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This Resource Library is affiliated with ICCR and NTCCAW and includes topics that are beneficial to all CCAW programs.

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Differential Adjustment Among Rural Adolescents Exposed to Family Violence
Family violence has profound effects on children who are exposed to this unfortunate circumstance at a young age. This study takes into account sociocultural factors such as neighborhood environment alongside presence of family violence. (2019)
Article Advocacy, CCR, Children, Domestic Violence, DV, DV Awareness Month, Risk Assessment/LAP, Rural, Victims
Implementing Domestic Violence Gun Confiscation Policy in Rural and Urban Communities: Assessing the Perceived Risk, Benefits, and Barriers
Comparisons of viewpoints on how gun violence is intertwined with domestic violence is viewed very differently in rural areas. This study seeks to gain a deeper understanding as to why these communities tend to down pay the risks. (2020)
Article Advocacy, CCR, Domestic Violence, DV, DV Awareness Month, FRTs, Guns, High Risk Team, Risk Assessment/LAP
Reimagining access to justice through the eyes of rural domestic violence survivors
This article looks innto how access to justice is unequal throguh a multitude of frameworks in order to find the intersection between rurality, domestic violence, and resource accessibility. (2021)
Article Advocacy, CCR, Domestic Violence, DV, DV Awareness Month, FRTs, High Risk Team, Risk Assessment/LAP, Rural, Victims
African American Perspectives and Experiences of Domestic Violence in a Rural Community
Not many studies have looked into the unique factors that affect domestic violence in rural African-American communities. This study seeks to do so. By analyzing answers to three questions about domestic violence from these community members, the researchers believe that they have a better understanding of the interplay between gender, race, and domestic violence. (2019)
Article Advocacy, CCR, Cultural Issues, Domestic Violence, DV, DV Awareness Month, FRTs, High Risk Team, Interviews, Risk Assessment/LAP, Rural, Sexual Assault, Victims
Challenges in Risk Assessment with Rural Domestic Violence Victims: Implications for Practice
This study delves into the promising practices being implemented by service providors in the violence against women field with a focus on rural violence. It takes into account several risk factors and factors that might increase vulnerability for these women. (2021)
Article Advocacy, CCR, Collaboration, Cultural Issues, Domestic Violence, DV Awareness Month, Forensic Interviewing, FRTs, High Risk Team, Interviews, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Risk Assessment/LAP, Rural, Victims
The influence of abuse & trauma on eating disorders
This article examines the relationship between childhood abuse and eating disorders. Treatment for someone who has an eating disorder and is also a survivor of abuse must take all issues into account (2020).
Article Animal Abuse, Burnout, Campus Safety Awareness Month, Immigration Awareness Month
Preventing & responding to domestic violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) communities
LGBTQ survivors face significant barriers to accessing services, and also experience high rates of violence. This collection of resources draws from the work of U.S. leaders who focus specifically on the issue of domestic violence within the LGBTQ community (2019).
Article Animal Abuse, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Stalking
Police decision-making factors in domestic violence cases
This paper examines how officers think about domestic violence situations, as well as how they interpret conflicting stories to arrive at their decisions regarding whether and whom to arrest (Uploaded 2020).
Article Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Stalking
Fraud & abusive schemes information for Indian tribal governments
This site contains information from the Office of Indian Tribal Governments, which has identified various abuses and schemes that cause financial risk to the tribes and their tribal members (2019).
Article Animal Abuse, Risk Assessment/LAP
Exposure to violence linked to suicidal behavior
This webpage examines the correlation between intimate partner violence, mental illness, and suicidality among men, women, and children (Uploaded 2020).
Article Animal Abuse, CCR, Immigration Awareness Month
Deaf survivors of domestic & sexual violence
This website offers various resources for Deaf survivors of domestic and sexual violence (Uploaded 2020).
Article Animal Abuse, CCR, Children, Mental Health
“Assault and battery” in the delivery room: The disturbing trend of obstetric violence
This article discusses the unnecessary, violent procedures used during childbirth, resulting in decreased agency for patients and the delivery of lower-quality care (2018).
Article Animal Abuse, Body Cams, Burnout, Mental Health
"It felt like I had been violated": How obstetric violence can traumatize patients
This article discusses the trauma that comes after obstetric violence. These violence deliveries are, in part, driven by a legal environment that pushes physicians to conduct unnecessary interventions and make decisions that disregard the mother's desires (2019).
Article Animal Abuse, Body Cams, Burnout, Mental Health