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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)

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)

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)

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)

ICCR Webinar: Fact or Expert: An Introduction to the Ethical Role and Use of Expert Witness presented by Margaret Bassett.

ICCR Webinar: Sexual Assault Roll Call presented by Kristin Daley & Kenny Smith.

ICCR Webinar: Rural Family Justice Centers presented by Ken Shetter & Kristie Chandler.

ICCR Webinar: Creating Stability Within High Risk IPV Interventions Using Risk Assessments presented by David M. Scott.

ICCR Webinar: Enhancing Language Access in Rural Communities presented by Jose Juan Lara, Jr.

ICCR Webinar: Rural Sexual Response Teams presented by Fatima Jayoma & Miranda Gonzalez.

ICCR Webinar: Intimate Partner Violence Intervention presented by Rachel Teicher.

ICCR Webinar: Rural Collaborations to End Teen Dating Violence presented by D Dagondon Tiegs & Jessica Moreno.

ICCR Webinar: Opioid Use & Domestic Violence in Rural Communities presented by Dr. Rebecca Stone & Diane Kinney.

ICCR Webinar: Hand in Hand: Law Enforcement Serving in Order to Protect presented by Denise Jones.

ICCR Webinar: Core Strategies to Reduce Systemic Inequities for All Survivors in Rural Communities presented by Amalfi Parker Elder.

ICCR Webinar: A roadmap through rural and urban communities to improve services and advocacy presented by Michael Munson.

Crime victims who are limited English proficient (LEP) or use different modes of communication such as sign language need meaningful, effective, and equal access to crime victim services and criminal justice supports. This webinar will address the barriers victims who are LEP or use different modes of communication encounter and how to enhance their access to justice in rural communities.

The Sexual Violence Justice Institute a program of the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault will present on building a baseline knowledge of systems-change sexual assault response teams (SARTs). The training will also provide SARTs with the knowledge and tools for effective multidisciplinary teamwork.

Collaborative efforts are essential to end teen dating violence. While many collaborative teams and service providers were initially created with adult survivors in mind, it’s important to understand the unique needs and barriers young survivors face. This session will help collaborative teams assess readiness for working with and serving youth, and includes tools, reflection questions, and suggested protocols for collaborative, community-based efforts to address teen dating violence in rural communities. Special attention is given to meaningful integration of young people into collaborative work.

This presentation will describe a community-based participatory research project to understand rural Vermont residents’ experiences of co-occurring opioid use and intimate partner violence. This multi-stage and multi-method project involved a qualitative needs assessment with a community sample of people with lived experience of opioid use and partner violence, a community brainstorming event, the development of an online cross-training for peer recovery coaches and survivor advocates, and evaluation of the cross-training curriculum. Dr. Stone and Ms. Kinney will also discuss other challenges and opportunities related to the project and to meeting the needs of rural residents seeking safety and recovery.

Coordinated community responses (CCRs) to domestic violence have been successful over the past forty years in leveraging the criminal legal system to hold abusers accountable and send messages of help to survivors. Although some survivors have found safety, many others have, in fact, been negatively impacted by systemic intervention. In rural communities, such inequities can result when law enforcement is ill-equipped to meet the communication needs of Deaf survivors or when shelters are unprepared to meet the needs of survivors with mental illnesses. Rural CCRs need practical, concrete tools and strategies to identify and reduce systemic inequities so that ALL survivors in their communities experience increased safety, help, and support.

The Rural Behavior Webinar Series provides resources and information on how to approach mental health in rural communities, and the obstacles that plague that demographic (2019).

This article examines human trafficking in rural America, providing clues for detection as well as plans of action (2018).

Although this study primarily takes place in Sweden, it compares the severity of IPV and the relationship between risk factors for IPV and overall risk judgments of future IPV in urban, rural, and remote areas (2018).