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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- General Material
January 2005
Services for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Victims of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This brochure is intended to assist domestic violence victims who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing increase their knowledge of what types of services are available to them and the importance of their confidentiality when receiving services.
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- General Material
January 2005
Ending Men's Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):In this article, the author discusses how men of color, while being marginalized by racism, continue to experience the privileges and the entitlements associated with being a male. The article also discusses how men can become part of the solution.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2005
Confronting the Sexual Abuse of Women with Disabilities
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
The document covers the origins of our knowledge concerning the sexual abuse of women with disabilities, discusses data on women with disabilities and the men who abuse them, and explores the advocacy efforts of women with disabilities and their allies.
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- General Material
January 2005
Walking Together: Working with Women from Diverse Spiritual Traditions
Publisher(s):This guide for purchase is geared toward providing advocates strategies and suggestions for effective collaborations with religious communities. This guide is designed to: Educate advocates about how to work effectively with women from a wide variety of religious and spiritual traditions; Offer concrete strategies for making domestic violence programs sensitive and welcoming to women from diverse faith backgrounds; and Provide suggestions for effective collaboration between domestic violence programs and religious communities.
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January 2005
The Secret of the Silver Horse
Publisher(s):This resource is an online picture book where children are shown the difference between a good secret and a secret about sexual abuse.
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- General Material
- General Material
January 2005
Lethality Assessment Program Maryland Model For First Responders: Learning to read the danger signs
Publisher(s):The LAP is a two-pronged intervention process that features a research-based lethality screening tool and an accompanying protocol referral that provides direction for officers to initiate appropriate action based on the results of the screening process.
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- General Material
January 2005
Rules Concerning Requests for Information 12 C.F.R. ¤ 202.5(c)
Publisher(s):This section of the Code of Federal Regulations, states the rules on request of credit information of a spouse or former spouse. A creditor can not use information on the other spouse or former spouse of the applicant, except in specific instances of joint use, liability, or reliance on collateral or that spouseÍs income.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2005
Elder Sexual Assault: Technical Assistance Manual for Pennsylvania's Sexual Violence Centers
Publisher(s):Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
The goal of this technical assistance manual is to allow sexual violence advocates/counselors to become adept in dealing with elder clients as needed. Advocates can peruse this guide to learn the basics of effectively working with elder clients or utilize it in a crisis situation
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2005
Supporting Stalking Victims In The Military - Advice For Advocates
Publisher(s):This resource highlights those interventions that are specific to this population.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2005
Professor's Resource Guide to Teaching About Woman Abuse and its Effects on Children
Publisher(s):A teaching aid for the professor planning a lecture or workshop on how woman abuse affects infants, toddlers, children and teenagers. Background resource material is provided to aid in preparation for a lecture or workshop.
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- General Material
January 2005
Sex Offender Sentencing in Washington State: Has Community Notification Reduced Recidivism?
Publisher(s):Violent and sexual felony recidivism by sex offenders in Washington has decreased since passage of the 1997 statute. The causal link to notification laws is not proven by this research, but the drop in recidivism rates by sex offenders is clear, and the influence of community notification laws cannot be ruled out.
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- General Material
January 2005
Child-Pornography Possessors Arrested in Internet-Related Crimes: Findings from the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study
Publisher(s):National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
"The goals of the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study were to survey law-enforcement agencies within the United States to count arrests for internet-related sex crimes committed against minors and describe the characteristics of offenders, the crimes they committed, and their victims. This report focuses on a representative national sample of arrested offenders who possessed child pornography."& The report includes major findings and conclusions from this sample as well as recommendations and resources for law-enforcement and prosecutors."