Material Listing

This working list of resources and articles related to sexual violence at school and on campuses developed after the new Title IX guidelines were released in 2011.

This issue of "Partners in Social Change" examines what it looks like to engage men in sexual violence prevention. Much of the work we do focuses on how communities can prevent sexual violence; therefore this issue seeks to examine men as a community that has the potential to help create social change.

As part of the 2010 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Campaign, the NSVRC compiled a list of resources on campus primary prevention, policy, statistics, and education and training tools.

In 2009, representatives from the Wisconsin Departments of Health Services, and Children and Families, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Governor's Council on Domestic Abuse, the Wisconsin Children's Trust Fund, the Child Abuse Prevention Fund of Children's Hospital and Health System, and Children's Service Society of Wisconsin joined in a collaboration called "The Forward Wisconsin Initiative: Preventing Interpersonal Violence" to enhance efforts to change social norms and community tolerance for violence.

As part of CDCs DELTA program, this summary outlines Delaware's plan to influence systemic change in four key priority areas and ultimately prevent domestic violence.

It is intended for anyone who wants to initiate or expand family violence prevention work, including agencies addressing family and community health and well-being (such as domestic violence and child welfare advocacy organizations), community development groups, and grassroots leaders.

*See also: Preventing Family Violence: Community Engagement Makes the Difference (September 2002) [PDF]

This UK report sets out 15 innovative case studies of "promising" prevention programs including workshops with boys in schools, drama groups, enabling girls at risk of gang violence to access decision makers, and training "bystanders" to intervene to challenge the attitudes of their peers.

This report from the UK calls for long-term and targeted action to prevent violence against women and girls. In particular, it asks schools and other educational institutions to play their part.

This groundbreaking study provides key insights into the implementation and outcomes of Minnesota’s felony strangulation law, including discussion of obstacles and recommendations for changes in the handling of strangulation cases.

This brief fact sheet includes basic information prepared by the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women, a state that pioneered the prosecution of felony strangulation cases.

This report examines the fatalities that occurred in Arizona from January 1 – December 31, 2012, including intimate partner homicides, homicides perpetrated by family members, suicides related to incidents of domestic violence, and perpetrators killed by law enforcement when they respond to a domestic violence call.

This article, which begins on page 8 of the NDVFRI’s Fatality Review Bulletin, provides information on conducting fatality reviews with American Indian tribes in Montana.

This report offers key data findings on domestic violence homicides in Washington State, including data specific to women of color -- who have been found to be at a 2.5 to 3.5 times greater risk for homicide than white women.

This fact sheet provides information on immigrant and refugee victims of domestic violence that were killed by their abusers in Washington State from 1997 through 2009.

This chart is a compilation of the strangulation laws in the United States.

This comprehensive fact sheet includes basic information on strangulation in domestic violence cases, including many cited research studies substantiating the role of strangulation as a risk factor for homicide in intimate partner violence.

This paper highlights results of a study examining 300 strangulation cases, 89% of which involved domestic violence.

This article presents an overview of the risks posed by strangulation attempts in domestic violence cases, and is adapted from a portion of a presentation from the three-day conference, "Detection and Prosecution of Strangulation in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases.”

This guide provides advocates with an overview of the increased risk of lethality when firearms are present in cases of domestic violence, a discussion of both federal and Illinois state laws related to firearm possession, and the role of the advocate in addressing firearms when working with survivors of domestic violence.

This brief fact sheet provides statistics related to the lethal combination of guns and domestic violence - injuring and killing women every day in the United States.

This article provides an overview of related research, judicial response, applicable laws, and effective judicial practice in response to the deadly combination of firearms and domestic violence.

This report highlights promising practices that represent innovative approaches to enforcing domestic violence firearm prohibitions.

This workbook is designed to help women focus on behaviors and activities relative to their fundamental safety, helping to highlight the complex network of needs and problems each woman may encounter, her survival skills and strengths, and how she can or has already used them to prioritize the difficult areas of her life.

This 2-pager provides an overview of students rights related to gender-based violence and harassment. It provides information about Title IX and offers a list of Dos and Donts.

This report suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. People with disabilities have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This is largely due to the lack of services available to them and the many obstacles they face in their everyday lives. The report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish. The report ends with a concrete set of recommended actions for governments and their partners.

*See also: World Report on disability podcast (June 10, 2011)