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Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2024
Longitudinal predictors of children's self-blame appraisals among military families reported for family violence (2024)
Publications / Journal Publications
Rape and sexual assault (2023)
WCW Collaborates on Audit of How Police Handle Sexual Assault Cases
For the media / 2023
Q&A: Kate Price Remembers Something Terrible—But She's Still Moving Forward
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2022
Searching for Truth: Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation
Media Library / Videos by WCW Scholars and Trainers
Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: Overcoming Challenges to Achieving Justice
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2022
New White Paper on Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges in Achieving Justice
For the media / 2022
Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges in Achieving Justice (2022)
Publications by title / Fact Sheets & Briefs
Predictors of Prosecutorial Decisions in Reports of Child Sexual Abuse (2022)
Research Scientist Testifies at Hearing on Title IX Changes
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2021
International Partnership Aims to Prevent Human Trafficking in Liberia
Q&A: Humanizing Survivors of Human Trafficking
Pathways to Sexual Assault Case Attrition: Culture, Context, and Case Clearance (2021)
Students Share Insights from 2020-21 Internships
Colleges Need to Include Info on Their Websites About Sexual Assault Response
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2020
Case Review of Police Response to Sexual Assault
All Projects / Active Projects
Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus: Website Checklist (2020)
Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus: Presentation to the U.S. Department of Justice, Campus Sexual Assault and Interagency Working Group (2020)
WCW Completes Project on Campus Sexual Assault as New Rules Are Released
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2020
Responding To Sexual Assault on Campus: A National Assessment and Systematic Classification of the Scope and Challenges for Investigation and Adjudication (2020)
Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus: A Report on Findings from an Assessment of Challenges of and Approaches to Investigation, Adjudication, and Sanctioning at U.S. Colleges and Universities (2020)
Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress or Burnout?: An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Investigating Sexual Assault Cases on Detectives (2020)
The Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: A Partnership to Improve Outcomes (2019)
Decision Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S. (2019)
Research Study Highlights Challenges to Child Sexual Abuse Prosecution
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2019
Social Biases Impede Justice for Sexual Assault Victims
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2019
Does #MeToo Represent Black Girls’ Experiences with Sexual Violence?
Presentations & Convenings: Sexual Assault Case Attrition
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2018
#MeToo: Sexual Violence, Race, and Black Girls Matter (2018)
New Findings, Publications, Presentations: Gender-Based Violence
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2018
Prosecution of Sexual Assault: How Far Have We Come in 40 Years?
Memory Loss and Trauma
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2017
The Public Face of Responses to Campus Sexual Assault: A National Study of College Websites (2017)
Testimony: Domestic Violence as a Public Health Issue
Opinion / 2017
Multiple Sexual Violence Prevention Tools: Doses and Boosters (2017)
The prosecution of child sexual abuse: A partnership to improve outcomes - Team Bios
subsites / Justice and Gender based Violence Research Site
Sexual Assault Forensic Exams - Team Bios
Sexual Violence Case Attrition - Team Bios
The Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: A Partnership to Improve Outcomes
All Projects / Archived Projects
Sexual Assault Forensic Exams—DNA and Justice Responses to Sexual Assault
Active representation and police response to sexual assault complaints (2016)
It All Just Piles Up: Challenges to Victim Credibility Accumulate to Influence Sexual Assault Case Processing (2016)
Differentiable attitudes towards specific crimes and contexts: A quantification of neutralization techniques (2016)
Gender-based Violence Preventions and Interventions
Audio / Audio 2016/2017
Justice and Gender-Based Violence - Why the Research is Needed
Examining Connections Between Police and Prosecution in Sexual Assault Case Processing
Audio / Audio 2015
April Pattavina, Ph.D.
Scholars & Trainers / Inactive Researchers
Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus: A National Assessment and Systematic Classification of the Scope and Challenges for Investigation and Adjudication
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