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Trauma, sexual assault, & eating disorders |
This article discusses the connection between sexual assault and eating disorders. Though eating disorders have complex roots and triggers, professinals often hear that sexual assault acts as a catalyst for developing an eating disorder (2014).
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TTA Agency | Animal Abuse, Immigration, Mental Health | March 14, 2023 | Download |
Trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, & eating disorders |
Traumatic events, especially those involving violence between people, have been found to be significant risk factors for the development of a variety of psychiatric disorders, including eating disorders—particularly those involving bulimic symptoms, such as binge eating and purging (2017).
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Article | Animal Abuse, CCR, Immigration, Mental Health | March 14, 2023 | Download |
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services |
RAICES promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees in Texas.
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Service Provider | Immigration, Immigration Awareness Month | February 22, 2023 | Download |
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights |
The NNIRR works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status.
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TTA Agency | Immigration, Immigration Awareness Month | February 22, 2023 | Download |
National Center for PTSD |
This website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, provides resources and services for individuals diagnosed with PTSD (2019).
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TTA Agency | Animal Abuse, Immigration, Immigration Awareness Month | February 22, 2023 | Download |
Enhanced safety planning for immigrant survivors of domestic & sexual violence |
This advocacy-focused webinar, hosted by ASISTA, seeks to identify special immigration remedies for victims, including special VAWA provisions around confidentiality; and how to prepare enhanced safety plans for immigrant survivors (2017).
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Webinar | Advocacy, DV, Immigration, Immigration Awareness Month, Sexual Assault, Victims | February 2, 2023 | Download |
The Lethality Assessment Program: Which Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Are Most Likely to Participate? |
This paper analyzes the differential use of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) across female survivors of IPV in four police jurisdictions in Oklahoma (2016).
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Report | Advocacy, Children, Elder Abuse, Immigration, Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Stalking Awareness Month, Technology | January 27, 2023 | Download |
The impact of domestic violence on immigrant women |
This article focuses on Hispanic and Latino immigrant populations, and the barriers they face in domestic violence disputes, including language differences, financial dependence, and social isolation (2018).
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Academic Article | Cultural Issues, DV, Immigration, Legislation, Victims | January 27, 2023 | Download |
Protection orders & intimate partner violence: An 18-month study of 150 black, hispanic, & white women |
This study comments on the perceived effectiveness of protective orders among black, hispanic, and white women. The results show significant decreases in threats of assault, stalking, and worksite harassment over time among all women, regardless of receipt of a protection order (2004).
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Report | Cultural Issues, DV, Immigration, Judges, Legislation | January 27, 2023 | Download |
Police Departments’ Use of the Lethality Assessment Program: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation |
Although calling the police is a common stategy used to help abused women, it is not usually deemed the most effective. This paper seeks to identify the strenghts of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), and its effectiveness in police-responder intervention (July 2014).
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Report | Advocacy, Children, Elder Abuse, Human Trafficking, Immigration, Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Stalking Awareness Month, Technology | January 27, 2023 | Download |
Immigrants & protection orders bench card |
This bench card provides details for immigrants and what will happen to their immigration status when they file for and are issued a protective order. It also examines penalties committed by an abuser that would lead to deportation (2013).
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Report | DV, Immigration, Legislation | January 27, 2023 | Download |
Guidance on the Use of Body-Worn Cameras (BWC) During the Administration of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) |
This document covers the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence on the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement during the Lethality Assessment Program. Following the research, the report concluded that LE not record any part of the LAP (June 2016).
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Report | Children, Elder Abuse, Immigration, Technology, Technology Safety Awareness Month | January 27, 2023 | Download |
Forms of Domestic Violence that Immigrant Women May Experience |
Graphic | DV, Immigration, Immigration Awareness Month | January 27, 2023 | Download | |
Barriers to help-seeking among immigrant African women survivors of partner abuse: Listening to women’s own voices |
This paper focuses on help-seeking barriers and factors impacting decisions to leave an abusive relationship among 15 immigrant African women. Barriers found in this study include a culture of gender inequality, acceptance of gender violence, concern for children, and self-blame (2009).
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Report | Cultural Issues, DV, Immigration, Systemic Change, Victims | January 25, 2023 | Download |
Addressing domestic violence in immigrant communities |
This article details the threats and barriers faced by battered immigrant women who are married to both U.S. citizens and immigrants. One of the most significant barriers discussed is the threat of deportation by the abuser (2000).
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Report | DV, Immigration, Legislation, Systemic Change, Victims | January 25, 2023 | Download |