Sgt. Joanne Archambault prepared this template to demonstrate what information should go into a comprehensive follow-up report for a sexual assault investigation. The template includes prompts for the type of information and sample language that can be used in sections.

This publication is the result of a roundtable meeting between several leaders and activists from the Islamic Community to adress domestic violence. This session was designed to develop ways to effectively lower the rates of domestic violence and gender abuse in Islamic and other faith communities

A toolkit for professionals working with survivors about how to provide accommodations to survivors with disabilities, including sample language for advocates, lawyers, and law enforcement. It also features an outline for how to provide accommodations at an agency level.

A health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention.

Law enforcement is responsible for identifying the person(s) responsible for criminal acts and bringing them to justice through complete, impartial and constitutional investigation practices. They are also responsible for conducting the investigative process in a manner to ensure all steps are taken to remove suspicion from those not responsible for the criminal act. This model policy and training guide was designed to create consistency across the state for law enforcement response to sexual assault cases, from dispatch through investigation and referral to prosecution.

The purpose of this policy is to provide local law enforcement agencies with guidelines for submitting sexual assault evidence collection kits to a forensic laboratory, retaining them within their property rooms, and eventual disposal of evidence. This policy is intended to allow for the individual needs of law enforcement agencies in the State of Kansas, regardless of size or resources. Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to customize these protocols to meet their local needs.

This brief document provides information on case coding for sexual assault cases, particularly when to code a case as “Unfounded.” Then, due to limited financial and personnel resources at forensic laboratories, the document advises that sexual assault kit (SAK) analysis for any “Unfounded” cases should be deprioritized for testing in favor of focusing resources towards cases that are deemed more viable by law enforcement and prosecution.

This guide discusses the 2014 research article “A systematic review of primary prevention strategies for sexual violence perpetration” by Sarah DeGue et al. It summarizes the methods and discusses key findings of the systematic review. It also proposes ways preventionists can use this research to identify promising prevention strategies, strengthen and evaluate their current efforts, and advocate with funders, policymakers, researchers, and community partners.

This toolkit is intended for multidisciplinary sexual assault response taskforces/teams (SARTs) at any stage of development, whether newly forming, revitalizing, or well-established. It provides foundational knowledge and tools around launching and sustaining a well-managed and effective SART.

Law enforcement officers, often the first and possibly the only professionals to speak to victims following a crime, are a vital component in providing justice, information, and services to crime victims. Law enforcement provides a critical connection between the justice system and victim support services, ensuring that victims know about all available resources.

Ensures economic and personal security for all women and girls.

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs’ (NCAVP) annual reports on LGBTQH intimate partner violence are still the only reports of their kind, and the most comprehensive data available on LGBTQH intimate partner violence in the United States. The 2012 report includes the first national person-level data on LGBTQH intimate partner violence ever released. This report is a testament to the critical work of NCAVP’s membership, and a call to our communities and policymakers to join our efforts to build the power and resources needed to end LGBTQH intimate partner violence, and to create just and equitable communities. We hope that the findings, recommendations, and best practices within this report compel all of us to action – joining the movement to end LGBTQH intimate partner violence.

This toolkit offers a free, on-demand resource for advocacy programs to connect victims of battering with community-based advocacy as soon as possible after law enforcement has responded to a domestic violence 911 call.

The Making a Difference (MAD) Project was an innovative, long-term project funded by the William H. Donner Foundation. The vision for the MAD project was that multidisciplinary teams from eight US and eight Canadian communities would join together to collaboratively establish new standards for effectively investigating and prosecuting sexual assault. This document summarizes the project and provides links to various research materials and findings.

