Spotlight / Spring 2025

UN Women has compiled Facts and Figures: Violence Against Women, which includes statistical information about violence against women across the globe. This includes various forms and settings of violence, along with risk factors, violence against women in public life, and the economic cost of this violence. Review

Gun violence takes a devastating toll on women, especially women of color. Not only are women the direct victims of gun violence, they also suffer from the trauma of gun violence resulting in the death or violent injuries of loved ones. Learn more.

This quick guide from the All in for Kids initiative at Futures Without Violence lists nine evidence-based strategies to prevent childhood adversity and trauma.  Review

This systematic review explores parental involvement in child-focused child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention education, highlighting key rationales, engagement strategies, and challenges. It highlights the need for stronger parental integration in CSA prevention efforts to enhance children’s safety and program effectiveness.  Read

Findings from this examination of the interrelationships between sexual assault experiences, PTSD symptoms, and binge drinking underscore the need for targeted interventions for young adults who have experienced sexual assault. Review

Photo by Duman Photography on Unsplash

The CDC provides an overview of the four major data collection systems that measure sexual victimization in the U.S.: the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), and the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR). Explore

The Crime Victims’ Institute in Texas provides this overview of the right of victims to participate at the plea stage. This includes a national look as well as a Texas focus. Read

This national study of victim compensation looked at program structure and operation; how “success” is measured; and what program directors perceive as critical for improving and/or sustaining victim compensation. Learn more

Photo by Allef Vinicius on Unsplash

This review synthesized findings from 16 meta-analyses evaluating various strategies to reduce violence in the general population. While most interventions had positive effects, sports-based initiatives demonstrated the strongest impact. Learn more

@dg-studio via Canva.com

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development provides a registry of evidence-based positive youth development programs designed to promote the health and well-being of children and teens. Find programs to prevent violence.

A nationally representative survey conducted by Stop AAPI Hate in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago in March 2024 showed that, despite the subsiding COVID-19 pandemic, hate acts against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AA/PI) individuals remain prevalent. Review

Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

California researchers at UC Davis identified the AAPI groups at highest risk of bullying, the regions with the highest rates of anti-AAPI bullying, and ways to combat anti-AAPI bullying, focusing on what schools can do. Read

Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash

This study, from the Research on Violent Victimization Lab at ASU, aimed to learn from those impacted by MMIP to inform culturally relevant policy and prevention strategies in response to MMIP and understand the impact of COVID-19 on their experiences.  Read the results

This study examined whether the invisibility of contemporary Native Peoples undermines the likelihood of non-Natives engaging in MMIWG advocacy efforts, and what psychological factors are at play. Read the summary

@kyril-palmyn via Canva.com

The National Crime Information Center compiles statistics from its Missing Person and Unidentified Person Files, including data on minors. See 2022 data.

Photo by Luise and Nic on Unsplash

The Administration for Children and Families at HHS held listening sessions earlier this year on strengthening the response to children missing from the child welfare system. Read the summary.