Fraud is Australia’s most costly form of crime with the Australian Institute of Criminology estimating that in excess of $8.5b was lost to fraud in 2005 (Rollings 2008). Consumer fraud alone has been found to cost Australians ...

Bass, Anetzberger, Ejaz, and Nagpaul developed the Risk of Abuse tool in 2001 to assist social service providers in screening their clients for risk of either perpetrating elder abuse or being victimized by elder abuse ...

The Indian Law & Order Commission was created following passage of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 to provide advice to the President and the U.S. Congress on Federal, State, and Tribal reforms aimed at strengthening ...

Sexual aggression is prevalent and damaging in our culture, and sources of support or blame following an attack of this kind can be important influences on the recovery process. This pair of studies investigate the nature ...

This report on the work of the Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Study (RPPS) presents findings and recommendations from one part of the study, i.e., the individual interviews and focus groups with practitioners and ...

This Article reviews the extant research on IPA [intimate partner abuse] in terms of phones and computers, the multifaceted roles they entail for IPA victims, and how loss of access can affect the victims’ (and their ...

This report features the current STOP VAWA Implementation Plan guide for the use of the STOP VAWA awards received by the State of Illinois for a three-year period, 2014 through 2016. The plan is organized in the format ...

This evaluation report reflects the assessment and service provision activities for 4,691 children predominantly ages 0 to 5 exposed to violence, along with their caregivers, who sought treatment at the 11 Illinois sites ...

Children’s exposure to violence, trauma, and “toxic stress” can have a permanent negative effect on the chemical and physical structures of their brain, causing cognitive impairments such as trouble with attention, ...

A Safety and Accountability Audit is a self-assessment tool developed by Praxis International by which communities can critically examine their collective institutional response to violence against women. The examination ...