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Victims of Crime Still Unwilling to Report

January 7, 2010

posted in: Education

The Police Foundation released their December 2009 issue of Ideas in American Policing, a series of papers focused on issues pertaining to law enforcement, policy makers, scholars and practitioners. In this issue, entitled “Customer Satisfaction: Crime Victims’ Willingness to Call the Police” the Police Foundation published a national survey completed by the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration

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Working with Offenders and the Role of Programs for DV Offenders

December 15, 2009

posted in: Prevention

On May 21st and 22nd, 2009, CALCASA’s PreventConnect program staff were pleased to record several podcasts at A CALL TO MEN’s 4th National Conference in New York City, NY.
This is a presentation by Ted Bunch, Co-Founder of A CALL TO MEN. He discusses the belief systems and behaviors of men who are violent and abusive,

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Report on Domestic Violence within LGBTQ Communities Reflects Increase in Reports

November 12, 2009

posted in: Campus, Education

Domestic violence is heavily under-reported across the United States.  In an effort to illustrate the urgency in combating domestic violence, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report on domestic violence within lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities in the United States during 2008.
“The total number of cases reported to NCAVP

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Looking at Domestic Violence from teen to adult

October 28, 2009

posted in: Prevention

In an article in the recent issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, researchers are examining patterns of intimate partner violence victimization from adolescence to young adulthood. While this research appears to be preliminary, better understanding of these patterns may assist the development of appropriate prevention programs.
The full citation and abstract from SafetyLit follow the

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“Children at risk”: School based prevention program

October 26, 2009

posted in: Prevention

Often violence against women prevention efforts in schools focus on educating children. Yet, there may be more impact by training teachers to address the issues in their daily interactions with students.
In the recent Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, among the several articles about violence prevention programs, one article describes a program in

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Weekly News Update: Week of October 19th

October 26, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation to Restore Funding to State’s Domestic Violence Shelters
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed SBX3 13 by Senator Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose) to restore $16.3 million of state funding to support California domestic violence shelters.
“I want to congratulate the many groups that put victims first and came together to find this creative solution

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