Produced for the California Statewide Conference on Domestic Violence by SafeNETWORK, a (now defunct) project of the California Department of Health Services Maternal and Child Health Branch Domestic Violence Section and Intervace Children Family Services. The Herstory of Domestic Violence was originally researched and compiled by SafeNETWORK staff, April Howard and Susan Lewis. The Herstory was revised and updated for SafeNETWORK for the 1999 California Statewide Conference on Domestic Violence by Tamsen Stevenson and Cindi Love.
Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases Materials
This site contains links to various articles concerning judicial skills for domestic violence cases. Categories include access to justice, child custody issues, decision making, fact finding and more.
This paper is a first-hand account of Missouri’s project to reduce rules in domestic violence shelters.
Asset Building Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors (pdf)
This paper discusses asset building programs, including some of the benefits of asset ownership and why asset building programs for domestic violence survivors may be important. The dearth of literature on assets and domestic violence is reviewed, calling for further research.
Understanding Teen Dating Violence Fact Sheet (pdf)
Updated fact sheet on teen dating violence (TDV) from the CDC with definitions and why TDV is a public health concern.
The purpose of this two‐year experiment was to provide high-quality scientific evidence concerning the effectiveness of targeting a young, universal primary prevention audience with classroom‐based curricula and school‐level interventions addressing dating violence and sexual harassment. Overall, the intervention was shown to affect student knowledge and behavioral intentions in a positive manner and as hypothesized (with some exceptions) was effective in reducing dating/peer violence (especially sexual violence) and sexual harassment.
2011 Minnesota Femicide Report (pdf)
The Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (MCBW) tracks all homicides in the State of Minnesota that result from domestic violence involving a current or former intimate partner. This is the 2011 reporting of those findings.
The Role of Information Communications Technologies in Violence Prevention (pdf)
This paper, part of a Dec 2011 Institute of Medicine workshop on violence prevention, provides a brief introduction to the current and potential role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play in the prevention and reduction of violence.
Healthy sexuality: A guide for advocates, counselors and prevention educators (pdf)
This guide provides guidance and practical tools for discussing healthy sexuality within the context of sexual violence for advocates, counselors, prevention educators, and activists. It explores healthy sexuality across the life span and connects this information with a primary prevention tools for local sexual violence programs.
In Fall 2009 the National Sexual Violence Resource Center embarked on a three‐year process of assessing the primary prevention training and technical assistance needs of coalitions, Rape Prevention Education (RPE) coordinators and local rape crisis programs. The emphasis of this year 2 assessment was on how programs are thinking about primary prevention and the processes that allowed innovation to develop.
Case by case: news coverage of child sexual abuse
To understand how child sexual abuse is covered in the media, the researchers selected a representative sample of U.S. news over a span of three years, then coded the content in detail. Results on the content, language, how the act was characterized, who's voices are presented, etc. are all presented. The conclusion includes recommendations for advocates and reporters.
A Struggle for Justice: Incest Victims in Pakistan (pdf)
This report highlights the difficulties women and girls are faced with in accessing justice in cases of sexual violence, particularly incest. Included in this report are a survey of incest cases in Pakistan, a summary of published legal opinions in incest cases, identification of obstacles to justice and a compilation of good practice examples from other countries that have addressed similar obstacles. The authors hope this report will be used as a guide towards making the Pakistani judicial system more supportive of future victims which will have a deterrent effect on perpetrators.