Material Listing

The paper concentrates mostly on the ripple effects of the sexual assault of adults.

The article provides a brief overview of developmental disabilities and the diagnostic criteria for mental retardation. The article also offers practical tips for prosecutors in cases where the victim in a sexual assault case has a diagnosis of mental retardation.

This guide is meant to serve as a critical resource for research areas that should be addressed during the next decade by CDC and its partners in response to current and future public health needs and events.

This paper examines how theoretical explanations of sexual violence have shaped intervention and community responses. The paper does this by examining the influence of the predominant perspectives that focus on the psychopathology of sex offenders.

"This paper is about young people who have committed acts of sexual abuse. It is written for those who might come across this issue in their day-to-day work and would like to know what the current research and practice says about understanding and responding to this group of young people."

The briefing also inclues a survey that explores some of the factors that impact service delivery.

This manual outlines procedures that human service professionals can follow when they are facing clients living with both domestic violence and substance abuse, and provides guidance for forging collaborations between agencies.

Contents include:

• Building A Bridge from Substance Abuse to Safety for Battered Women by Patricia J. Bland, M.A. CCDC
• A Power and Control Model for Women's Substance Abuse by Marie T. O'Neil
• Resources
• And, Now What? Developing Strategies for Safety and Sobriety

"Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence is part of a growing movement in Chicago of community-based initiatives seeking to resist violence against women, to create community accountability for the perpetuation of violence, and to develop strategies to end violence and the oppressive systems that support it. While the women's anti-violence movement has made many inroads in the past 35-40 years, the groups and initiatives in this report are rejuvenating the movement, and taking the work in exciting new directions.

Appendix 1 of this document offers a list of sixty-three "methodological potholes" and advice or remedies for each one.