2018 Intervention Priority Poll
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) seeks feedback from the 60 state and territory sexual assault coalitions on intervention priorities in a biannual Priority Poll.
Publish Date
July 2018
2018 Research Priority Poll
Emily Bigger
Thu, 07/05/2018
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) seeks feedback from the 60 state and territory sexual assault coalitions and 55 Rape Prevention Education grantees at the state and territory departments of health on research priorities in a biannual Priority Poll.
Publish Date
July 2018
2018 Prevention Priority Poll
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) seeks feedback from the 60 state and territory sexual assault coalitions and 55 Rape Prevention Education grantees at the state and territory departments of health on prevention priorities in a biannual Priority Poll.
Publish Date
July 2018
Innovations in Community-Level Prevention
Megan Thomas
Wed, 11/08/2017
This re
port focuses on how programs at the local and state levels have worked to engage with communities through community mobilization and public policy. It highlights examples from the field that represent promising directions in this area.
National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach
In August of 2017, the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released a report on National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach. In 2013, the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Report Act (SAFER Act) was passed into law amending the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide funds for grants to be administered to laboratories to address the critical need of eliminating the backlog of sexual assault kits, the law requires an establishment of protocols and practices.
Developing Culturally Responsive Approaches to Serving Diverse Populations: A Resource Guide for Community-Based Organizations
Chad Sniffen
Tue, 06/20/2017
From the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families
Innovations in Evaluation
Megan Thomas
Thu, 03/09/2017
This re
port highlights six state- and local-level approaches to evaluation and explores organizational and individual factors of evaluation capacity.
Publish Date
March 2017
Issue 22: What's missing from the news on sexual violence? An analysis of coverage, 2011-2013
Sally Laskey
Tue, 09/01/2015
This publication explores how sexual violence is portrayed in the news and considers the implications of these portrayals for prevention advocates and journalists interested in discussing not just the details of sexual violence, but also how to end it. The findings lay the foundation for ongoing work to define more effective messages about sexual violence that can support prevention policies.
This work is part of a multi-year collaboration between the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Berkeley Media Studies Group.
Publish Date
September 2015
Sexual Assault Victims’ Experiences of Notification after a CODIS Hit
Sally Laskey
Fri, 04/10/2015
This report provides research results about Houston's victim notification process. In Houston, victim notification involves reestablishing contact with victims whose cases are reopened for investigation as a result of a match in the law enforcement database Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), from
victims’ recently tested sexual assault kits (SAKs).This action research assesses the implementation of the Complainant Notification and Hotline Protocols
Key Components of Building a Successful Victim Notification Protocol
This report includes research on creating victim notification protocols. Six major themes emerged from survey respondents regarding the process of developing and implementing the Protocols. They include: 1)Strategic planning, 2) Organizational support, 3) Active partnerships, 4) Resources, 5) Outreach, and 6)Victim-centered approach. Of the six themes, researchers identified the victim-centered approach as significant to the process of developing and implementing victim notification protocols.