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How does alcohol use impact sexual violence victimization?

April 10, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

“A Prospective Study of Sexual Assault and Alcohol Use Among First-Year College Women”, a study recently published in the journal Violence and Victims, examined the relationship between frequent binge drinking, frequent drinking, and sexual assault victimization. The authors hypothesized that: “a) frequency of alcohol use would predict sexual assaults, b) frequency of heavy episodic drinking

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New research: “Predicting Perceptions of Date Rape”

February 27, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

This month the Journal of Interpersonal Violence published “Predicting Perceptions of Date Rape: An Examination of Perpetrator Motivation, Relationship Length, and Gender Role Beliefs”, a study conducted by David Angelone, PhD, Damon Mitchell PhD, and Lauren Lucente, BA. As many of us who work in the field of sexual violence prevention and intervention know, rape

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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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