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September 2007
Confidentiality: An Advocate's Guide
Publisher(s):Confidentiality and privilege are key to keeping battered women safe and represent the cornerstones of all successful advocacy and shelter programs. This guide is intended to familiarize advocates with a variety of laws, policies, requirements, and best practices on the topic of confidentiality.
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September 2007
Social Networking Sites: A Parent's Guide
Publisher(s):This document offers tips to parents on how they can talk to their children about social networking sites and using these sites safely.
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August 2007
Department of Defense Instruction 6400.06: Domestic Abuse Involving DoD Military and Certain Affiliated Personnel
Publisher(s):This link provides an overview of DoD's domestic abuse policy including information on restricted and unrestricted reporting.
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- General Material
August 2007
A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy: Using Evidence to Improve Outcomes in Learning, Behavior, and Health for Vulnerable Children
Publisher(s):This paper builds on a process of systematic analysis that began with the publication in 2000 of a landmark report by the National Academy of Sciencesentitled From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development, followed bythe ongoing work of the National Scientific Councilon the Developing Child and the National Forumon Early Childhood Program Evaluation, both of which are based at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.
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August 2007
Intimate Partner Violence, Technology, and Stalking
Publisher(s):This research note describes the use of a broad range of technologies in intimate partner stalking, including cordless and cellular telephones, fax machines, e-mail, Internet-based harassment, global positioning systems, spy ware, video cameras, and online databases.
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August 2007
Domestic Violence and Occupational Homicides
Publisher(s):This presentation describes the results of a CDC-funded project (1999-2005) to quantify the magnitude of IPV in females in Kentucky, characterize its nature, and measure health and mental health outcome.
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- Training Tools
August 2007
Engendering Change: Transforming Gender Roles in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities
Publisher(s):The report emphasizes cultural relevancy in batterer intervention programs.
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July 2007
Fact Sheet: Immigration Policy and Reproductive Justice
This article examines the relationship between reproductive justice and immigration policy. The paper identifies anti-immigrant efforts ties to reproductive oppression and its impact on the immigration debate.
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July 2007
Gender Justice: A citizen's guide to gender accountability at international financial institutions
Publisher(s):Although publicly-funded International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have missions to reduce poverty and promote economic growth, IFI projects often ignore gender inequality and increase poverty, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS, particularly among women and girls.
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July 2007
The Importance of Assessment in Sex Offender Management: An Overview of Key Principles and Practices
Publisher(s):It is designed for all stakeholders who have a role in sex offender management, whether as gatherers or consumers of assessment data. These stakeholders include judges, release decision makers, evaluators, treatment providers, personnel within correctional facilities, probation and parole officers, and administrators at all levels.
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July 2007
The Validity of Risk Assessments for Intimate Partner violence: A Meta-Analysis
Publisher(s):This meta-analysis reviews the predictive accuracy of different approaches and tools that are used to assess the risk of recidivism for male spousal assault offenders.
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June 2007
Study Reveals Unique Issues Faced by Deaf Victims of Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This report summarizes researchers' recommendations for improving the relationship between law enforcement and the deaf community, based on results of an investigation of the impact of sexual assault on members of the deaf community.