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January 2011
PROTECT: Identifying and Protecting High Risk Victims of Gender Based Violence - an Overview
Publisher(s):This report summarizes project PROTECT which aims at contributing to the prevention and reduction of the most serious forms of gender-based violence against girls, young women and their children, such as grievous bodily harm, homicide and attempted homicide, including so-called honour crimes and killings.
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January 2011
Civil Protective Orders Effective in Stopping or Reducing Partner Violence: Challenges Remain in Rural Areas with Access and Enforcement
Publisher(s):This brief examines urban and rural differences in the community context of partner violence and the effectiveness of protective orders. The study uses data from an urban area and a rural area in Central Appalachia in Kentucky.
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January 2011
What Does It Feel Like When Change Finally Comes: Male Supremacy, Accountability and Transformative Justice
Publisher(s):This paper discusses the process of acknowledging, addressing, and taking next steps to challenge male-supremacy and dominant culture patriarchy in activist spaces.
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February 2010
Shattered Lives: Homicides, Domestic Violence and Asian Families
Publisher(s):This report analyzes 160 cases of domestic violence related homicides in Asian families based on newspaper clippings and information from advocates for a six-year period (from 2000 to 2005).
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January 2010
Porn Use and Sex Crimes
Publisher(s):Reid argues that viewing pornography leads to developing an unhealthy view of sexuality and may promote sexually violence activities.
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January 2010
Florida’s Model Policy on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):Law Enforcement Families Partnership, Institute for Family Violence Studies (IFVS), Florida State University (FSU)
This model policy intends to establish uniform statewide guidelines that provide clear procedures and protocols for preventing, investigating, reporting, and responding to domestic violence involving officers.
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January 2010
2009 Selected Findings: Recent Research on Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This brief research compendium provides a summary of scholarly work on sexual violence topics published in 2009.
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January 2010
Where Men Stand: Men's roles in ending violence against women
Publisher(s):This report describes how many men use violence against women, what men think about violence against women, and what role men can and do play in reducing and preventing this violence. The report is guided by the fundamental belief that men can play a positive role in preventing men’s violence against women.
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December 2009
Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors
Publisher(s):This Bulletin draws on data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Incident-Based Reporting System to provide population-based epidemiological information on juvenile sex offending.
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September 2009
Using Rapist Risk Factors to Set an Agenda for Rape Prevention
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper reviews the empirical research on the behaviors, traits, developmental experiences, and biological antecedents that have been found to be associated with an increased probability that a male will become sexually aggressive.
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September 2009
The Kentucky Civil Protective Order Study: A Rural and Urban Multiple Perspective Study of Protective Order Violation Consequences, Responses, & Costs
Publisher(s):This study addresses several gaps in the research literature on civil protective orders by examining protective order effectiveness, enforcement, and cost effectiveness.
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July 2009
To Treat or Not to Treat... What are the Questions? Considering the Effectiveness of Sexual Offender Treatment
Publisher(s):It argues that it is not enough to simply administer a program and that treatment is most effective when it is meaningful to the abuser.