This two-page fact sheet is based on the NSVRC’s publication, Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution. It gives an overview of the Spectrum framework, developed by Larry Cohen of the Prevention Institute, and provides examples of interventions at the six Spectrum levels. Also available in Spanish.
 

The 2010 NCVRW Online Resource Guide contains everything you need to host and promote National Crime Victims' Rights Week in your community in a new, more eco-friendly package. This year's theme—Crime Victims' Rights: Fairness. Dignity. Respect.—reflects on victims and their families, the professionals who serve them, and on the struggle for victims to be treated fairly and with dignity and respect. With the 2010 NCVRW Online Resource Guide, you can:

- Find the latest statistics on crime victimization.
- Download helpful hints on how to maximize communication and awareness and review suggestions for working with the media.
- Promote your event with NCVRW public awareness posters and other campaign materials.
- Place NCVRW Web ads on your Web site or view the 2010 theme DVD and PSA.

 
Este libro presenta la necesidad de una orientación urgente sobre la importancia de comprometer a los espectadores en la prevención de la violencia sexual. El relato proporciona el fondo necesario para el desarrollo de un enfoque que nos permita a todos involucrarnos con el fin de impedir esta calamidad. El libro analiza diversos motivos por los cuales una persona podría decidir tomar o no medidas al presenciar una variedad de comportamientos inapropiados, y describe formas de alentar y promover un mayor compromiso por parte de los espectadores. Este libro también es un excelente recurso de capacitación: al describir actividades y proporcionar instrucciones en toda su extensión se convierte en una guía útil de enseñanza sobre la participación del espectador en la prevención de la violencia sexual.

This book presents a compelling orientation to the importance of engaging bystanders in sexual violence prevention. The narrative provides background on the development of an approach that empowers each of us to be involved in prevention. It discusses various reasons why individuals who witness a range of inappropriate behaviors may or may not take action, and presents ways to encourage and develop greater bystander involvement. Finally, this book serves as an excellent training resource; it provides activities and trainer instructions throughout that make it a useful educational guide on bystander engagement in sexual violence prevention. Also available in Spanish.

This document has been formatted so that families, community groups, and schools can use each section as a separate handout or use them all together as one complete document. Prevention tips and resources are provided to help children and youth of different ages or stages of development. The document is organized into four sections: Background Information; The “Basics” of Sexual Violence; Types of Sexual Violence;  and Who Can Help: Websites and Resources for Families.
 
Preventing Child and Youth Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault: A Resource for Iowa Families

This is the March 2005 inaugural issue of the quarterly newsletter from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. This publication focuses on providing information to enhance primary sexual violence prevention work in communities.
Moving Upstream: Virginia’s Newsletter for the Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence

The guide is designed to help prosecutors, victim advocates, and policymakers understand the state of victim/witness assistance in rural communities, including staffing limitations, the roles and responsibilities of advocates, and the challenges that rural prosecutors' offices face in providing assistance to crime victims and effectively prosecuting the perpetrators of crime. It provides an overview of these challenges along with tips and strategies for overcoming them. Likewise, the guide includes promising practices with an extensive list of resources.
Rural Victim Assistance: A Victim/Witness Guide for Rural Prosecutors

This book is part of a sexual abuse prevention series designed to prevent non-parental sexual abuse. It is the result of years of research on sexual abuse and pedophile tendencies. This Book Covers:

- Myths and facts of sexual abuse
- Molester psychology
- How the damage occurs
- Why children don’t tell
- The psychology of abuse-what makes it click
- What makes kids a hard target
- How to abuse proof your child
- Avoiding suggestive questioning
 
A Parents Guide to Sexual Abuse Prevention

WHO and Liverpool John Moores University's Centre for Public Health have launched a website highlighting what works to prevent violence. Geared towards policy-makers and violence prevention researchers, practitioners and advocates, the website marks the first time that information on effective violence prevention programmes is available in a searchable web-based data base.  In addition to violence prevention, the Centre for Public Health has a broad research, intelligence and teaching portfolio that specialises also in alcohol and drug use, sexual health, environmental health and public health intelligence.

Violence Prevention Evidence Base and Resources

This packet was created for service providers who work with children and parents and offers strategies and resources for building the protective factors associated with child abuse prevention.
Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community