JWI is offering a webinar April 14th, Sexual Assault on College Campuses. Cost for non-members is $25. You can register here. Session info after the jump.
Category: Sexual Assault
AEquitas worked with NSVRC to create a statutory compilation for the 50 states on the presence of victim advocates in sexual assault exams (PDF). If your jurisdiction has questions about this issue, this should be a most useful document.
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SART Toolkit (Finally)
The SART Toolkit is (finally) available! This was an OVC-funded project undertaken by NSVRC. It’s worth spending some time perusing the sight–lots to see here.
I meant to get this up last week when it first came across my desk: RTI International is offering a live, web-based course, Challenges in Investigating DFSA. Marc LeBeau, one of my favorite toxicologists, is teaching it, so it should be a good use of time. There are 3 sessions currently offered; the course runs about 2 hours.
I am knee-deep in my second consecutive sexual assault prosecution institute, so I’ve been spending a lot of time listening to conversations about common misconceptions about sexual assault victimization and the frustrating, pervasive rape myths that abound.
NSVRC is offering a free online course, Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention. Produced by the New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc., the course was written by Joan Tabachnick (who oversees the NSVRC blog on the same topic) and is meant to be completed in 1-2 hours. The course is based on the NSVRC publication of the same name.
I failed to get one of these done last month, so consider this a dual post: time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the late January/February/March/early April issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s worth a.) paying for; b.) a pilgrimage to your nearest medical library; or c.) downloading via the full-text access you possibly have at your disposal.
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Spot the Myths: Inviting Rape
Too many people either sent this to me directly or posted it to their Facebook pages for me not to include in another edition of Spot the Myths. This once has an added helping of awesomeness because the comments are coming from a judge. Suggestive attire! Flirtatious conduct! How many do you count?
I promised my dear friend Jan Langbein that I would make mention of the upcoming multidisciplinary Conference on Crimes Against Women, March 28-30 in Dallas, TX. We will actually be putting on a forensic healthcare track this year for the 1st time (I’ll be accompanied by the always fabulous Jennifer Pierce-Weeks and Tara Henry), with topics including examining victims of rape homicides and providing expert testimony. Nuirsing CEUs will be provided, and the Honorable Cindy Dyer (former Director of OVW) will be the keynote. Should be a great offering.
My parent organization, PCAR, is offering a webinar April 12th, Sex Tourism and the Victimization of Adolescents and Children. The session will be held 10-12pm ET, and is free. Please note, registration closes April 8th.
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This week in the media…
At the same time we have this:
Greetings from Camp Lejeune, and apologies for my absence at the end of last week. Sometimes there’s simply *no* way to keep up. Particularly with the travel schedule I am slogging through right now. But enough of that–let’s talk campus sexual assault.
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Teen Dating Violence
(Image from That’s Not Cool)
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention month. In honor of this, NCJRS has a dedicated page on publications and resources specifically on the topic. Also check out Break the Cycle’s site; CDC’s Choose Respect site; and the RWJ initiative, Start Strong’s project site for more specific tools and resources.
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Teens Trafficked in the US
Apologies for the lack of posts, but my travel schedule has just ramped up significantly. I am not kidding when I say between now and the last week of April I am on the road *every* week. That’s not complaining, mind you, just the reality of my world. I just got back from a really fantastic training in Montana–what a welcoming and interesting (and large!) group we had. A really great mix of law enforcement, medical and advocacy, too. Anyway, many thanks to them for making John and I feel so at home. And don’t get me started on how well we ate…
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Men in the Movement
The Oregon Men Against Violence Initiative is hosting a webinar, Men in the Movement: Risk, Rewards and Complexities. The webinar will be held February 2nd from 11-12:30 PT. It’s a great opportunity to have a conversation about men’s roles in preventing and responding to violence against women. Patrick Lemmon (disclosure: I’m a big fan) and Ben Atherton Zeman will be the featured speakers. You can register for the session here.
WCSAP has a new issue of their prevention publication out, whose theme is Bystanders: Agents of Primary Prevention (PDF). I always enjoy their publications, so I am looking forward to checking it out on the plane back from Montana (I’m teaching a SART training here this week–very fun).
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the late December 2010/January 2011 issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s worth a.) paying for; b.) a pilgrimage to your nearest medical library; or c.) downloading via the full-text access you possibly have at your disposal.
The Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force is hosting a webinar focusing on their efforts to eliminate prison rape, January 13th from 1-2:30pm PT. Garry Russell, the PREA Coordinator for Oregon’s Department of Corrections, will be the featured speaker.
Have you heard? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new Sexually Transmitted Disease Treatment Guidelines for 2010. You can find the full document here (PDF). They published it the week before Christmas, but there is a webinar on the new guidelines coming up January 13th.