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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

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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

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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

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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

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Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation to Restore Funding to State’s Domestic Violence Shelters

October 21, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

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 that will keep domestic violence shelters throughout the state open,”

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Working With the Media: Creating New Contexts

October 17, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

I got a phone call from an angry woman this morning saying that I should be beaten. This is unusual for Saturday mornings and I didn’t quite understand her anger until I read the San Francisco Chronicle story with this punchline: So when Coombs asks, “How many cases are enough to justify” the database, I

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