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Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART): A Model Protocol for Virginia

In 2004, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation stating that “the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall promote the use of local and regional sexual assault response team policy and protocol, established pursuant to subdivision 46 of §9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia, as an integral part of an effective coordinated community response to sexual assault” (Virginia Acts of Assembly, Chapter 980). The Code directs that DCJS shall “establish training standards and publish a model policy and protocols for local and regional sexual assault response teams” (§9.1-102). In accordance with these legislative mandates, DCJS developed these guidelines based on review of existing state and national protocols and best practices and consultations with local Virginia sexual assault response team members. This model protocol focuses on adult sexual assault.

Sexual Violence in Later Life

This four page document outlines specific information on the broad range of offenses perpetrated against people age 60 and beyond, and discusses how advocates can respond to the special needs of older sexual violence victims.

Sexual Violence in the Lives of African American Women

Black women’s sexual victimization has occurred in a unique sociohistorical context. This applied research document published by VAWnet provides an historical overview of institutional sexual violence perpetrated against Black women beginning with the enslavement of Africans and continuing to the present day.  Risk factors, the physical and mental health consequences, culturally sensitive responses, and the resilience of Black survivors are discussed.

Sexual Violence on Campus: Strategies for Prevention

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recently released Sexual Violence on Campus: Strategies for Prevention. This tool offers an overview of how to approach sexual violence prevention on college campuses with real-world examples from the field.

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Showing Up: How We See, Speak, and Disrupt Racial Inequity Facing Survivors

(as originally posted by the Center for Survivor Agency & Justice)

In September 2017, REEP facilitated seven From Margins to Center Listening Sessions to facilitate dialogue across the field on racial and economic equity for survivors. This report dialogues-back with the community that contributed to the From Margins to Center Listening Sessions. It shares themes and issues from Listening Session conversations via text, graphics and illustrations in order to aid in self-reflection, challenge dominant narratives, support improved data collection and analysis, and to begin, continue, or advance conversations and work toward racial equity for domestic and sexual violence survivors and for all of us.