The serial perpetration hypothesis — which suggests that a small number of men perpetrate the vast majority of rapes, and that these men perpetrate multiple rapes over time — has played an important role in the field of rape prevention as a model of sexual violence, especially raising awareness of rapists who have not been identified...

Esta traducción resume los principales hallazgos del estudio “La victimización de Violencia Sexual y de las asociaciones de la salud en una muestra de la comunidad de las mujeres hispanas,” realizado por K. C. Basile, S.G. Smith, M.L. Walters, D.N. Fowler, K. Hawk y M.E. Hamburger. Los hallazgos del estudio se basan en nuestra comprensión...

Sexual violence can result in many health, economic, and social struggles in the lives of survivors. This resource highlights findings from a 2015 study on sexual violence against Latina women. Findings can help strengthen our prevention and response strategies with Latin@ communities. In Spanish. Publish Date June 2015

These slides were created to support the June 2015 Online xCHANGE Forum: Sexual violence in the lives of African American Women. This forum will explore current research on the sexual victimization of African American women and future needs for the field. View the entire slideshow. View slides by forum topic: Historical Overview National Studies Risk Factors...

This practitioner focused report of findings from a national research project on Sexual Assault Response Team functioning and effectiveness. The full version of the technical research report to the National Institute of Justice is available online.Scientific publications of the data in peer-reviewed journals with full methodological details are also available. Publish Date May 2015

The NSVRC creates tools that translate research to practice. This includes publications on Key Research Findings, Research Briefs and Literature Reviews. Browse our collection or suggest a topic for a future publication. Overviews Key Research Findings Research Briefs Literature Reviews Overviews National Research on Sexual Violence: A look to the Future provides a brief summary...

In early 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. The resulting study, the RAND Military Workplace Study (RMWS), invited close to 560,000 active- and reserve-component service members to participate in a survey fielded...

  This fact sheet from the National Insitute of Justice outlines what research has told us about sexual assault kits: 1. No one knows the number of kits nationwide that have not been submitted for testing. 2. Little is known about the age of unsubmitted kits. 3. Submitting a kit to a crime lab does...

This report provides research results about Houston’s victim notification process. In Houston, victim notification involves reestablishing contact with victims whose cases are reopened for investigation as a result of a match in the law enforcement database Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), from victims’ recently tested sexual assault kits (SAKs).This action research assesses the implementation of...

This report includes research on creating victim notification protocols.  Six major themes emerged from survey respondents regarding the process of developing and implementing the Protocols. They include: 1)Strategic planning, 2) Organizational support, 3) Active partnerships, 4) Resources, 5) Outreach, and 6)Victim-centered approach. Of the six themes, researchers identified the victim-centered approach as significant to the...