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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
June 2016
WEBINAR: Guiding Principles for Working with Older Victims of Abuse
Publisher(s):This webinar highlights NCALL’s guiding principles to help victim service providers better serve older adults victims of abuse.
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- General Material
June 2016
Putting Ourselves Out of Business: A Feminist Approach to Integrating Prevention as a Core Operating Principle for Intimate Partner Violence Service Agencies
This paper takes a feminist approach to understanding how prevention can be integrated into direct service as a core operating principle of intimate partner violence agencies.
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- General Material
February 2016
Sexual Assault Against Females
Publisher(s):This resource page discusses information specific to adult women who have experienced sexual assault. It provides information on prevalence, common responses, and survivors can seek help.
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- General Material
January 2016
Harnessing the Learning Community Model to Integrate Trauma-Informed Care Principles in Service Organizations
Publisher(s): This report presents findings from the Learning Community Model for Implementation to develop a promising methodology to help service organizations adopt and sustain the practices and principles of trauma-informed care.
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- General Material
January 2016
A Guide for Advocates to Understand the Legal Implications of Abusive International Marriages
Publisher(s):This guide identify legal remedies available to survivors and family members in cases of abusive international marriages.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2016
Resource Guide for Advocates & Attorneys on Interpretation Services for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Trafficking Victims
Publisher(s):These guidelines focus on court interpretation for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or trafficking with limited English proficiency. It is intended to inform how advocacy, interpretation, and language access can be integrated.
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- General Material
January 2016
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) Program Overview
Publisher(s):This brochure provides an overview of the programming conducted by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO), including sexual assault awareness training, Active Bystander Training, victim support services, and program oversight.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2016
Helping Those Released from Family Detention: Asylum Options for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This webinar series is for attorneys, accredited representatives, domestic and sexual violence advocates, mental health service providers and social workers already familiar with VAWA and U visas to help women and children released from family detention centers.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
October 2015
Best Practices and Help Seeking Obstacles: Advocacy and Law Enforcement
Publisher(s): This webinar presents findings from a national study of domestic violence and provides information on the incident reporting, police and advocate responses in various contexts. The presenter reviews best practices for arrest, victim/perpetrator separation and safety planning.
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- General Material
September 2015
Accounting for Risk and Danger Practice Checklists: Coordinating Risk Assessment in Domestic Violence Cases
Publisher(s):These checklists are intended to help jurisdictions ensure that their criminal justice responses identify and address potential risks to victims, based on sound research on risk factors associated with IPV.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
July 2015
Women’s Experiences of Abuse as a Risk Factor for Incarceration: A Research Update
Publisher(s):National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
This Applied Research paper provides an update to Mary Gilfus’ (2002) publication on the pathways from victimization to incarceration among women and girls, based on the relevant research published in the past 12 years. This research provides additional findings about the extent of victimization experienced by women and girls under correctional control, and a deeper understanding of the ways in which experience of victimization can lead to incarceration.
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- General Material
June 2015
Running a Shelter
Publisher(s):This page explores how to create shelter environments where survivors can reclaim their autonomy, and feel secure without excessive rules and punitive systems that echo the abuser’s rules.