and prosecutors."
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January 2005
Keeping Children Safe
Publisher(s):This handbook provides information, education, and guidance to those who want to join the fight against child abuse, as well as those who may need to receive services or support to help stop the cycle of abuse within their own lives and family circles.
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January 2005
Violence and Disasters
Publisher(s):This fact sheet reviews currently available data on violence and disasters.
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January 2005
Employment Discrimination Against Abused Women
Publisher(s):This document provides Q&A explaining legal definitions of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful discharge. Action steps involving possible legal remedies are briefly outlined.
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January 2005
Relationship Abuse Prevention Program (RAPP)
Publisher(s):Center Against Domestic Violence, Office of Domestic Violence and Emergency Intervention Services, U.S. Department of Social Services of the Human Resources Administration, City of New York
This school-based domestic violence prevention curriculum teaches students to recognize and prevent teen relationship abuse. Lesson plans include a variety of exercises. Parent workshop information and school staff development materials are also included.
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January 2005
Taking Stock: A review of the existing research on trafficking for sexual exploitation
Publisher(s):This document reviews the current knowledge on trafficking for sexual exploitation to and within Europe, giving an overview of and insight into the main trends in research in this field. Each chapter presents and discusses a primary theme in the trafficking research: the definition and use of the trafficking concept; methods for data-collection and analysis; perspectives on and explanations of human trafficking; and challenges and knowledge needs in designing counter-trafficking measures.
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January 2005
Intimate Partner Violence, Employment, and the Workplace
Publisher(s):This article is a literature review on violence against women and employment. It includes information on types of job interference tactics by perpetrators, employer responses and attitudes, consequences for employers, and survivor responses.
Available from: Contact the NRCDV at 1-800-537-2238; 1-800-553-2508 (TTY).
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January 2005
Who Is There To Help Us?: How the System Fails Sexually Exploited Girls in the United States: Examples from Four American Cities
Publisher(s):This report about trafficking in the US provides insight into the lack of recognition or responsive aid that American girls and women who are unseen victims of trafficking receive in the US versus those victims who are not US citizens.
-'The report is primarily a qualitative investigation based on interviews with girls themselves, children's advocates, service providers, law enforcement officials and others, in primarily four citiesóNew York, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and San Francisco.'
-Includes narratives/testimonies of girls and young women who have been in prostitution and are US citizens.
-US born and raised girls and young women can also be trafficking victims.
-US girls and young women 'turn' to prostitution because they are desperate and manipulated by adults but tactics used differ from international cohorts, emphasizes that young women in the US who go into prostitution are not 'sexually liberated college girls'.
-Discusses some of the process and reality that girls and young women face in prostitution, including lack of services and awareness that sex trafficking happens to US girls and women as well.