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Guidelines for Programs to Reduce Child Victimization: A resource for communities when choosing a program to teach personal safety to children
Publisher(s):The guidelines are meant to provide a framework for communities when selecting safety programs and making curriculum decisions.
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Neighborhood Safety
Publisher(s):This page offers a variety of useful resources for enhancing neighborhood safety.
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Tax Policy Center Analysis of the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA)
Publisher(s):The American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) makes permanent most of the tax cuts enacted between 2001 and 2010 and extends other tax provisions for between one and five years.
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Domestic Violence and Privacy
Publisher(s):This page reviews key electronic privacy issues impacting victims of domestic violence, including HMIS, identity theft, personal surveillance, REAL ID, VAWA, telephone records, personal data, government records, and provider confidentiality.
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Selecting a Database
Publisher(s):This page includes resources and information on how agencies can select the most secure and survivor-centered database for their program.
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Risk & Protective Factors for Youth
Publisher(s): As youth grow and reach their developmental competencies, there are variables that promote or hinder the process (often referred to as protective and risk factors). This webpage from youth.gov outlines risk and protective factors for mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in adolescence.
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Police Brutality Against Women of Color and Trans People of Color: A Critical Intersection of Gender Violence and State Violence
Publisher(s): This fact sheet analyzes the intersections of race, gender identity, state violence, and gender-based violence.
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No Free Pass to Harass: Protecting the Rights of Undocumented Immigrant Women Workers in Sexual Harassment Cases
Publisher(s):This guide is intended as a tool for effective litigation of sexual harassment claims brought on behalf of immigrant women workers.
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2012 Domestic Violence in Alabama
Publisher(s):This report provides data on domestic violence offenses in Alabama, including homicides, for the calendar year of 2012.
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Knowledge leads to empowerment. Victim Advocates: Your Guide to Sex Offender Containment Teams
Publisher(s):This booklet introduces a new approach to helping victims of sexual violence. This approach, called the victim-centered 'Sex Offender Containment Model', may be a significant change in the way many do advocacy work.
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Etiquette Tips for Working with Deaf/Hard of Hearing Individuals
Publisher(s):This one-pager offers tips for hearing advocates to engage in effective, respectful communication with Deaf or hard of hearing individuals.
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Reasons Why We Can't Profile Sex Offenders
Publisher(s):The author of this article discusses how researchers have developed "typologies" of sex offenders and have focused on describing characteristics of adult and adolescent sex offender, both males and females and that although this information is helpful none of it speaks of erotic development and its connection with the sex disorder or Paraphilia Disorder.