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January 2002

Women of Color Leadership at Sexual Assault Coalitions: Pulse Check Report 2010

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This report presents findings from focus groups and critical conversations on the progress and challenges faced by Women of Color working at sexual assault coalitions.
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January 2002

The Effects of Prison Sentences and Intermediate Sanctions on Recidivism: General Effects and Individual Differences

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This examination of nearly half a million criminal offenders concludes that prisons and intermediate sanctions should not be used on their own with the expectation that they will reduce criminal behavior.
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January 2002

Assessing Risk To Children From Batterers

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Overview of potential sources of harm to children from contact with batterers, recommendations for evaluating risk, and assessment guidelines that professionals can apply in cases where a batterer admits to a history of abusiveness.
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January 2002

Nursing Education and Violence Prevention, Detection, and Intervention

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This document reviews the literature on education of nurses in domestic violence and informs educators, researchers, and policy makers about the gaps in nursing education in the area of violence against women.
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January 2002

Violence in the Home is a Global Phenomenon: Immigrant and Refugee Power and Control Wheel

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An adaptation of the Power & Control Wheel, this illustration describes abusive tactics that batterers use to control their victims, focusing on how they may be experienced by battered immigrant and refugee women.
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January 2002

Extreme Critical Thinking Handout

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This document lists questions to help guide an analysis of reforms and is based on Susan Schechter’s Women and Male Violence (1982).
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  • Training Tools
January 2002

Violence Against Women on the Internet

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This series of 5 online learning modules explores the various ways in which violence against women is facilitated through the use of the Internet, as well as ways in which the Internet may be used as a site of resistance to such violence.
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January 2002

Offender Supervision with Electronic Technology

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It is divided into five sections: (1) Developing or enhancing the use of electronic supervision tools, (2) Obtaining and maintaining needed resources, (3) Making technical decisions, (4) Supervising offenders with electronic technologies, and (5) Program Accountability.
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January 2002

The Case Against “Special Needs”

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Words simultaneously reflect and reinforce our attitudes and perceptions. In this article, the author argues against using the descriptor “special needs” for people with disabilities, discussing how it can promote negative attitudes and segregation.
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January 2002

Disability History Timeline

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This page from the Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Independent Living Management provides a list of national and international milestones highlighting people, events, and legislation affecting the disability rights movement.
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January 2002

Batterers As Fathers: Rethinking and Reconceptualizing Policy and Practice

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This article describes an approach to intervention and prevention with children exposed to domestic violence that enforces the concepts of batterer accountability and change.
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January 2002

Expect Respect: A School-Based Program Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships

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This document examines the issues of dating violence, sexual harassment and bullying, their interrelationship, and offers a rationale for school-based programs.