Sexual Violence Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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January 2001
It Can Happen to Your Agency: Tools for Change: Emergency Management for Women's Services
Publisher(s):This guidebook focuses on the increase in violence against women that results from a disaster, and how women’s service agencies can better prepare to meet the ensuing extra demand for service.
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January 2001
Intersecting Inequalities: Immigrant Women of Colour, Violence and Health Care
Publisher(s):This report shows that physicians tend to be inadequately prepared to respond to patients who have experienced domestic violence, and that physicians' response to immigrant women who have been abused tend to be influenced by stereotypes about violence within the cultural groups. The report also discusses issues related to disclosure of violence for immigrant women. Recommendations of the report emphasize the need for health care providers to be more educated and aware of the health care impacts of violence.
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January 2001
Payment for Forensic Exams
Publisher(s):This report examines states' recent payment strategies for sexual assault forensic exams and the strategies' strengths and shortcomings.
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January 2001
Guidebook on Vicarious Trauma: Recommended Solutions for Anti-violence Workers
Publisher(s):This guidebook explores the response to vicarious trauma within certain communities and cultural groups.
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January 2001
Profiting from abuse: An investigation into the sexual exploitation of children
Publisher(s):This publication contains stories of children affected by commercial sex trafficking, including how they became involved in the sex trade, how they feel about their lives, what they need, what they fear and hope for.
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January 2001
Facts about Sex Offenders
Publisher(s):This short true or false quiz tests how much we know and how much of our knowledge has been based on the myths that we hear about sexual assault and sex offenders.
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December 2000
Sex Offender Community Notification: Assessing the Impact in Wisconsin
Publisher(s):The authors confirm that community notification efforts protect and inform residents, thereby serving the purpose that policymakers intended, but at the cost of increased public anxiety, hindered reintegration of offenders into society, and increased labor burdens on service providers. In documenting community resident responses and expectations, Zevits and Farkas acknowledge the need to educate the public about what notification laws can and cannot accomplish.
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November 2000
Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):The National Violence Against Women (NVAW) Survey sampled both women and men and thus provides comparable data on women's and men's experiences with violent victimization. Respondents to the survey were asked about physical assault (including rape and stalking) they experienced as children by adult caretakers and about what they experienced as adults by any type of assailant. Respondents who disclosed that they had been victimized were asked detailed questions about the characteristics and consequences of their victimization.
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October 2000
The Collaborative Approach to Sex Offender Management
Publisher(s):It also describes how jurisdictions can promote shared responsibility among key policymakers and practitioners for decision-making on offender management issues.
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September 2000
Women Living with HIV: Disclosure, Violence, and Social Support
Publisher(s): This article underscores the need for policies that meet the needs of survivors of domestic violence who learn they are also HIV positive.
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August 2000
Myths and Facts About Sex Offenders
Publisher(s):This document contains important information on common assumptions, both true and false, about sex offenders and their victims. Statistics and characteristics of adult and juvenile sex offenders are also included.
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June 2000
Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation's Youth
Publisher(s):National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
This report describes the responses of youth who were surveyed about their use of the internet and experiences while online, which includes exposure to unwanted sexual material and harassment. It also highlights the need for both public and private initiatives to make the internet safer for youth.