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This document presents an overview of gender-based violence in Latin America and examines good practice interventions to prevent such violence in four sectors: justice, health, education, and multi-sectoral approaches.

This report outlines the history of rape shield laws and delineates the types of shield laws in all 50 states. The author analyzes the serious gaps in these laws and critiques the continued admission of evidence of complainants' sexual history.

This handbook is intended to assist family and friends of homicide victims in their grieving process and to explain what lies ahead with respect to the criminal case.

This document describes the “System Analysis” approach. “This approach avoids blaming individuals and instead focuses on the analysis of systems and institutions with the goal of creating lasting changes.”

This paper provides a starting point for other communities to explore their own response to children at domestic violence incidents, as well as an approach that can be used to examine other aspects of intervention.

This report examines safety issues raised by sex offenders' community living arrangements, with particular focus on: (1) Do the living arrangements of sex offenders, including shared living arrangements, have an impact on community safety? (2) Do the location of sex offender residences, specifically in proximity to schools and childcare centers, have an impact on community safety? The report concludes that recidivism rates were significantly lower for men in shared living arrangements and that family and community support were important factors contributing to lowered recidivism.

This article describes an alternative arts program for abused women in prison which could be adapted to fit any service setting.

Provides a summary of efforts made by the Alianza to understand and respond to the barriers and challenges and concludes with recommendations for service providers to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate materials.

This is a comprehensive resource for any advocate working with a survivor of a batterer who is in law enforcement, including information on particular safety considerations and advocacy strategies.

This study examines sexual recidivism, as expressed by new charges or convictions for sexual offenses, using the data from 10 follow-up studies of adult male sexual offenders (combined sample of 4,724). Results indicated that most sexual offenders do not re-offend sexually, that first-time sexual offenders are significantly less likely to sexually re-offend than those with previous sexual convictions, and that offenders over the age of 50 are less likely to re-offend than younger offenders.

This documents provides an overview of fatality review, highlighting how this tool may help reduce intimate partner homicide.

This article presents key findings from the Chicago Women’s Health Study about domestic violence, its effects, and women’s responses to violence.