Sexual Violence Content Topic Results

While there are many different methods of risk assessment, they tend to fall into two broad categories: clinical and actuarial (Milner & Campbell, 1995; Grubin, 1999). Clinical prediction requires the observation of an offender by a psychiatrists or a psychologist; clinicians assess risk based on their professional training, theoretical knowledge and experience with offenders.

This publication discusses gender-based violence from a feminist-based, ecological perspective. It examines the dynamics of abuse, cultural context, impact on women's health & how health care providers can contribute to social change efforts.

This article describes the components that make up and contribute to men’s violence. Patriarchy, Privilege, Permission, and Pressure, among others, comprise this description of men’s violence, hierarchies, and social constructions.

This article presents clinical guidelines on routine screening for domestic violence by primary health care providers. Appendices include a glossary of terms, suggested screening questions, and a sample domestic violence screening documentation form.

The Center for Sex Offender Management has created this glossary as a reference document and training aid for professionals in the field.

This article discusses a process that allows victims of sexual violence to file anonymous or confidential reports (being labeled as blind reports).

An examination of the research on the overlap between child abuse and woman battering. The author explores the dynamics of overlapping violence and discusses the limitations of the research on this topic.

This manual provides community sexual assault programs with a rationale for implementing a social change/community development model for prevention programming. Contains practical examples of tools and instruments used by leaders in the prevention field.

The book offers guidelines and checklists to use in implementing a proactive and comprehensive response to date rape crimes on college campuses.

This brief is intended to inform citizens, state and local leaders, and criminal justice professionals about the policy issues related to sex offender registration, and to describe current sex offender registration practices around the country.

This article provides basic information on domestic violence in same-sex relationships and outlines some of the differences between lesbian, trans, and bisexual survivors and the experiences of other survivors.

This fact sheet offers statistics from several research studies investigating the connection between animal cruelty and human violence, domestic violence, and child abuse.