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Through this technical report, the researchers provide information on their findings evaluating the effectiveness of sex offender registry and notification policies for reducing sexual violence against women. The report suggested that these policies deterred some first time sex offenses, but had no impact on recidivism. The research was conducted in and reflects outcomes in South Carolina.

Key Findings:

Several publications came out of these recommendations, including:

• Background, Summary, and Fast Facts Fact Sheet (2 p.)
• Know Your Rights Fact Sheet on Title IX and Sexual Violence (2 p.)

This information packet from the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault discusses various issues related to sexual violence within immigrant communities. It offers general information on migration to the United States, some pertinent issues to the dynamics of sexual assault and immigration issues, various intervention strategies, and effective prevention strategies within immigrant and refugee communities. This packet offers updated legal information, which is crucial to appropriately responding to and meeting the needs of individuals who belong to immigrant and migrant communities.

This plan was developed as a means of achieving the vision of a culture that supports healthy, respectful relationships through primary prevention efforts and zero tolerance of sexual violence in Arizona communities.

Excerpt from the Executive Summary: It is only in the last 30 years that society has begun to fully recognize child sexual abuse as the devastating problem that it is, to portray the trauma of sexual abuse in the media, and toseek ways to prevent and eliminate sexual violence. As communities have begun to demand a response to sexual abuse, legislators have passed an increasing number of policies directed at the people who sexually abuse. In 2007 and 2008 alone, more than 1500 sex offender-related bills were proposed in state legislatures and over 275 new laws were enacted.

This brief research compendium provides a summary of scholarly work on sexual violence topics published in 2009.

* See Women and War, where journalists, experts, female soldiers and veterans share their experiences and discuss issues including women in combat, sexual assault in the military and inadequate benefits for female veterans.

Although homelessness plagues all veterans, the causes and consequences of having no home are different for women veterans. Young female veterans, including many with children, are increasingly joining the homeless population. Outreach that specifically targets female veterans is needed in order to ensure that these women receive the help they need.

This testimony particularly emphasizes the societal and institutional responses to survivors of military sexual trauma (MST) that continue to place women at greater risk for further violence and isolation. This publication also sheds light on the repercussions of the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on service women and men.

This article describes participants of a domestic violence program, the program design, and the completers and non-completers of the program. The article examines the correlation between PTSD, DV and history of violence in the family of origin.