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An Analysis of Human Trafficking in the District of Columbia 2016

Robinson, Charleá (District of Columbia Statistical Analysis Center, 2018)

The goal of this initial report was to establish a baseline for human trafficking investigations, arrests, and prosecutions in the District; demographics of offenders and victims; and the types of assistance victims are ...

Anatomy of the online dating romance scam

Whitty, Monica (Security Journal, 2015)

The Online Dating Romance Scam is a relatively new form of online fraud. This paperdraws from threequalitative studies: an analysis of posts from a public online support group, in-depth interviews with victims of this ...

Beyond Correlates: A Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration (Author Manuscript)

Vagi, Kevin; Rothman, Emily; Latzman, Natasha; Tharp, Andra Theten; Hall, Diane; Breiding, Matthew (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2013)

Dating violence is a serious public health problem. In recent years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other entities have made funding available to community based agencies for dating violence ...

Beyond Duluth: A Broad Spectrum of Treatment for a Broad Spectrum Domestic Violence

Rizza, Johnna (Montana Law Review, 2009)

For batterer intervention programs to succeed, they must be broad and flexible enough to adapt to each individual situation, rather than try to apply a rigid treatment grid over a complex human problem. This article examines ...

Broken Trust: Elders, Family, and Finances

Teaster, Pamela; Roberto, Karen (MetLife Mature Market Institute, 2009)

While underreported, the annual financial loss by victims of elder financial abuse is estimated to be at least $2.6 billion dollars. Elders’ vulnerabilities and larger net worth make them a prime target for financial abuse. ...

Child Maltreatment Facts at a Glance

Unknown author (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2012)

This fact sheet provides data and statistics on child abuse and neglect through 2012, and is the most recent child maltreatment fact sheet on the CDC’s Violence Prevention website. This includes general child maltreatment ...

“Come on baby. You know I love you”: African American Women’s Experiences of Communication with Male Partners and Disclosure in the Context of Unwanted Sex

Gutzmer, Kyle; Ludwig-Barron, Natasha; Wyatt, Gail; Hamilton, Alison; Stockman, Jamila (2016)

We examined African American women's experiences of communication with their male intimate partners a couple of hours before and after an incident of unwanted sex. We also examined women's experiences of disclosure following ...

The Course of Domestic Abuse among Chicago’s Elderly: Risk Factors, Protective Behaviors, and Police Intervention

Amendola, Karen; Slipka, Meghan; Hamilton, Edwin; Whitman, Julie (Police Foundation Report, 2010)

The growing body of elder abuse research reflects the increasing attention paid to this serious problem and emphasizes the need for effective prevention and intervention strategies. While past research has examined risk ...

A Cross-National Study on Cybercrime: Incident, Suspect and Victim Characteristics for Digital and Traditional Fraud in the Netherlands and Kolkata, India

Misra, Gaurav; Junger, Marianne; Montoya, Lorena (Juniper, 2017)

Technological advances have impacted our society in various ways. For example, it has completely revolutionized the way we communicate with each other and has had a large impact on crime. The present research analyses fraud ...

Current Research on Batterer Intervention: Programs and Implications for Policy

Ferraro, Kathleen (Battered Women's Justice Project, 2017)

My goal in this paper is to review existing research, focusing on various research designs and their strengths and limitations. I begin with a discussion of definitions and the lack of uniformity in accepted usage. I move ...

Development and Implementation of a Revised Vulnerability Tool

Love, Abigail; Toland, Michael; Hearn, Jessica (University of Kentucky, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to summarize the process of creating and providing evidence of reliability and validity for scores derived from the (VSPA-S), a revised vulnerability tool used within facilities operated by ...

Does batterers’ treatment work? A meta-analytic review of domestic violence treatment

Babcock, Julia; Green, Charles; Robie, Chet (Pennsylvania State University, 2004)

This meta-analytic review examines the findings of 22 studies evaluating treatment efficacy for domestically violent males. The outcome literature of controlled quasi-experimental and experimental studies was reviewed to ...

Elder abuse: a systematic review of risk factors in community-dwelling elders

Johannesen, Mark; LoGuidice, Dina (Age and Ageing, 2013)

Objective: to undertake a systematic literature review of risk factors for abuse in community-dwelling elders, as a first step towards exploring the clinical utility of a risk factor framework. Search strategy and selection ...

Evaluation of the Vulnerability Assessment Instrument (VAI)

Love, Abigail; Hearn, Jessica; Toland, Michael (University of Kentucky, 2015)

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires all correctional agencies to screen incoming individuals for risk of sexual victimization or perpetration. This part of the act ensured individuals residing in correctional ...

Female Perpetrators and Male Victims of Sexual Assault: Why They are so Invisible

Cook-Daniels, Loree (FORGE, 2011)

This short report builds upon previous data looking at female perpetrators and male victims of sexual assault to examine why this category is so largely overlooked. It reviews literature and case examples of social stereotypes ...

A Four-Year Analysis of Labor Trafficking Cases in the United States: Exploring Characteristics and Labor Trafficking Patterns

Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique; Bracy, Kristen; Lul, Bandak (Arizona State University, 2018)

Introduction: It is difficult to estimate the global scale of labor trafficking due to the hidden nature of this egregious crime....This study used a systematic search method to determine the arrests for labor trafficking ...

Gender, Victimization, and Victim Service Needs Among Community Court Defendants: A Research-to Practice Fellowship Project

Durfee, Alesha (Center for Victim Research (CVR), 2019)

This collaborative project between Dr. Alesha Durfee and the Mesa Municipal Court analyzes the relationship between gender, victimization, and the need for victim services among defendants whose cases are being handled in ...

How Journalists Cover Mass Shootings: Research to Consider

Ordway, Denise-Marie (Journalist’s Resource, 2019-08-09)

After covering a major tragedy such as a mass shooting, it’s helpful for editors and reporters to review their work. What did they do well? What were their shortcomings and oversights? How did their coverage impact audiences, ...

Human Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses (Executive Summary)

Keyhan, Rochelle; Carton, Meghan; Kegler, Anna; Buckley, Veronica; Boone, Sydney; Loza, Francheska; Schaeffer, Alexa (Polaris Project, 2017)

[CVRL Note: see also full report of same title; this summary includes infographic, fact sheets, and photographic examples of signs that massage parlors may be illicit businesses.] By mapping and cross referencing numerous ...

Human Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses (Report)

Keyhan, Rochelle; Carton, Meghan; Kegler, Anna; Buckley, Veronica; Boone, Sydney; Loza, Francheska; Schaeffer, Alexa (Polaris Project, 2017)

In this report, Polaris details how this extremely widespread and lucrative industry operates on the edges of legality, while hiding massive criminal enterprises behind its doors....By mapping and cross referencing numerous ...

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