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December 2003
Housing In America: Recent Research On Housing Trends
Publisher(s):This fact sheet provides current information, charts and statistics on rural housing, people with disabilities and immigrant families.
Available from: Contact NRCDV at 800-537-2238.
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November 2003
Reviewing Domestic Violence Deaths
Publisher(s):This documents provides an overview of fatality review, highlighting how this tool may help reduce intimate partner homicide.
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November 2003
Assessing Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide
Publisher(s):The findings reported here indicate that the Danger Assessment tool can assist in assessing battered women who may be at risk of being killed as well as those who are not.
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November 2003
Internet Sex Crimes Against Minors: The Response of Law Enforcement
Publisher(s):Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC)
This report synthesizes the information collected from the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study and provides an overview of arrests, types of crimes, characteristics of offenders and ways that the criminal justice system is handling internet sex crimes against minors.
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November 2003
How Can Practitioners Help an Abused Woman Lower Her Risk of Death?
Publisher(s):This article presents key findings from the Chicago Women’s Health Study about domestic violence, its effects, and women’s responses to violence.
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October 2003
LGBT Elders: Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Resource Sheet
Publisher(s):This resource sheet addresses issues and provides resources related to LGBT individuals in later life. Links to other documents for LGBT elders facing various types of abuse are also provided.
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October 2003
Community Policing and Domestic Violence: Five Promising Practices
Publisher(s):This document provides a discussion of how community policing principles might intersect with the core principles of domestic violence organizing: victim safety, offender accountability, and community change.
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October 2003
Model Protocol on Working with Battered Women and their Teenage Boys in Shelter
Publisher(s):This model protocol covers recommended policy and procedures on working with battered women and their teenage songs in shelter, program activities for teens, community collaboration, training, confidentiality, and safety planning.
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- General Material
September 2003
Sexual Assault in Rural Communities
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document addresses our current level of understanding of sexual assault in rural areas as it affects both victims and service providers, identifying the need to recognize a wide variety of rural configurations and cultural characteristics.
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September 2003
The Misleading Way We Count the Poor: Alternatives to Our Antiquated Poverty Measure Should Consider Assets
Publisher(s):This article explains and critiques the official income-based poverty measure, and provides historical background.
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July 2003
Domestic Violence High for Mail Order Brides
Publisher(s):This radio program talks about domestic violence experienced by immigrant women who come to the country after getting married to American men through international match making businesses.
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July 2003
Domestic Violence by Police Officers: Concepts and Issues Paper
Publisher(s):The paper supports the Model Policy on Domestic Violence by Police Officers established by the IACP. This document conveys the philosophy and development of the policy along with implementation requirements.