Gender-based violence often involves physical violence targeted at the head, neck, and face—through blows to the head or strangulation. Though this has been common knowledge for decades, brain injuries caused by violence are unacknowledged, rarely identified and almost never immediately treated. Both survivors of violence and professionals that work with them have been largely unaware […]

DV RISC presents a webinar series on the most prevalently researched lethality risk factors commonly addressed in intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessments: Stalking, Strangulation, Recent Separation, Firearms, and Pregnancy Abuse & Reproductive Coercion. Each webinar will focus on the research behind the risk factor, and practical strategies that can be implemented once it's flagged […]

Sexual violence is a significant criminal justice problem with long-term effects for its victims. In particular, sexual assault on or related to college campuses across the United States presents a growing public health and economic burden, starting with significant impacts on academic outcomes. The long-term goal of the NIJ-funded Campus Sexual Assault and Response (CSAR) […]

This webinar will discuss implications and recommendations for the prevention of sexual assault, dating violence, and harassment on college campuses in the U.S. based on findings from an NIJ-funded study on Population and Subgroup Differences in Prevalence and Predictors of Campus Sexual Assault (Award No: 2020-VA-CX-0004). Audience members will be invited to participate in a […]

The Los Angeles LGBT Center, in partnership with Justice Work and 120 partner organizations, has released the findings from the largest and most comprehensive survey on LGBTQ+ women who partner with women in the United States. The study “We Never Give Up the Fight”: A Report of the National LGBTQ+ Women’s Community Survey,” aims to […]

The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the nation: the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). These data collections together provide a comprehensive understanding of crime in the United States. This […]

This webinar will include presentations from researchers funded by the National Institute of Justice and grantees of the Office on Violence Against Women studying the impact of COVID-19 on their work, particularly on service provision for victims and survivors of gender-based violence.   Attendees will learn about the impact the pandemic had on victim services, […]