Intervention & Prevention Content Topic Results
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February 2008
Online "Predators" and Their Victims: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment
Publisher(s):This article summarizes current research on online sexual victimization and compares it to media accounts. Authors recommend that prevention efforts with adolescents be targeted, age-appropriate, and include frank discussions of sexuality and the hazards of relationships with older people.
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February 2008
A Guide to Addressing Teen Dating and Sexual Assault in a School Setting
Publisher(s):This guide details schools' responsibility to take a leadership role to prevent and respond to teen dating and sexual violence in schools and in the community.
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February 2008
Effective Court Practice for Abused Elders
Publisher(s):This report is the product of two-year research. The study examined elder abuse cases and specialized response to elder abuse by courts. Included in this report are innovative and promising practices in addressing elder abuse and elder needs.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
February 2008
Restorative Justice Responses to Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper examines restorative justice for sexual assault from the perspective of survivors. A large international literature promotes restorative justice options as satisfying and empowering to crime victims.
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- General Material
January 2008
Disaster Preparedness Training for Tribal Leaders
Publisher(s):This document provides information related to public health emergency and bioterrorism preparedness and response training for tribal personnel.
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- General Material
January 2008
Be Strong: From the Inside Out
Publisher(s):This website provides training tools on empowerment to promote self-discovery, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making to develop protective factors that prevent violence and improve health.
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- General Material
January 2008
Gender-Responsive Program Assessment
Publisher(s):Being gender-responsive means creating an environment through site selection, staff selection, program development, content, and material that reflects an understanding of the lives of women and girls and responds to their strengths and challenges. This assessment provides a tool to evaluate the gender responsiveness of programs.
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- General Material
January 2008
Winning U Visas after the Regulations
This article provides practice pointers on how to prepare winning U visa applications, based on the authors experience working with Congress to create the U visa, with Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) to implement its interim relief process, and with practitioners in the field who have won interim relief for noncitizen victims of crime.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2008
K.I.S.S. (A Kid Is So Special): Strengthening Mother-Child Bonds
Publisher(s):This 12-week child-focused curriculum includes a guide for advocates and five mother-child workbooks.
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- General Material
January 2008
Comprehensive Assessment Protocol: A System wide Review of Adult and Juvenile Sex Offender Management Strategies (CAP)
Publisher(s):Jurisdictions across the country recognize clearly that the effective management of sex offenders requires more than supervision and treatment. Indeed, the effective management of sex offenders demands the thoughtful integration of these and other management components and, perhaps as importantly, ongoing collaboration among those who are responsible for carrying out these activities.
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January 2008
Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and cognitive injuries, their consequences and services to assist recovery
Publisher(s):This report highlights the psychological toll of deployments involving prolonged exposure to combat-related stress over multiple rotations and how these types of deployments may be disproportionately high compared with the physical injuries of combat.
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- General Material
January 2008
A Brief Description of CRA
Publisher(s):This webpage defines the Community Reinvestment Act and describes the history of the regulations.