Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This monograph explores the role of the Black church in addressing intimate partner violence in the African American community, including recommendations for facilitating spiritual healing and freedom from intimate partner violence.  

This issue of Connections from the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs explores key legal considerations when working with teen survivors of sexual assault. Topics include privacy and safety concerns, teen survivors' rights around healthcare and education, and more.

These results suggest that it is possible to conduct psychologically informed risk assessments that have the dual advantages of high predictive accuracy and clinically useful understanding of specific cases.

This study describes outcomes in the first large-scale CDA demonstration in the U. S. The research examines connections between savings outcomes and incentives in an asset-building program for children and highlights implications for CDA policy and design.

This tip sheet contains information for service providers on creating a trans welcoming environment.

This journal article articulates the relationship between reproductive justice and clinical care. It outlines the ways that a reproductive justice framework is useful for clinical practice and policy to ensure the well-being of women and girls.

This list of items was designed to assist employers in crafting a strong sexual harassment workplace policy.

This white paper offers a rationale to administrators, program directors, and supervisors in child service agencies for the adoption of reflective supervision as a supervisory approach consistent with trauma-informed approaches.

This study reveals that victims of intimate partner violence are likely to suffer certain types of fractures around the eye or upper face, which differ from facial injuries sustained by other types of assaults or accidents. These results, in conjunction with other presenting circumstances, such as delay in presentation, can assist the surgeon treating patients with maxillofacial injury in recognizing intimate partner violence.

This Applied Research document discusses the role of victims within restorative justice, reviews the research on restorative justice, and discusses the potential harms and benefits of using restorative justice in cases of intimate partner violence.

This report examines issues among adolescents and how they differ for girls and boys; risk and protective factors associated with delinquency, including gender differences; and the causes and correlates of girls’ delinquency. 

This report provides information on the experiences of LGBT students of color in school in the United States. The authors provide information on these experiences with the intention of ensuring that schools provide safe learning environments.