Vice President Biden and Secretary Duncan presented guidelines on legal obligations in addressing sexual violence in school and on campus. The resources include:
Dear Colleague Letter: Sexual Violence (19 p.)
Background, Summary, and Fast Facts Fact Sheet (2 p.)
This toolkit is a collection of resources that victim service professionals may use to formalize, expand on, or evaluate their interagency responses to sexual assault. The toolkit includes five main sections:
Esta hoja de datos presenta una breve descripción del enfoque de la intervención de la/el espectador en la prevención de la violencia sexual, los puntos clave de este tipo de intervención, resultados basados en evidencia respecto de la eficacia del enfoque y recursos clave para encontrar información adicional sobre este modelo. En inglés.
Publish Date
2011
This three-page fact sheet presents a brief overview of the bystander intervention approach to sexual violence prevention, key points about this type of intervention, evidence-based outcomes regarding the effectiveness of the approach and key resources for finding additional information about this model. It is also available in Spanish.
Publish Date
2011
This guide was produced to inform and inspire ongoing discussion in the field about what it is that defines a rape crisis center. Fifteen states are profiled, with analysis of philosophical approach, clients, advocacy, counseling, and organizational standards.
Publish Date
2011
This technical research report explores the prevalence, context, response, reactions and reporting of various forms of sexual violence on historically black college and university campuses. This research was conducted in an effort to close current gaps in the literature in this topic area.
Read the full technical report and summary.
Publish Date
November 2010
This special issue of Restoration highlights the growing movement to address sexual violence against native women.
Publish Date
June 2010
The occurrence of sexual violence is related to one’s access to safe and affordable housing. This is true for both sexual violence perpetration and vic
timization. Oppression can both heighten risk and compound the barriers that sexual violence victims and survivors encounter in housing arenas.
In 2008, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center partnered with the Victims Rights Law Center, National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project, Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, University of New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania Community Legal Services to develop and conduct a national survey on housing and sexual violence
Sexual violence and housing are intricately linked by several factors including access to affordable housing, various forms of oppression and sex offend