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Offenders / Perpetrators Content Topic Results

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December 2005

Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment Validation Study: The RAVE Study - Summary and Recommendations: Validation of Tools for Assessing Risk from Violent Intimate Partners

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The central purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of several different approaches to predicting risk of future harm or lethality in domestic violence cases.
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December 2005

Key Considerations for Reunifying Adult Sex Offenders and their Families

Publisher(s):
It provides an overview of the dynamics and key issues warranting attention when considering reunification and preservation with sex offenders as part of a broader, more comprehensive approach to sex offender management.
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  • General Material
October 2005

A Call to Men: Ending Domestic Violence, Becoming Part of the Solution

Publisher(s):
This web seminar discusses strategies for working with men and boys to prevent intimate partner violence.
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October 2005

Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among women

Author(s): Publisher(s):
Findings indicate that homicide was the leading source of fatal workplace injuries for women, and that female murder victims were much more likely to have been killed by a family member than were male victims.
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October 2005

Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: A Report to the Florida Legislature

Author(s):
Levenson argues that there is no evidence that sex offender residency restrictions prevent sex crimes or promote public safety. Rather, Levenson believes that such policies may actually exacerbate offenders' psychosocial stressors and thereby increase the likelihood of reoffending.
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September 2005

ReShape Issue 16: Sex Offender Management

Publisher(s):
This publication deals with the topic of sex offender management and provides important information to coalitions on how to respond to this issue.
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July 2005

Model Law Enforcement Policy: Serving and Enforcing Protection Orders & Seizing Firearms in Domestic Violence Cases

Author(s): Publisher(s):
The purpose of the Model Law Enforcement Policy is to provide policies and standard operating procedures for four specific areas that may be encountered by a law enforcement agency.
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March 2005

Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators: Comparing State Laws

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This paper focuses on three questions: Number of Persons Held Under SVP Laws, Number of Persons Released Under Some Form of Less Restrictive Alternative and SVP Program Costs.
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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

Batterers with Badges: Officer-Involved Domestic Violence

Author(s): Publisher(s):
This paper discusses officer-involved domestic violence (OIDV), examining why it seems particularly resistant to reduction and recommending ways in which policies can more effectively target it.
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  • General Material
January 2005

A Review of the Recidivism Rates of Adult Female Sexual Offenders

Publisher(s):
To achieve this purpose, a systematic review of available information on female sexual offenders was conducted. There were two goals to this study: 1) to provide an estimate of the proportion of sexual offenders who are women; and 2) to establish the known sexual recidivism rates among female sexual offenders.
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  • NRCDV Publications
  • General Material
August 2004

Girls and Violence: Is the Gender Gap Closing?

Author(s): Publisher(s):
As the publics concern about girls' aggression and violence is rising, this document reviews the objective evidence regarding youthful female violence, makes suggestions about what is occurring, and suggests ways to address the issue positively.