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Sexual and Domestic Violence

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Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: The Community’s Role in Weaving a Safety Net
Margaret F. Henderson, Gordon Whitaker, Lydian Altman
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Article

Leaders of a School of Government project building communities’ capacity to stop sexual assault and domestic violence describe the reach of the problem and the need for shared responsibility in addressing it.

Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence (Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, 786.77 KB)
Organization of Sexual Assault Programs: Research Conducted by The Public Intersection Project, July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006
Gordon Whitaker, Lydian Altman, Margaret F. Henderson, Abby Parcell
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Report

The report assesses how or whether organizational structure affects the provision or reporting of sexual assault services in both single program and combined sexual and domestic violence programs

Organization of Sexual Assault Programs (Organization of Sexual Assault Programs, 378.27 KB)
Sexual Assault Cases Based on Conduct before 2001
James M. Markham, Jeffrey B. Welty
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Bulletin

This bulletin provides a resource for judges and lawyers involved in sexual assault cases based on conduct before 2001, and includes a chart listing the most commonly charged offenses in sexual assault cases and showing how those charges evolved over the years between 1950 and 2000. The bulletin also describes the major sentencing regimes that existed before Structured Sentencing.

aojb0901.pdf (pdf, 490.54 KB)
Special Evidentiary Issues in Sexual Assault Cases: The Rape Shield Law and Evidence of Prior Sexual Misconduct by the Defendant
Jeffrey B. Welty
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Bulletin

This bulletin addresses two of the most common special evidentiary issues in sexual assault cases: the admissibility of evidence about the complainant's sexual history and the admissibility of evidence of prior sexual misconduct by the defendant.

Special Evidentiary Issues in Sexual Assault Cases: The Rape Shield Law and Evidence of Prior Sexual Misconduct by the Defendant (Special Evidentiary Issues in Sexual Assault Cases: The Rape Shield Law and Evidence of Prior Sexual Misconduct by the Defendant, 472.26 KB)
Public Officials - Local and State Government Roles