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This article describes two studies that use scientific criteria to distinguish accidental bruising from abusive bruising. The article also discusses barriers to intervening in or responding to abuse and emphasizes collaboration between prosecutors and victim-witness advocates.

This document offers guidelines as 'a reference tool' for legal service providers representing victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in civil protection cases. The standards of practice cover a wide range of abuses, including elder abuse.

This webpage offers guiding questions to consider when working with older persons from diverse ethnic and cultural communities.

This media report presents information about the first home in Maine for older domestic violence survivors.

This manual is designed to help professionals start a support group for older survivors of domestic abuse.

Emphasizing a well-grounded understanding of abuse for effective intervention, this document provides information about the power and control dynamics of domestic abuse in later life.

This PowerPoint takes the audience through definitions of sexual violence, how bystanders can be engaged in sexual violence prevention, and includes a scenario for the audience to discuss and practice engaged bystander responses and is geared toward a college campus audience.

Noting that domestic violence programs tend to focus on self-help models that are not appropriate for older domestic violence survivors, this document offers suggestions for age appropriate programs.