Prevention Programming Content Topic Results

This is the fifth edition of the VPC’s American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States. The study analyzes news reports of murder-suicides for the six-month period January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014. To the VPC’s knowledge, it is the largest and most comprehensive analysis available on murder-suicide in the United States.

In analyzing the evolution of federal legislation in the United States, the author highlights how a human rights framework calls for a more comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to ending gender-based violence. It recognizes that domestic violence is not a private family matter and that the state has an obligation in efforts to prevent and respond to this violence in a manner that is holistic, effective and accessible to all.

Many non-profit organizations are tasked with showing funders that their sexual violence prevention work is making a difference. NRCDV's June 2015 TA Question of the Month offers insight on organizations can evaluate their prevention efforts.

The LAP is a multi-pronged intervention that consists of a standardized, evidence-based lethality assessment instrument and accompanying referral protocol that helps first responders make a differentiated response that is tailored to the unique circumstances of High-Danger victims.

The webinar reviews the importance of having a policy that addresses situations where the employee is either a victim or a perpetrator of domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence, or stalking; principles that inform an effective policy; and features of Legal Momentum’s model policy.

This webinar served as a virtual workshop designed to generate dialogue about the current proliferation of “engaging men” work.

This law review article explores the topic of specialized sex offense courts. It describes key elements to successful sex offender courts, discusses some criticisms of specialized sex offense courts, and offers some potential improvements to the specialized sex court model.

NRCDV's April 2015 TA Question of the Month offers strategies on building inclusive sexual violence prevention campaigns on campus for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Designed for military audiences, this webinar explores the history of NO MORE and ways to use the NO MORE Campaign as part of domestic violence and sexual assault awareness events and activities on base or instillation or military office.

A topic that is sometimes lost in the conversation around LGBTQ youth access to safe spaces is the topic of healthy dating relationships. NRCDV's February 2015 TA Question of the Month offers guidance on how to build healthy relationship models with LGBTQ youth.

In this report, the outcomes of a survey intended to measure rates of sexual violence, sexist behavior, perceptions of academy culture toward sexual violence, and services available are presented.

This issue brief provides a broad overview of the crossover between the child welfare field and the work currently being done to prevent and respond to the trafficking of children and youth in the United States.