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Advocate’s Guide to Talking to Parents/Guardians About Healthy Relationships and Sexual Violence Prevention for Children and Youth
Learning healthy relationship skills is a vital part of sexual violence prevention and sex education, all of which are most impactful when taught together. Parents/guardians…
Healthy Relationships Activity Book
Stopping sexual violence and other forms of harm can feel like a complicated and overwhelming task. Education is an important form of sexual violence prevention.
What Can We Talk About? Common Rules & Regulations
It is important for all members of a sexual assault response team (SART) to understand one another’s different professional and ethical obligations before the team…
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Understanding Unsubmitted Kit Problems, Part 2: Approaches and Protocols
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Understanding what the “Rape Kit Backlog” Really Means Part 1: Language and Definitions
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Research Finds Most Sexual Assault Reports to be True: Uncovering myths and practices, influencing change
The Problem “False report” is a category or designation that is often misused by law enforcement on sexual assault cases. The overuse of this designation…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: Must-Haves for a Meaningful Response to Sexual Violence
When you are deciding what projects and programs to fund through STOP, remember to take a step back and evaluate whether you are meeting these…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: Sexual Violence and Reporting: By the Numbers
The numbers around sexual violence are inherently incomplete. One reason for this is that most official statistics are based on the number of police reports…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: Who is impacted by sexual violence?
Sexual violence affects everyone: All populations and all communities. No community is immune. Communities and populations that experience systemic oppression often experience higher rates of…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: What is Sexual Violence?
There is no single, all-encompassing definition of sexual violence. Sexual violence is discussed differently in different places, contexts, and communities. Therefore it is important to…
Summary of A Ten-Factor Framework for Sexual Assault Response Team Effectiveness
Systems change sexual assault response teams (SARTs) are community-based multidisciplinary teams that work to create long-term improvements to the local response to sexual violence. SARTs…
Using A Ten-Factor Framework for SART Effectiveness for STOP Grant Making Strategies
The Services * Training * Officers * Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant works to improve the legal response to violent crimes against women…
Serving Survivors in Confinement: A Handbook for Minnesota Advocates
Victims/survivors in confinement are both highly vulnerable and profoundly underserved. In addition to the large number of victims/survivors who experienced sexual violence prior to their…
Restitution
Restitution is the money a judge orders the offender to pay to the victim to compensate the victim for losses related to the crime. Restitution…
Guidelines for Record-Keeping for Sexual Assault Advocates
This resource is available only to MNCASA Partner Program members through Coalition Manager. If you are a Partner Program member and unable to login to…