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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
This report documents rampant abuses during the operation and provides detailed accounts of the events in four of the 10 communities that were targeted.
The primary goal of the study was to examine the impact of the law on New Jersey as a whole and each county within the state.
This table offers a quick reference guide to the information provided in the document, Enhancing the Safety Net for Individuals and Families: A Summary of Key Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (April 2009), highlighting several key provisions in the Recovery Act with a direct impact on individuals and families, including survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
Nine findings are discussed regarding the problems of sexual abuse in confinement and select policies and practices that must be mandatory everywhere to remedy these problems. It also covers recommendations about what leaders in government outside the corrections profession can do to support solutions.
The feature article discusses "etiological theories" and "change theories," and provides examples of how they can be applied to enhance primary SV/IPV prevention work. There is also an article examining how one local Virginia agency implemented a theory-driven prevention project with a local Girl Scout troop. We've also provided a handy appendix that summarizes select theories of individual and group change.
