Intervention & Prevention Content Topic Results
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May 2007
Research Bulletin: Sex Offender Populations, Recidivism and Actuarial Assessment
Publisher(s):The purpose of this bulletin is to summarize the research on sex offender recidivism rates, and to provide an overview of the availability, validity and usefulness of actuarial risk assessment instruments specific to sex offenders.
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- Training Tools
April 2007
Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):The purpose of this toolkit is to provide facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to everyone on campus who cares about the prevention of sexual violence on campus. Whether you are a faculty or staff member or an administrator or student, there are resources included that are directly relevant to your role in the campus community.
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March 2007
Approaching old problems in new ways: community mobilisation as a primary prevention strategy to combat violence against women
Publisher(s):"The Uganda-based NGO Raising Voices has been exploring and experimenting with community-based primary prevention methodologies that seek to shift attitudes and behaviours that perpetuate violence against women. This article shares some of the lessons learned from this process in East Africa over the last six years. It begins by setting forth a rationale for engaging in primary prevention efforts at the community level. It argues that comprehensive community mobilisation is essential if we are to see meaningful, sustained change on the issue of violence against women.
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January 2007
En espera de instrucciones
Publisher(s):Este afiche muestra a un niño con una serie de instrucciones a seguir, incluida la de respetar a las mujeres. También incluye esto: Debemos educar a nuestros hijos, desde temprano y frecuentemente, acerca de lo que significa ser un verdadero hombre; que las mujeres merecen que se las honre y se las respete, y que la violencia nunca es fortaleza. En sus manos está un mundo más seguro. Ayúdelos a alcanzarlo.
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January 2007
Coping with Grief at the Holidays
Publisher(s):This document provides suggestions to help families cope with grief during the holiday season.
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January 2007
Individual Development Accounts and Banks: A Solid "Match"
Publisher(s):This page offers a brief history of IDAs, a description of the role of banks, and a breakdown of where the match comes from, which states have state-supported IDA programs, and examples of successful IDA outcomes.
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January 2007
Concepts in Creating Culturally Responsive Services for Supervised Visitation Centers
Publisher(s):This resource focuses on how to become a culturally responsive organization, particularly in terms of visitation practices for families who have experienced intimate partner violence.
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January 2007
Do Children Sexually Abuse Other Children? Preventing sexual abuse among children and youth
Publisher(s):This guide discusses what may be age-appropriate or developmentally-expected sexual behavior. It also talks about some of the things that adults can do to help prevent sexually harmful behavior between children.
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January 2007
Electronic Palm Teen Dating Violence & Childhood Exposure to IPV Assessment Tool
Publisher(s):This new assessment tool for childhood exposure to intimate partner violence and adolescent dating violence is available in two formats, for either the iSilo or Documents to Go text readers.
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- Training Tools
January 2007
Pastoral Care for Domestic Violence: Case Studies for Clergy
Publisher(s): These training manuals for Christian and Jewish audiences accompany the video series Pastoral Care for Domestic Violence, which can been viewed for free on YouTube.
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January 2007
What does cultural competency mean and why should I care?
Publisher(s): These training slides can be used by advocates to understand the three spheres of culture (of domestic violence and gender inequality, of familial and community values and norms, and of systems) and provide survivor-centered services to survivors.
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January 2007
A Handbook on Planning Projects to Prevent Child Trafficking
Publisher(s):This handbook reviews techniques for success in preventing trafficking from occurring through a review of lessons learned from existing programming.









