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Rodier, Kristin; Meagher, Michelle; Nixon, Randelle – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2012
Though this exercise was originally designed for a first year course in women's studies that emphasizes representations of girls and women, it is also entirely appropriate to students considering matters of gender and sexuality in the fields of media studies, communications, sociology, political science, and cultural studies. This teaching…
Descriptors: Violence, Music, Reflection, Teaching Methods
Ridgard, Tamique J.; Laracy, Seth D.; DuPaul, George J.; Shapiro, Edward S.; Power, Thomas J. – Communique, 2015
The mental health field has long recognized the negative consequences associated with a range of traumatic events, including physical assault, sexual assault, natural or man-made disasters, accidents, and medical incidents (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). The shockingly high prevalence of exposure to violence among America's…
Descriptors: Trauma, Social Justice, Rape, Violence
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Jennings, Jerry L.; Deming, Adam – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2013
Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is touted as the predominant approach in sex offender-specific group treatment, a review of the field shows that the "behavioral" part of CBT has become minimal in relation to that which is cognitive. The authors show how a revitalized "behavioral sensibility" may help to enhance…
Descriptors: Group Therapy, Sexual Abuse, Cognitive Restructuring, Rape
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Potts, Donna L. – Academe, 2012
The author serves as the chair of the American Association of University Professors' (AAUP) Assembly of State Conferences, the umbrella organization for individual state AAUP conferences; a moderator for Pandora's Project, a website for survivors of sexual abuse and assault; a volunteer for Veronica's Voice, a support program for women and girls…
Descriptors: Females, Faculty Advisers, Social Justice, Rape
Hayes, Dianne – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
The reality of rape and sexual harassment on college campuses has long been a burden that many institutions have struggled to address. The image of fraternity parties gone bad, date rape, and the incidents of stranger encounters on campus are all contrary to the idyllic image most universities want to portray. However, in light of several…
Descriptors: Accountability, Rape, Campuses, Sexual Harassment
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Flannery, Daniel J.; Singer, Mark I. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Established in the year 2000, the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education is a multidisciplinary center located at a school of social work that engages in collaborative, community-based research and evaluation that spans multiple systems and disciplines. The Center currently occupies 4,200 sq. ft. with multiple offices and…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Social Work
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Thornton, David – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2013
This paper summarizes our developing knowledge of factors that contribute added risk of sexual recidivism (risk factors) and factors that are associated with a reduced risk of sexual recidivism (protective factors). Specific implications for the design of future treatment programs are drawn. This information is contrasted with the common foci of…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Recidivism, Criminals, Resilience (Psychology)
Dalton-Noblitt, April – American School & University, 2012
In a study conducted among more than 980 American four-year and two-year colleges and universities, including institutions such as the University of Michigan, MIT, UCLA and Columbia, security staff and other administrators identified the five leading goals for their security systems: (1) Preventing unauthorized people from entering their…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Security, Facilities Management, Sexual Harassment
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Stepteau-Watson, Desiree – College Student Journal, 2012
Service learning involves infusing activities into the curriculum that enhance student learning, promote community engagement and effect change on the community level. Significant advantage can be applied to vulnerable communities by leveraging student action, interest, and energy, which can bring time, effort and attention to important community…
Descriptors: Violence, Activism, Leadership, Clinical Experience
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McVay, Ted E., Jr. – Hispania, 2009
Interpreting the occurrence of sexual violation in seventeenth-century Spanish literary works necessitates for modem scholars the difficult task of understanding prevailing contemporary attitudes toward rape. Studies by Higgins and Silver, Casas, and Welles discuss how literary texts with rape scenes as narrative material often use the act or its…
Descriptors: Rape, Victims of Crime, Aesthetics, Spanish Literature
Cierniak, Katie; Heiman, Julia R.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2012
For roughly three decades, policymakers have sought to reduce sexual violence by reliance on a criminal justice approach in which sexually violent acts are dealt with after they occur. Recognizing that prevention efforts could be more valuable, as they work to stop the problem before it begins, researchers have begun to implement a primary…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Prevention, Public Health
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
An African-American stripper's false accusation of rape against three white Duke University lacrosse players in 2006--and the overzealous prosecution that followed--ultimately exposed prosecutorial misconduct, a rush to judgment, and simmering tensions of class, race, privilege, and gender. Michael L. Seigel, a professor of law at the University…
Descriptors: Race, Rape, Book Reviews, Athletes
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Asaya, Samuel Adetunji – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
The vices rampant now among students in Nigeria secondary schools, such as acts of indiscipline, stealing, cheating, truancy, rioting, cultism, and raping, together with population explosion, call for special skills on the part of the school administrators to be able to cope with these challenges. Consequently, this paper examines the uniqueness…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Staff Development, Principals
Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, 2010
Violence is a serious problem on college campuses. The literature on primary prevention of violence does not call for the adoption of specific programs or policies but rather suggests a paradigm shift in the way practitioners approach violence. Primary prevention means asking the question, "Why is violence happening in the first place?" in order…
Descriptors: Prevention, Campuses, Program Development, Models
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Cox, Pamela J.; Lang, Karen S.; Townsend, Stephanie M.; Campbell, Rebecca – Journal of Family Social Work, 2010
Social work practice has long focused on the connections between an individual and the social environment that affect the individual's social functioning. The Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program's theory model, Creating Safer Communities: The Rape Prevention and Education Model of Community Change, provides family social workers with a…
Descriptors: Violence, Models, Rape, Prevention
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