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Just COVID-19: The Impact to Supporting Victims of Sexual Assault

April 2020

This week on Just Science, we are publishing a special release episode in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Social distancing, shelter in place, and other responses to COVID-19 can create a stressful environment for survivors of sexual assault especially if they feel they cannot access resources or are physically unable to seek help. In addition, highly stressful situations that result from significant amounts of change, such as unemployment, disruption in ‘normal’ activities, and social isolation may increase the risk of domestic violence and sexual assault.

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Just COVID 19 The Impact To Supporting Victims Of Sexual Assault

Prison-Based Therapeutic Communities: Their Success with Drug-Abusing Offenders

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NIJ Journal

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February 1996

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NIJ

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Program/Project Description

Raman spectroscopic signature of vaginal fluid and its potential application in forensic body fluid identification

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Forensic Science International

Date Published

September 2011

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Artificial Neural Network System for Classification of Offenders in Murder and Rape Cases

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October 2000

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Improving Sexual Assault Kit Outcomes

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September 2024

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Dynamics of Violence Between Strangers - Victim Resistance and Outcomes in Rape, Robbery and Assault

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1985

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"A Rape Is a Rape, Regardless of What the Victim Was Doing at the Time": Detective Views on How "Problematic" Victims Affect Sexual Assault Case Processing

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Neuron

Date Published

April 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Microfluidic Acoustic Trapping Prototype for Rapid Processing of Sexual Assault Evidence

Date Published

November 2017

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Examining Connections between the Police and Prosecution in Sexual Assault Case Processing: Does the Use of Exceptional Clearance Facilitate a Downstream Orientation?

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Victims & Offenders

Date Published

September 2015

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"Victim Refuses to Cooperate": A Focal Concerns Analysis of Victim Cooperation in Sexual Assault Cases

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Victims & Offenders

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November 2015

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Construction and Validation of SRA-FV Need Assessment

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Sexual Abuse

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December 2013

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

African American and White Women's Experience of Sexual Assault and Services for Sexual Assault

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Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment &Trauma

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September 2014

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Assessing Triangulation Across Methodologies, Methods, and Stakeholder Groups: The Joys, Woes, and Politics of Interpreting Convergent and Divergent Data

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American Journal of Evaluation

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November 2018

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Qualitative fieldwork within the criminal justice system: Emotions, advocacy, and the pursuit of social justice for untested sexual assault kits (SAKs)

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Qualitative Psychology

Date Published

2017

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National Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Sexually Revictimized Adolescent, College, and Adult Household-Residing Women

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Jama Psychiatry

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May 2012

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Self-rated health in relation to rape and mental health disorders in a National sample of women.

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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April 2011

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Non-medical use of prescription drugs in a national sample of college women

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Addictive Behaviors

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January 2011

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Substance use among women receiving post-rape medical care, associated post-assault concerns and current substance abuse: Results from a national telephone household probability sample

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Addictive Behaviors

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December 2012

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Patterns of drug and alcohol use associated with lifetime sexual revictimization and current posttraumatic stress disorder among three national samples of adolescent, college, and household-residing women

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Addictive Behaviors

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December 2013

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

An Examination of Sexual Assault Kit Submission Efficiencies Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Law Enforcement Agencies

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Criminal Justice Policy Review

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November 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Biological Evidence in Adult and Adolescent Sexual Assault Cases: Timing and Relationship to Arrest

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Journal of Interpersonal Violence

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April 2017

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The implementation of county residence restrictions in New York.

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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May 2012

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The Efficacy of County-Level Sex Offender Residence Restrictions in New York

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Crime & Delinquency

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July 2012

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False Rape Allegations: Do they Lead to a Wrongful Conviction Following the Indictment of an Innocent Defendant?

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Justice Quarterly

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November 2018

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Campus sexual misconduct: Prevention education, training, and coordinated response teams

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Journal of American College Health

Date Published

March 2025

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Research (Applied/Empirical)