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Sexual Violence: Population-Specific Approaches

In an effort to respond to the diverse experiences of victims and survivors of sexual violence, services must be individualized to meet the unique needs of each population and/or community. The resources included here present a starting point for considering the various issues that impact the lives of victims and survivors in specific populations.

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2003
Rural communities face very real and specific challenges when doing sexual assault work. The strategies shared in this publication are meant to energize and support current efforts of staff & volunteers working in rural community sexual assault programs.
Authors: Gayle M Stringer
This executive summary provides a general statistical overview of women's lives in rural regions of the United States.
Authors: American Psychological Association
Spring 2007
This edition of Reshape discusses rural advocacy issues and provides insight into the challenges of providing services to sexual assault victims in rural communities. Offers suggestions from rural advocates on how they have met these challenges.
Authors: Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project
June 2004
This briefing paper reviews some of the existing literature that deals with sexual assault and service provision outside metropolitan areas and takes into account some of the issues that women and workers often need to negotiate when living in rural areas.
Authors: Alexandra Neame and Melanie Heenan
Updated June 2008
The guide is designed to help prosecutors, victim advocates, and policymakers understand the state of victim/witness assistance in rural communities.
Authors: American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI)
This fact sheet includes statistics on the prevalence of domestic violence in rural communities, unique barriers to services, and characteristics of rural abusers. Also describes legislation to fund programs to protect rural victims.
Authors: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
2003
This synopsis of research done by Walter DeKeseredy and his colleagues in Ohio examines the incidents of and issues surrounding the sexual assault of women in rural areas during separation and/or divorce.
Authors: Rus Ervin Funk
This report documents the impact of rural life on the behavioral health of women, providing a comprehensive review of the current literature covering a broad array of interrelated behavioral health care needs.
Authors: American Psychological Association
This article talks about violence against women in rural communities and the difficulties and challenges that abused rural women face.
Authors: Rural Womyn Zone