National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (NVAWPRC) Content Topic Results

Includes a compilation of programs used by responding agencies including location, target audience, description, evaluation, and contact information.   Survey questions focused on two categories of information:

The paper is divided into many short sections covering: the background and goals of this piece; reasons for practitioners and victim advocates to collaborate with researchers and what strengths each bring to a collaboration; what type of research practitioners want and how researchers and the research benefit from practitioner insights; some characteristics and eight tips for successful collaborative relationships; main ways to initiate collaborative practitioner-research relationships; six tips for assessing the qualifications of researchers; things to consider when assessing the adequacy

The definition offered here emphasizes law as a central aspect of public policy, including constitutional, international, and a human rights framework of law. The author also describes in a broad sense how law directly or indirectly affects survivors. Advocates may find this definition useful for expanding discussions, analysis, and action involving what aspects of law and policy they seek to influence through reform or enforcement.

This fact sheet contains information on frequently asked questions about lesbian partner violence including: what is lesbian partner violence, how common is lesbian partner violence, why a lesbian would batter another woman, how lesbian partner violence is different from heterosexual partner violence, what legal rights battered lesbians have, how often lesbian partner violence is reported to the police, and how to help a lesbian who is a victim of partner violence.