Technology Content Topic Results
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Special Collection
January 2018
Safety & Privacy in a Digital World
For many of us, technology plays an integral role in our day-to-day lives. This newly updated special collection explores ways to promote safe internet use, build healthy online communities, and promote social justice online, while addressing some of the ways that abusers misuse technology to commit gender-based violence.
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- General Material
July 2026
Redefining The Rules: A Digital Literacy Guide for Boys and Young Men
Publisher(s):A digital literacy guide that helps boys and young men build healthy online habits, challenge harmful ideas about masculinity, and prevent technology-facilitated abuse. Available in English and Spanish.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
February 2026
WEBINAR: The Hidden Costs of Financial Abuse and Fraud in Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):Victims of domestic violence experience unique challenges related to financial abuse and fraud by their intimate partners. On this webinar, presenters highlight the intersections of financial fraud, financial abuse, and intimate partner violence. They also discuss the emotional and financial impact on victims and offer tangible tools and resources to assist survivors.
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- General Material
November 2025
The Safety Net Survivor’s Guide to AI: Understanding Artificial Intelligence, Protecting Your Autonomy, and Making Empowered Choices
Publisher(s): Technology is evolving quickly, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming part of more and more everyday experiences. This guide was created to support survivors of domestic violence in making informed, confident choices about AI use.
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- General Material
November 2025
Artificial Intelligence and Victim Services: A Comprehensive Guide for Advocates
Publisher(s): Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming embedded in nearly every profession, and victim services are no exception. This guide is designed to share practical guidance and help victim service providers (VSPs) and other advocates make informed, mission-aligned decisions about whether and how to use AI tools in the context of victim services.
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- General Material
October 2023
Supporting Our Youth with Healthy Intimate Relationships and Consent
Publisher(s):This webinar helps parents and caregivers better understand consent, healthy relationships, and the ways children and adolescents learn about intimacy through technology, social media, and interactions with their peers.
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- General Material
January 2023
Confidential Shelter Locations & The Internet: How Information Gets Online & What To Do About It
Publisher(s): With search engines offering an abundance of information, it has become increasingly difficult for shelter locations to remain confidential. Programs can take steps to hide their confidential shelter address, but it is also imperative that programs understand how their shelter location information gets shared, how to lessen risk of shelter disclosure, and the different ways to get the shelter location off of the internet. This resource is available in English and Spanish.
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- General Material
April 2021
Stalking Victimization, 2016
Publisher(s): This report details the demographic characteristics of stalking victims and describes the nature of stalking victimization, including the number of offenders, the victim-offender relationship, and the frequency and duration of the stalking. The survey measured 12 types of stalking behaviors, incorporating both traditional stalking and stalking with technology.
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- General Material
January 2021
Tech Abuse in the Pandemic & Beyond: Reflections from the Field
Publisher(s): Tech abuse is a widespread problem seen by advocates and legal systems professionals across the US. This report shares findings from a needs assessment that included the participation of over 1,000 advocates and legal systems professionals.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
October 2020
Tech Safety + Older Adults
Publisher(s):Originally a series of handouts produced in collaboration with partners, this toolkit was expanded and updated by the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life in 2020.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
September 2020
Conducting Listening Sessions with Survivors of Gender-based Violence
Publisher(s):National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), Safe Housing Partnerships, Research Consortium on Gender-Based Violence
Listening sessions are an excellent technique to capture participants’ views and suggestions about an issue. The aim of this brief document is to provide some key considerations and guidelines when conducting listening sessions with survivors.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2019
Judicial Toolkit: Resources on Technology Abuse for Judges and Judicial Officers
Publisher(s): Geared towards judges and judicial officers, this toolkit explores how technology is misused in the context of abuse, with guides and quizzes on the most popular technologies and how they function, as well as how judges can lead their communities in addressing technology in the courts.









