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These guidelines provide a new comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States. These guidelines were issued to provide guidance and assistance to covered jurisdictions in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the principal U.S. territories, and Indian tribal governments in implementing the SORNA standards in their registration and notification programs

This document offers suggestions and practical tips for practitioners working with teens. The document suggests that service providers have knowledge of adolescent development approach and apply this knowledge in their work with young people.

This paper reviews policies and practices regarding assessment of sex offenders for risk of re-offense among public agencies and private treatment providers in Washington State. The authors found that a diverse set of instruments are employed by public and private entities in making decisions about sex offenders.

This brief article reviews an important examination into treatment of adolescents who have sexually abused.

The Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration contracted with the Institute to determine whether a valid risk assessment for sexual reoffending could be developed using data from the sex offender domain of the Intensive Parole Supervision Assessment (IPSA).This report summarizes the findings.

This document provides an overview of the research on the relationship between substance abuse and woman battering, covering the victim's use of substances and the specific needs for domestic violence services for those with substance abuse problems.

Project trust members embarked on an effort to examine those things that have influenced both positive and negative challenges to providing behavioral health care for Native American adolescents.

This article discusses the gap in services for survivors of intimate partner sexual violence and how both sexual assault and domestic violence service providers can help fill that gap.

This monograph is an introduction and overview of the issues involved in providing mental health trauma services for refugees in the United States. It is intended primarily for people who work in or care about the public mental health system.

This news article discusses a 2008 study by Dr. Bair-Merritt. Findings of the study underscore the need for pediatricians to screen mothers for domestic violence.

This Applied Research paper provides information on core concepts relevant to media campaign evaluation strategies and showcases several sexual violence prevention campaigns that have completed evaluations at various stages of the implementation process.

"This report shares findings garnered from a series of interviews held with a diverse group of women from throughout the Gulf region. In telling their stories, it provides an analysis of women's increased vulnerability during times of natural disasters and lays out policy recommendations that pinpoint how best to address those needs in the wake of this disaster, and in anticipation of the next."