Sexual Violence Content Topic Results

This guide is designed to help advocates communicate effectively with media and the public about sexual and domestic violence issues.

This is a summary of a roundtable focused on criminalization policies and their effect on Black women and girls. The discussion centered the experiences of Black women and girls who have survived domestic and sexual abuse and provided an opportunity to consider how the intersection of multiple aspects of a person’s identity shape their experience with criminalization policies.

Topics include prevalence rates, barriers to accessing services, and unique issues facing both trans survivors and service providers. Specific attention is paid to the complex needs surrounding shelter, as well as the challenges and opportunities of rural service delivery with trans survivors.

While some advocates work directly with children, others may not, but supporting the parent/caregiver is necessary so that they in turn can support their child through a recovery process. NRCDV's August 2015 TA Question of the Month offers guidance on how advocates can support parents through this difficult process.

This working list of resources and articles related to sexual violence at school and on campuses developed after the new Title IX guidelines were released in 2011.

Although it is clear that a subset of perpetrators do commit multiple acts of rape over time, the research suggests that most perpetrators do not chronically offend over time. Instead, perpetrators are much more heterogeneous in terms of their risk factors, methods of coercion, and pattern of offending over time.

In this edition, Reshape explores the successes and challenges faced by coalitions around the country related to technology. The articles are intended to help coalitions use technology in the ways that best suit their needs.

This Applied Research paper provides an update to Mary Gilfus’ (2002) publication on the pathways from victimization to incarceration among women and girls, based on the relevant research published in the past 12 years. This research provides additional findings about the extent of victimization experienced by women and girls under correctional control, and a deeper understanding of the ways in which experience of victimization can lead to incarceration.

This fact sheet provides statistics on immigrant women in the workplace and discusses why they face an increased risk of abuse.

This webinar provides information on the impact of trauma in pregnancy and childbirth and outlines how a partnership between advocates and birth workers in the community may be of benefit to pregnant survivors of domestic or sexual violence. Together, victim advocacy and doula skills can set in motion a new beginning for healthier relationships between survivors of abuse and their newborns.

This fact sheet outlines trans survivors’ rights under VAWA.

Many non-profit organizations are tasked with showing funders that their sexual violence prevention work is making a difference. NRCDV's June 2015 TA Question of the Month offers insight on organizations can evaluate their prevention efforts.