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"When Men Kill Women" has sections on: debunking the myth of the stranger lurking in the alley and exposing the reality of a husband or boyfriend with a gun; a summary of key findings; and conclusions around domestic violence and gun access. Two tables chart female homicides by state and other pages provide separate information for each U.S state.

This is the second annual report to the U.S. Congress on the status of severe forms of trafficking in persons worldwide; it is required by the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. The report compiles 89 source, transit or destination countries where there was credible evidence of at least 100 trafficking victims; it ranks these countries into three tiers, according to their efforts to address human trafficking.

This fact sheet provides a brief overview of sex trafficking of women and children in the Americas and explores the life-threatening health consequences of this type of human trafficking.

It also explores why women did not report crimes to police, and the circumstances surrounding the crime, including the relationship between victim and attacker, and the protective actions the woman attempted.

Among its statistics, it found that in an average school year (a 7 month period):

This issue focuses on the intersection between sexual victimization and homeless youth, and provides an overview of research on this topic area.

The document's introduction provides a context for the information, noting that "misperceptions and stereotypes about people with disabilities and a subsequent history of oppression also put people with disabilities at an increased risk to experience sexual assault."

In several studies, the offenders were most often male relatives of the victim (e.g. an adult son, husband) and a frequent form of abuse was vaginal rape of women and anal rape of men. With respect U.S. state law on marital rape, it reports that some states that have criminalized marital rape still "exclude husbands if their wives have temporary or permanent mental or physical disabilities".

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This resource summarizes research on the re-offense rates of sex offenders and explores issues in defining recidivism. It focuses primarily on adult male offenders, describing factors and conditions that appear to be associated with reduced sexual offending.

Forward: "The authors of Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended have diligently mined the research literature to provide a comprehensive and annotated account of the characteristics of juveniles who commit sex offenses and their families, and the type of offenses they commit. A broad array of clinical assessment tools, including psychological testing, are described, and a thorough discussion of recidivism rates and issues is presented. The Report concludes with a review of treatment approaches and settings and a look at program assessment.

A Comprehensive Bibliography of Scholarly Research and Literature Relating to Juvenile Sex Offenders.

The report explains the methodology used and also provides findings and recommendations.

This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the issue as well as statistics and tips for what one can do to help homeless victims of sexual assault.

This fact sheet provides documented facts on the number of homeless youth who are victimized, their ages, the type of abuse and the offenders.

"Sexual violence is a serious public health problem affecting millions of people each year worldwide. It is driven by many factors operating in a range of social, cultural and economic contexts."

This fact sheet pulls from selected national studies to describe the global epidemic of sexual violence in the following categories:

• The Extent of the Problem
• The Consequences of Sexual Violence
• What are the Risk Factors for Sexual Violence?
• What Can be Done to Prevent Sexual Violence?

It has a section on "Learning from Victims" that may be a useful tool for advocates and investigators.

It reports on four categories of sexual assault: forcible rape, forcible sodomy (includes oral and anal), sexual assault with an object (e.g. finger, bottle, handgun, stick, etc.), and forcible fondling. NIBRS definitions of these four forceable sexual assault categories are provided at the end of the paper.

This publication contains stories of children affected by commercial sex trafficking, including how they became involved in the sex trade, how they feel about their lives, what they need, what they fear and hope for.

Although data are limited to incidents reported to correctional authorities during 2004, the survey provides an understanding of how administrators respond to sexual violence. The survey also collects basic counts of substantiated incidents, characteristics of victims and perpetrators, and sanctions imposed."

Abstracts contained in this issue include:

Preface excerpt:

The factsheet has sections covering: prevalence and incidence; risk factors; and consequences including pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, physical injury, emotional trauma, and death.

The factsheet concludes with with examples of a few promising primary prevention programs. Studies referenced were published between 1999-2005.

As abstracted by BJS, it "presents information on the consequences of rape and sexual assault for female victims. The study provides the percentages of completed rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault of females that were reported to the police in 1992-2000. The report provides the percentage of victims that were injured and treated from a completed rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.