The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) established a federal commission to draft national standards that address sexual abuse in confinement settings. PREA also required the U.S. Attorney General to promulgate regulations based on the standards that apply to all federal, state, and local confinement settings, including juvenile detention, lockups, and community confinement. The federal PREA standards require agencies to take a number of steps to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse. Among those steps are making sure that incarcerated people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to participate and benefit from all of the agency’s PREA efforts. Making PREA and Victim Services Accessible for Incarcerated People with Disabilities: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners on the Adult and Juvenile Standards provides strategies to correctional agencies that will aid their compli­ance with these PREA requirements. The strategies discussed in this guide draw on established practices used by victim service organizations—both community-based and those based in government agencies—to make their services more accessible for this pop­ulation. By offering concrete recom­mendations on how to adapt these community practices to correctional settings, this guide aims to help adult and juvenile correctional facilities increase accessibility for people with disabilities.

Practitioners, policymakers, and the public all ask why DNA backlogs persist even after the federal government has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to eliminate them. This is a fair question; to answer it requires understanding both what a backlog is and how backlogs can be reduced. This report addresses that question and the answers to it.

This document, from the National District Attorney’s Association, provides state-by-state mandatory reporting statues for sexual assault and domestic violence.

This report reviews the findings of the Maryland SAFE Programs Needs Assessment.

This interactive online course is designed to increase advocates’ and other victim service professionals’ capacity for serving victims of sexual violence in later life. Considerations for serving older adult victims are explored in three sections–social, physical, and emotional factors– with opportunities to practice and reflect upon the information.

This report focuses on sexual violence against Indigenous women in the USA. Governments have a responsibility to ensure that women are able to enjoy their right to freedom from sexual violence. As citizens of particular tribal nations, the welfare and safety of American Indian and Alaska Native women are directly linked to the authority and capacity of their nations to address such violence.

The relationship between advocacy agencies and local media ranges anywhere from very close and collegial to non-existent or fearful. This guide should help to bridge gaps where they exist, to help build capacity for those who have not gone down that path, or as an additional resource for those who have developed media plans.

A collection of tipsheets, recorded webinars, and other information for medical advocates, Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners, nurses, and others who medically support trans/nonbinary survivors. Topics include pronouns, safety planning, supplies, and more.

An essential resource for clinicians, nurses, and other medical professionals who are tasked with identifying, investigating, and treating child sexual abuse. This all-encompassing guide covers a wide range of topics, from assault to exploitation, all aimed at better recognizing and effectively treating children who have been sexually abused.

This guide will help practitioners: Recognize trafficking victims among your existing domestic violence caseload; Identify the key civil legal remedies and other issues that you will need to explore in order to effectively assist human trafficking victims; and Identify and use other resources to pursue specific legal remedies and secure social services and other benefits for your clients.

Mobilizes men to use their strength for creating cultures free from violence, especially men’s violence against women.

The State of Michigan Sexual Assault Model Policy Working Group was created by the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board to draft a resource for law enforcement agencies that represents best practices for the effective response to, and investigation of, the sexual assault of adults and young adults. The policy was drafted as a statewide resource with the understanding that individual law enforcement agencies will need to adapt it to the needs of their department based on size, department structure, and available resources.

This resource details some of the potential acts that could cause sexual trauma in a military setting and the impact this trauma might have on the victim.

The purpose of this Model Policy is to endorse the use of the U visa as a crime-fighting tool for police departments to better serve immigrant victims of crime that they encounter in their communities. Departments can better serve this vulnerable population by removing the fear of deportation that result in a lack of reporting violent crimes and cases of human trafficking to local law enforcement.

The purpose of this Model Policy is to endorse the use of the U visa as a crime-fighting tool for police departments to better serve immigrant victims of crime that they encounter in their communities. Departments can better serve this vulnerable population by removing the fear of deportation that result in a lack of reporting violent crimes and cases of human trafficking to local law enforcement.

EVAWI created Model Policy Materials on Evidence Retention, Disposition, and/or Removal to provide law enforcement agencies guidance in this important and often overlooked area. The materials include sample language to adapt for an agency policy, as well as instructional commentary. They can therefore be used as an educational tool as well as a resource template to assist in the development of policies, protocols, and training materials.