Screening Patients for Sexual Violence Download
the implementation guide - (PDF - 156K)
Reaching Latino Victims of Sexual Violence: A Marketing Toolkit Download the booklet (PDF - 238K)
Healthcare Response
to Sexual Violence: Implementation Guide Download
the booklet (PDF
- 166K) The Pennsylvania Sexual Violence Benchbook. The Pennsylvania Sexual Violence Benchbook provides a comprehensive understanding of Pennsylvania’s current sexual offense laws. Section one, Understanding Sexual Violence, highlights the impact of sexual violence on a victim. Section two, The Process of a Sex Offense Case, addresses the procedural and practical steps of a sex offense case. Section three, Life After Megan’s Law, reviews and compares collateral ramifications of a sexual offense conviction, including sex offender registration laws. Section four, Resources, provides a list of victims’ service providers as well as current research. While this book is written primarily as a resource for Pennsylvania Judges, others in the criminal justice system may find it ’s contents helpful. Poverty and Sexual Violence: Building Prevention and Intervention Responses. There is a complex and often reciprocal relationship between poverty and sexual violence. This guide is intended to support rape crisis centers in their economic advocacy efforts at all levels of the organization, using the Spectrum of Violence Prevention as a blueprint in responding to the needs of victims, survivors, and communities. Meeting the Needs of Prison Rape Victims: A Technical Assistance Guide for Sexual Assault Counselors and Advocates Victims of prison rape are largely underserved. This guide is intended to support rape crisis counselors and advocates in providing services to victims of prison rape. To that end, the guide includes an overview of the problem of prison rape, outreach strategies, ethical discussions, and things to keep in mind when working in a prison setting. Sexual Assault /Victims Compensation Assistance Program Manual The manual provides a review of VCAP and helps guide counselor/advocates in coupling VCAP with sexual assault victims and their families. It is based on core believes about compensation and how it is related to victimization and healing. Forms for this document have been removed but may be found at www.pccd.state.pa.us. Parameters of Privilege and Confidentiality when Collaborating with Community Partners: A Guide for Sexual Assault Counselors and Advocates This technical assistance guide is intended to support sexual violence advocates in their community-based collaborations. The guide includes information on the sexual assault counselor/advocate--client privilege statute in PA, the "dos and don'ts" of confidentiality, as well as strategies for preventing conflicts and misunderstandings when collaborating with multidisciplinary partners. "Put Down the Chart, Pick Up the Questions, a guide to working with survivors of sexual violence” is a tool for healthcare providers to screen patients for sexual assault histories. This book, which adapts the SAVE method from the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence, includes special considerations for immediate victims, comorbid conditions, pregnancy/gynecological care, patients with disabilities, males, adolescents and children. Sexual Violence and Disabilities“Providing a VIctim-Centered Response to the Problems of Child Sexual Abuse by the Clergy,” is a document intended to aid sexual violence advocates in their advocacy efforts around sexual abuse in the clergy. With the ultimate goals being to prevent future sexual abuse and to advocate on behalf of existing survivors, this document includes 11 recommendations to influence church policy. For more information, please contact the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape at 800-692-7445 or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center at 877-739-3895. "A Tool for Recovery," a toolkit designed to aid Sexual Assault Counselors and Advocates in introducing the topic of Crime Victims Compensation to sexual assault victims as part of their healing process is now available for download. More information . . . Technical Assistance Bulletins
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