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In 2013, 35 people were killed in Washington State as a result of domestic violence. This is significantly fewer than the 54 domestic violence deaths in 2012, and the lowest in the seventeen years WSCADV has been collecting this data.

Many preventionists face the reality of school districts in their area not allowing them to use the word "sex" in schools. NRCDV's March 2014 offers strategies for tackling this challenge.

On February 26, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on Intimate Partner Violence in the United States - 2010. The National Sexual Violence Resource provides this set of talking points for highlights on the findings related to sexual violence.

Many survivors of domestic violence have experienced economic abuse — a powerful tactic used by batterers to gain power and control in a relationship — which can have devastating short- and long-term effects. NRCDV's February 2014 TA Question of the Month offers resources for supporting survivors who have experienced economic abuse.

Various domestic violence programs across the country have been integrating assessment for reproductive coercion and helping survivors get emergency contraception during intake or within a 24-hour time period after arrival to shelter.

This report summarizes data from CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) regarding violent deaths from 16 U.S. states for 2010.

Because of the increasing growth of the Latin@ population in the US, more and more domestic violence programs are becoming aware of the importance of improving their outreach efforts. NRCDV's January 2014 TA Question of the Month provides helpful guidance on improving outreach efforts.

This resource presents the results of a survey regarding officer perceptions and agency response to sexual assault given to a group of campus police officers in Texas. It also provides insight regarding how sexual assault is perceived and handled by campus law enforcement agencies.

The objective of this paper is to provide a clear overview of the existing evidence on the effectiveness of interventions for intimate partner violence for women (and their partners/children if the intervention involves them) during the perinatal period.

Leigh Goodmark’s article, "Transgender People, Intimate Partner Abuse, and the Legal System," is the first law review article to concentrate specifically on intimate partner abuse and the transgender community. In this webinar, Leigh Goodmark presents this research, and Terra Slavin and michael munson comment on critical analysis in the article and reflect its utility for practitioners and victims.

Programs are increasingly considering the use of technology to provide services to survivors. This article outlines six questions for organizations to consider when providing advocacy services via technology.

This resource addresses some of the root causes of HIV disparity in the Latino community, and some of the interventions Ryan White programs are using to close the gap.