Sexual Violence Content Topic Results

This resource document provides lawmakers and other interested parties, such as agency directors, court officials, and criminal justice practitioners with an overview of legislative trends in sex offender management, the intended objectives of the laws, and key research exploring the impact of these policy initiatives.

his article addresses the constitutional concerns and costs and benefits associated with civil commitment for sexually violent predators. In particular, it focuses on Washington's civil commitment program, the oldest such program in existence in the United States and, indeed, the only program in the nation in which the constitutional parameters of the treatment program have been fully litigated.

This article discusses the critical role of primary care providers in identifying intimate partner violence and facilitating referrals through routine inquiry, ongoing dialogue, and establishing patient trust.

This document examines the prevalence of dating violence by gender and communities of color. The document also presents information about the different types of dating violence and their effects on teens who experience dating violence.

This report attempts to address these issues by providing an overview and analysis of existing treatment and reentry practices for sex offenders who are involved with the criminal justice system. It focuses, specifically, on four broad areas of practice: treatment in prison, treatment under community supervision, reentry programming, and community supervision

This resource provides an overview of the different types of medical challenges/barriers faced by victims of human trafficking including health problems, traumas, healthcare providers and medical records and care.

This web conference highlighted two promising and well-evaluated bystander intervention programs, Bringing in the Bystander and Mentors in Violence Prevention. The conference discussed the principles behind these programs, and explored advancing community change to promote pro-social bystander actions.

This paper provides information about statutory rape and mandatory reporting laws for statutory rape. It discusses obstacles faced by service providers with regards to confidentiality and reporting and provides suggestions for overcoming them.

This fact sheet uses nationally representative data to show that forced sexual intercourse is a common experience among young adult women of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, with verbal and physical force being the most common force used. The fact sheet also presents data that suggests the association between forced sexual intercourse and risky behaviors.

The United States Government Accountability Office provided testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the House of Representatives.

This is a news article and accompanying video in which Rep. Jane Harman, D-California is quoted saying that her "jaw dropped" when military doctors told her that four in ten women at a veterans hospital reported being sexually assaulted while in the military.

Such analysis can show whether a proposed law is feasible to enforce, and jurisdictions with a residency law already in place can use GIS data in order to assess whether the specified exclusion zones result in a lack of housing options for sex offenders.