This update to the original 2008 National Plan provides practical steps that individuals, organizations, businesses, and policymakers can implement to promote positive youth development and prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. View The National Plan to Prevent the Sexual Exploitation of Children Publish Date 2012

This recommended reading list was developed for the National Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative to assist organizations in strengthening trauma-informed advocacy and services. Publish Date 2012

This recommended reading list was developed for the National Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative to assist organizations in strengthening trauma-informed advocacy and services. Publish Date 2012

  This glossary is presented to assist advocates in understanding commonly used terms when reading, understanding, and evaluating research. This glossary drew from several sources, which are listed at the end of this document. These resources can be helpful to advocates who wish to learn more about understanding and evaluating research.   Publish Date 2012

This article is the English translation of an article written by Kimber J. Nicoletti-Martinez for The Resource. Over the past several years, there has been much talk about leadership among Latin@s in the sexual violence prevention movement. In a critical conversation conducted at the 2011 National Sexual Assault Conference in Baltimore, participants were asked to...

The 2012 Spring/Summer edition of The Resource is completely redesigned and contains articles about Penn State and the Jerry Sandusky case, preventing child sexual abuse, viewpoints on SlutWalks, healthy sexuality campaigns, media reports of sexual violence, report on prostitution and trafficking of Native Women, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the upcoming National Sexual Assault Conference...

La violencia sexual afecta a las mujeres, los hombres y los niñ@s durante toda su vida, y puede ser devastadora para los individuos, familias y comunidades. Sin embargo existen recursos para ayudarle. Esta hoja informativa de dos páginas provee definiciones y información sobre la violencia sexual. En inglés. Publish Date 2012

This sample Letter to the Editor provides a template for a healthy sexuality-themed letter for local or campus media outlets. This letter can be customized or used generically as a media advocacy tool during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Publish Date 2012

Misconceptions about sexual violence and inconsistencies about the way reports are classified reflect gaps in the definition and understanding of a false allegation. These misconceptions have direct, negative consequences and can contribute to why many victims don’t report sexual assaults. To improve the response to victims of sexual violence, law enforcement and service providers need a thorough understanding...

The second phase of NSVRC’s Prevention Assessment project focused on interviews with innovative prevention programs and a diffusion survey to document how innovations have spread throughout the sexual violence prevention field. The emphasis of this assessment was on how programs are thinking about primary prevention and the processes that allowed innovation to develop. This Year 2 report...