Research & Statistics Content Topic Results

This publication, which was supported by the National Institute of Justice, discusses what partner stalking is and provides statistics.

This Applied Research paper reviews and critiques the existing literature on economic abuse experienced by domestic violence survivors and selected economic empowerment programs designed to address such abuse and its aftermath.

In these 2 podcasts, the author and advocate consultant of the VAWnet Applied Research Paper titled Youth Sexual Violence Prevention share their thoughts on the research, trends, and recommendations discussed in the document.

This web-conference was designed to help organizations assess their capacity for prevention program effectiveness.

This film provides interviews with 16 organizations doing reproductive justice work in New York City.

The U.S. Army honors soldiers wounded or killed in combat with the Purple Heart, a powerful symbol designed to recognize their sacrifice and service. Yet Army commanders have routinely denied Purple Hearts to soldiers who have sustained concussions in Iraq, despite regulations that make such wounds eligible for the medal, an investigation by NPR and ProPublica has found.

This article explains how undocumented immigrant workers who are victims of crime can benefit from the U Visa. \

This reference guide serves as a resource for friends, family members, colleagues, and allies as they experience the coming out process with an individual who identifies as LGBT.

This article the authors provide information to help law enforcement personnel and other community professionals design a response system that goes beyond simple compliance with the "letter of the law" and actually create a model for best practices that achieve the honorable "spirit of the law" enacted with this VAWA 2005 provision.

This guide is divided into two main sections. The first section outlines existing laws. The second section outlines proposed legislation on this topic. Each of these sections is further divided into those laws or bills specific to domestic violence and those laws or bills that relate to crime victims more generally.

This charter represents the collaborative agreement among partners of the Domestic Violence and Mental Health Collaboration Project. The charter includes agreements on mission and values, roles and responsibilities, decision-making, conflict resolution, communications, and confidentiality.

This report illustrates the results of a cross-national study based on in-depth interviews from both experts and average Americans on Sexual Violence. This study, supported by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center comprises the following three components: 1) an analysis of the discourse on sexual violence from expert interviews, 2) one-on-one cognitive interviews with Americans, and 3) a comparative analysis that “maps the gaps” between expert and lay understandings of this topic.