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Measuring Rape Against Women: The Significance of Survey Questions

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Date Published

2004

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Comparing Sexual Assault Prevalence Estimates Obtained With Direct and Indirect Questioning Techniques

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Violence Against Women

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Date Published

February 2011

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Considering the Effectiveness of Drug Treatment Behind Bars: Findings From the South Carolina RSAT Evaluation

Journal

Justice Quarterly

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Date Published

February 2011

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Risk Factors for Sexual Victimization of Women: Results From a Prospective Study

Journal

Violence Against Women

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Date Published

August 2003

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Prevalence and Consequences of Male-to-Female and Female-to-Male Intimate Partner Violence as Measured by the National Violence Against Women Survey

Journal

Violence Against Women

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Date Published

February 2000

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Chromosomal Duplications Along the Y-Chromosome and Their Potential Impact on Y-STR Interpretation

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Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Date Published

July 2005

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Using Mixed Methods to Evaluate a Community Intervention for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Methodological Tale

Journal

Violence Against Women

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Date Published

March 2011

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Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence: Correlates and Outcomes

Journal

Violence and Victims

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Date Published

October 2005

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Violent Victimization and Women's Mental and Physical Health: Evidence From a National Sample

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Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Date Published

November 2005

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This Isn't CSI: Estimating the National Backlog of Forensic DNA Cases and the Barriers Associated With Case Processing

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Date Published

March 2006

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Improving the Community Response to Sexual Assault: An Empirical Examination of the Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs)

Journal

Psychology of Violence

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Date Published

April 2016

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Program/Project Evaluation

Prosecutorial Charging Decisions in Sexual Assault Cases: Examining the Impact of a Specialized Prosecution Unit

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Date Published

December 2005

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Separation and/or Divorce Sexual Assault in Rural Ohio: Preliminary Results of an Exploratory Study

Journal

Violence Against Women

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Date Published

March 2006

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Dynamics of a Prison-Based Therapeutic Community for Women Offenders: Retention, Completion, and Outcomes

Journal

Prison Journal

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Date Published

March 2006

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Program/Project Evaluation

Descriptive Study of Precursors to Sex Offending Among 813 Boys and Girls: Antecedent Life Experiences

Journal

Victims & Offenders

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Date Published

2006

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Sex Differences in Intimate Partner Violence and the Use of Coercive Control as a Motivational Factor for Intimate Partner Violence

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

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Date Published

October 2010

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Predicting Case Outcomes and Women's Perceptions of the Legal System's Response to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Does Interaction Between Community Agencies Matter?

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Date Published

June 2006

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Legislation/Policy Analysis

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Recidivism Following Mandated Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for Felony Probationers

Journal

Prison Journal

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Date Published

June 2006

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Program/Project Evaluation

Laser Microdissection Separation of Pure Spermatozoa From Epithelial Cells for Short Tandem Repeat Analysis

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Date Published

July 2006

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Information Processing of Sexual Abuse in Elders

Journal

Journal of Forensic Nursing

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Date Published

2006

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Interviewing the Incarcerated Offender Convicted of Sexually Assaulting the Elderly

Journal

Journal of Forensic Nursing

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Date Published

2006

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Crime of Stalking: How Big Is the Problem?

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Date Published

November 1997

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NIJ

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reporting Sexual Assault to the Police in Hawaii

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Date Published

July 2000

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Trajectory Analysis of the Campus Serial Rapist Assumption

Journal

JAMA Pediatrics

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Date Published

December 2015

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Using Knowledge and Teamwork To Reduce Crime

Journal

NIJ Journal

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Date Published

October 1999

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NIJ

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