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This position papers addresses the rising popularity of two prevention strategies targeted at potential victims of drug-facilitated sexual battery and argues that prevention projects and funding should focused on broader messages that address root causes.

Jackson Katz shares lessons from the Penn State University sexual abuse case in this three-part series on bystander intervention as a continuation of their support of and focus on this approach to sexual violence prevention. This article discusses building male leadership.

On March 5, 1999, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Christy Brzonkala, 7-4 in Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, (Vol.1 of 5, No. 96-1814, 4th Cir. 1999) and ruled the Violence Against Women Act's Civil Rights Remedy as unconstitutional.

On May 15, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision on "United States v. Morrison (99-5)" and with a 5-4 vote struck down Civil Rights Remedy (42 U.S.C. ¤13981) of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA; Pub. L. No. 103-322, ¤ 108 Stat. 1902 (1994)). This Civil Rights Remedy law had provided survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault the right to sue their assailants in civil federal court. The Civil Rights Remedy, and other parts of VAWA 1994, was passed to respond to U.S. Congressional findings confirming the pervasiveness of violence against women in the U.S.

Jackson Katz shares lessons from the Penn State University sexual abuse case in this three-part series on bystander intervention as a continuation of their support of and focus on this approach to sexual violence prevention.