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July 2009
Teen Pregnancy, Parenting, And Dating Violence
Publisher(s): This issue brief discusses the link between dating violence and pregnancy among teens and provides guidance for screening and responding to pregnant teens in violent relationships.
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July 2009
Sexual Abuse in Later Life
Publisher(s):To raise awareness and provide guidance to professionals, this article addresses sexual assault in later life and specifically focuses on victimization of elders that occurs in the context of intimate partner violence, incest, and care facilities.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
July 2009
Battered Women's Protective Strategies
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper adopts a holistic approach to understand battered women’s protective strategies, reviewing a wide range of strategies used by women to cope with numerous threats posed by battering, not just the threat of bodily harm.
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July 2009
The Myth of Mutuality, Issue Brief No. 6
Publisher(s):Identifying the predominant aggressor and the victim is necessary to understand what happened in a given incident and in the history of the relationship and is also important in allowing you to provide the best possible resources to the teens.
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- General Material
July 2009
PTSD, TBI and DV: True or False?
Publisher(s):This article offers tips to determine when domestic violence is occurring in cases in which the perpetrator is a war veteran suffering from PTSD and/or TBI. Specific guidelines are provided to make such determination while avoiding justifications based on the perpetrator's acquired disability.
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- General Material
July 2009
Asset Building and Financial Literacy Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):This brief fact sheet outlines the importance of asset building for low income families and provides a few key statistics.
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- General Material
July 2009
Safety Planning With Teens, Issue Brief No. 5
Publisher(s): This issue brief provides advocates with information on how to safety plan with a teen, including discussing teen safety plan specifics.
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July 2009
Creating Cultures of Trauma-Informed Care (CCTIC): A Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol
Publisher(s):This Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol and its accompanying CCTIC Program Self-Assessment Scale provide consistent guidelines for agencies or programs interested in facilitating trauma-informed modifications in their service systems.
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July 2009
Why Are People Homeless?
Publisher(s):This fact sheet provides an overview of current poverty and housing statistics, as well as additional factors contributing to homelessness. A list of resources for further study is also provided.
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June 2009
Effects of Pornography on Perceptions of Women and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This blog post discusses research and analyzes the framing of sexual violence in the media.
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June 2009
"Bring the Gun or You'll Die:" Torture, Rape, and Other Serious Human Rights Violations by Kenyan Security Forces in the Mandera Triangle
Publisher(s):This report documents rampant abuses during the operation and provides detailed accounts of the events in four of the 10 communities that were targeted.
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- General Material
June 2009
Bringing Security Home: Combating Violence Against Women in the OSCE Region - A Compilation of Good Practices
Publisher(s):This publication documents more than 95 good practices to help eliminate gender-based violence and highlights their impact in preventing violence against women, protecting victims and prosecuting offenders. Strategies for involving men and young people in anti-violence activities are also described.