Sexual Violence Content Topic Results
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January 2008
Domestic Violence Assessment Guide
Publisher(s):This pocket reference card for health care providers includes guidance on conducting routine assessment for domestic violence.
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- General Material
January 2008
Document Gathering for Self-Petitioning Under the Violence Against Women Act, A Step by Step Guide
Publisher(s):This manual provides guidance on gathering necessary documents for VAWA self petition.
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- General Material
January 2008
The Unconstitutionality and Inefficacy of Sex Offender Residency Laws
Publisher(s):This paper examines existing and potential constitutional challenges to various state residency laws, policy concerns and considerations of creating or expanding sex offender residency laws, and the political causes and ramifications of the residency laws and explains the need for a Supreme Court decision establishing the constitutional limit of residency laws
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- General Material
January 2008
Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior?
Publisher(s):The evidence suggests that registration reduces the frequency of sex offenses among "local" victims" (e.g., friends, acquaintances, neighbors) but not against strangers. It also presents evidence that community notification deters first-time sex offenses but increases recidivism by registered offenders by imposing social and financial costs, making non-criminal activity relatively less attractive after an initial conviction. This is consistent with previous work by criminologists and important because the stated purpose of community notification is to reduce recidivism.
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- General Material
January 2008
Deconstructing Male Violence Against Women: The Men Stopping Violence Community-Accountability Model
Publisher(s):Men Stopping Violence (MSV), a metro Atlanta-based organization that works to end male violence against women, uses an ecological, community-based accountability model as the foundation of its analysis of the problem of male violence against women and of its work with individuals and in communities.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
December 2007
Screening for Sexual Violence: Gaps in Research and Recommendations for Change
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper provides a review of the current literature on screening women for sexual violence in health care facilities, and discusses the reasoning and rationale behind screening women for sexual violence.
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- General Material
November 2007
Impact of the Law on Service to Teens
Publisher(s):This document discusses the challenges faced by both domestic violence service providers in serving youth and challenges faced by teens seeking help. The document suggests re-evaluating program policies and structures to enhance services to youth.
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- General Material
August 2007
Department of Defense Instruction 6400.06: Domestic Abuse Involving DoD Military and Certain Affiliated Personnel
Publisher(s):This link provides an overview of DoD's domestic abuse policy including information on restricted and unrestricted reporting.
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- General Material
July 2007
Gender Justice: A citizen's guide to gender accountability at international financial institutions
Publisher(s):Although publicly-funded International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have missions to reduce poverty and promote economic growth, IFI projects often ignore gender inequality and increase poverty, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS, particularly among women and girls.
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- General Material
July 2007
The Importance of Assessment in Sex Offender Management: An Overview of Key Principles and Practices
Publisher(s):It is designed for all stakeholders who have a role in sex offender management, whether as gatherers or consumers of assessment data. These stakeholders include judges, release decision makers, evaluators, treatment providers, personnel within correctional facilities, probation and parole officers, and administrators at all levels.
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- General Material
June 2007
Study Reveals Unique Issues Faced by Deaf Victims of Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This report summarizes researchers' recommendations for improving the relationship between law enforcement and the deaf community, based on results of an investigation of the impact of sexual assault on members of the deaf community.
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- General Material
May 2007
Research Bulletin: Sex Offender Populations, Recidivism and Actuarial Assessment
Publisher(s):The purpose of this bulletin is to summarize the research on sex offender recidivism rates, and to provide an overview of the availability, validity and usefulness of actuarial risk assessment instruments specific to sex offenders.