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Sexual harassment is pervasive in nation’s schools

November 7, 2011

posted in: prevention

In the newly released report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, sexual harassment is shown to be pervasive in the nation’s schools. Sexual harassment is part of everyday life in middle and high schools. Nearly half (48 percent) of the students surveyed experienced some form of sexual harassment in the 2010–11 school year, and

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Changing Perceptions of Sexual Violence Over Time

October 17, 2011

posted in: prevention

Since the 1960′s and 1970′s, the U.S. experienced a shift in societal perception that had denied, dismissed and ignored gender-based violence to the acknowledgment of sexual violence as a major social problem.  ”Changing Perceptions of Sexual Violence Over Time” maintains that understanding perceptions is helpful because it offers a “roadmap of future directions” to further

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Prevention research in Puerto Rico

September 30, 2011

posted in: prevention

At the National Sexual Assault Conference in Baltimore, I had the opportunity to meet dozens of practitioners and researchers from around the U.S., Puerto Rico and American Samao.  Marizaida Sanchez, researcher and professor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, shared with CALCASA about her prevention research and services in Puerto Rico.  To

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PreventConnect Reading Club adds bystander intervention on campus session

July 11, 2011

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PreventConnect Reading Club PreventConnect Reading Club announces a second Reading Club session for Friday, July 29 at 11.00 a.m. PST. Programs to encourage bystanders to take action to prevent sexual violence and domestic violence have become recognized as promising approaches to primary prevention of violence.  In the June 2011 issue of the journal Violence Against Women,

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PreventConnect Reading Club: bystander intervention on college campuses

July 7, 2011

posted in: campus,prevention

PreventConnect Reading Club Programs to encourage bystanders to take action to prevent sexual violence and domestic violence have become recognized as promising approaches to primary prevention of violence.  In the June 2011 issue of the journal Violence Against Women, there are many articles sharing the results of research on the effectiveness of bystanders programs. On July

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Research on bystander programs highlighted in journal

June 14, 2011

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The June 2011 issue of the journal Violence Against Women will include many articles about research on bystander programs designed to prevent sexual violence and domestic violence. It is great to see so many articles looking at prevention programs. Check out this PreventConnect podcast interview with authors Christine Gidycz, Ph.D., and Alan Berkowitz, Ph.D., discussing

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