Resource Library

This website provides tools, training, and featured research surrounding crimes against women from a victim-centered perspective.  

This study details the common increase in violence during and after pregnancy. Risk factors for violence, as well as outcomes for women who are pregnant or postpartum are discussed (2012).

TAASA is committed to ending sexual violence in Texas through education, prevention, and advocacy.  This organization is the voice of the sexual assault movement in Texas.

RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization, and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline.

This short article provides details about the intersection between domestic violence and sexual abuse, giving several statistics as well as external resource links (2018).

This BWJP webinar highlights the 2009 Partner Rape Study which explored the prevalence of intimate partner rape in adult sex offenders and domestic violence offenders in treatment in Colorado (2015).

NSVRC provides leadership in preventing and responding to sexual violence through collaborating, sharing and creating resources, and promoting research.

This paper analyzes the differential use of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) across female survivors of IPV in four police jurisdictions in Oklahoma (2016).

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).

Despite the alarming rates of IPV across the U.S., women in rural areas face obstacles that impair their ability to get help. Lack of an adequate health care and criminal justice system are barriers for these victims of domestic violence. This study examines the many challenges that rural victims face, and how to create a coordinated, systemic change in rural America (March 2015).

This article reviews the literature on several CCR components, and suggests directions for future research on CCRs for IPV victims (2014).